Beed Blasting

Is beed blasting only for paint or can i blast the rust off some brake drums i have? We have a beed blaster at school and i was gonna do it in there. Thanks

Nick

 

im preety sure you could blast them, i dont know why not. but if there abd enuff to need blasted you might want to just buy new ones

tim

 

I would "mike" the id to be sure they are serviceable before blasting something that is useless

 

what would make them useless? We had them turned and need to clean the rust off of them.

 

I think he ment if you spend the time to bead blast them, then mic'ed them to see if they could be turned.

I blasted mine to get all the light rust off the top of them before painting that. I don't think you'll have a problem at all.

 

Ya ya! That why i need to blast them, so we can paint them. I already had them turned. I just need to get the rust off the top. what does "mic'ed" mean? I have 2 hours of Auto Mechanics class to waste so if i waste the time it dont matter anyways.

 

I think I spelled it wrong. Miked, or mic them... I don't have a clue how it's spelled. It's just when they use a tool to measure the thickness of the drum in milimeters(I think) to see if it can be turned.

 

It's short for micrometer.

A micrometer (my-krom-uh-ter) is an instrument for measuring very small distances.

So, you should have them mic'd to see how much metal has been removed.

 

mic, short for micrometer i believe.

I blasted all kinds of stuff, cleans it right up.

 

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they use a tool to measure the thickness of the drum

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You meansure the inside diameter of the drum to see if it is under the maximum specification.
You measure the thickness of brake rotors to see if they are over the minimum spec.
The maximum inside diameter is frequently cast into the drum.
Anyone who has a machine,should have the proper tool for measuring drums.

 

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I have 2 hours of Auto Mechanics class to waste so if i waste the time it dont matter anyways.

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"waste"????????

 

A good rule to follow is clean the grease off the part or use a wire brush first if it is just scaly. This way you won't contaminate the bead blaster with chunks of rust and grease. The chunks plug the gun and the grease makes a mess.

 

badpat,
yes waste, the teacher is a joke, he doesnt teach us anything, he just tells us to work on our car and doesnt check to see if we didnt right. Probably because he wouldnt know right from wrong. He grades us on how long we worked basiclly. Once i adjusted my brakes and checked all my pads/shoes and some other kid put wiper blades on or somethin and got a better grade for that day cus it took him longer. LIke I said, the TEACHers a joke and doesnt TEACH

fordnutz,
we got all the grease off already.

Nick

 

that's really sad, especially if you are into rods... i hope the wiper blades look good.

 

waste and auto mechanics should never be used in the same sentence again nick are you crazy?and yes, you can just about glass bead{not beed}anything rusty,but your teacher probably could have told you that....pay attention

 

NO quickrod you dont understand, the teacher is an idiot. He has about the same IQ as a mouse. He doesnt teach us anything. I do pay attention too. But i cant learn if he doesnt do anything. I can learn most of what i need to know from my dad anyways and if he doesnt know i ask guys in our car club or here on the good ol HAMB. Thank you for everyones input too.

Nick