Just reminding, use safety equipment. Also, don't use blow sand, unless you like the thought of silicosis. Google it. Breathing is a nice thing to be able to do...
Shadams, Was your dog all black before walking into the blast area? I build a plywood cabinet from TP Tools plans. Then added an extension so I could get an A door in it. Used it on a lot of my projects with alum. oxide grit. More than paid for itself. RB
We use the tool pictured a lot in my shop. Very good for small areas before welding and also for cleaning pits before applying bondo. Sprays slightly thinned undercoating like a champ. Just put the hose in a plastic jug filed with sand or under coating and go. Drains that last bit of cleaning solution from gas tanks when cleaning them. (removes sand and bits of junk also) Sprays detergent or diesel oil on motors and engine compartments. With 100 lps pressure, you can even spray paint your floor in record time!!! (;-o) Been there, done them all.
I used up/burned to the ground 4 harbor freight angle grinders a cpl of weeks ago restoring my boat trailer--way more fun than blasting. The last one went in a bucket of car wash water,,,,runnng.
yeah diavolo the silicosis is NO JOKE!!! its why i use the stuff right off the ground.. that and its free.. i do use the right gear reguardless though, i wanna be wrenchin years many years from now.. lol, rb35, i was wonderin if his dog was there with him through the whole deal.. rodger, thanks for the extra ideas.. this thing is really versatile! mine is kept on the "top" shelf.. fuelroadster, i understand, you have to use a grinder for big surfaces but youre hands feeling like jello after holding it for 2 hours for the next 2 days ****S!!
I put my fairlane body on my rotisory, and rented a 180 cfm air compressor and a 150 pound pot . Bought play sand at home depo ,Took me a whole Saturday, and man did it look great ...but if u don't know what u are doing u will blow thru and warp pannels
I use one of these for stuff too big for the cabinet. They don't need as much air as the siphon type.
That's nice.. I thought I found the holy grail when I found mine! It looks like it would get heavy waving that thing around for an hour or so haha..
Lol, it's like burning a tire.. You don't realize how much attention you're attracting until you step back and look youreself!
Gets the job done BUT is NEVER a pleasant experience.... especially on a warm day. Then there is the clean up!!!! Much better when you can do it on "company time" instead of at home!!!!
The wife snapped this photo when I was blasting the bed steps and tailgate for my C10. I use a big blue tarp and re-use the nickle slag media 3 times. After that it is so fine it doesn't work very well. I like the nickel slag 'cause it works good, and it's green so it blends in with the gr***.
Make sure you dont use sand! Pay the bucks and by the proper media. Garnet, slag, crushed gl*** but not sand. When dry blasting all that dust is incredibly fine and very easy to inhale. Make sure no one else is around when your blasting. Make sure you know what your blasting, is it asbestos? Lead? Zinc Chromate? All have been used on extensively on vechiles between 20s - 70s When your blasting it off your pulverising it into dust. Making is easy to inhale. If you use sand, and it can be beach, river, desert, when you inhale the dusts you will get silicosis of the lung. I have been in this game for 25 yrs and know all to well the dangers that novices dont see. Yes its fast, easy, and provides a good key for painting, but follow the rules, use the right PPE for the job. Nothing is worse than watching a close friend die of silicosis. Yes your right. blasting is all about the air. More air = more blasting. More air = fast blasting. But remember that the speed the shot / media is leaving the nozzle is over 400 miles per hour. Even your home handyman stuff. Thats going to do serious damage when you lose you footing and trip over with the nozzle at full noise. Its not a nice sight when one of the boys loses a nozzle at work. Guaranteed a trip to the hospital. To put it into perspective, the doctors treat them the same a a gun shot wound. Safe first always gentlemen. That includes those near by.
That's a good setup lakeroadster! Never thought about green media.. That's why some of us are masterminds I guess lol.. Brisbanebennetts, thanks for the reminder.. It should always be on our minds that this stuff is lethal without the right equipment.. The mask is more important than the nozzle you're spraying with.. Thanks for the insight! Be smart and live..
Seems that anyone who deals with old cars will eventually have some need for sandblasting. Sandblasting definitely has its hazards but for large items or small parts in difficult places it certainly has its place. The cost for metal cleaning and prep is considerable if a hot rodder has to pay to have it done. I sand blast quite a bit on my current F1 build and its a dangerous nasty messy *** job. Sounds like you're fully aware of all the dangers involved. Good luck with your project. BTW, I grew up in Jackson, just south of you.
Yea boutlaw, this thing pays for itself every time I clean anything suspension.. The closest place to have it done professionally is Mobile and I just can't drop and run ect ect, rant noted.. Haha.. If you're from Jackson then you know where our package store is just north of thomasville, Kayces.. It used to be the only place to buy beer/alcohol up until about 3-4 years ago.. I can remember people comin from Leroy *****in about th ride lol.. Quick shot of our whiskey side, which was completely overhauled a year or so ago..
Hot roddin man, it's all about doin it in the dirt, bustin knuckles, slapping gears and breakin down!
If you have a big dust cloud, you have the sand adjusted for too high of delevery. Close the sand adj. valve a little. It will work better with a little less sand.
lakeroadster, that's exactly how my father-in-law rigged it to sandblast my rims. We were going to use a sander and a grinder with a wire brush wheel on it, but that's rough on ya after awhile. He had a giant tarp, laid it down, stuck the hose in his sand and went to work. We both got dirty as hell, but it came out great! We used the same tarp to paint on, I just wet it with the hose as he sprayed.
you got dirty as hell but thats a story for a lifetime! i think i scared a few years off my little cousin when i walked around the house lookin like a 7 foot sandman..lol
For sandblasting protection we use a welding hood with a clear plastic lens. We tape a "shawl" over the top and down the sides of the hood that covers the sholders and goes down the back. It keeps most of the sand off the wearer and from going down the back into your **** crack.
NOTED!!! im gonna break out the duck tape next time.. nothin worse than a sandy crack!!lol.. thanks for the advise..
The HF blast hood works fine for me. It's large enough that a respirator fits underneath. I wear coveralls and gloves and duct tape the sleeves and ankles. Keeps the sand out quite well. To cut down on the mess when blasting parts I just ran some strapping from the back of my tool shed to the fence. Stapled some of that cheap ($3 for 100' @ HD) painters bisquene to the strapping and layed a HF blue tarp on the ground. It keeps the sand pretty well confined. Sometimes I'll even scoop it up, filter it and reuse it. Anyhow, it works for me!
Just had a guy say he would soda blast my merc .. door jams and all for $750 think I'm gonna take him up on it. Not sure I want to see all the bondo though.
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