What medium to use?, Soda, Sand, Walnut, Plastic, etc. |
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What medium to use?, Soda, Sand, Walnut, Plastic, etc. |
Poor-sche Lover |
Mar 18 2006, 07:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 25-November 05 From: SE Kansas Member No.: 5,190 |
I have recently gained access to a high quality sandblaster, but I really don't know much about the process. I have a few questions.
1) Do I have to use sand for the blaster, or can I use something else in it? I've heard that you can't use soda because of the way it feeds into the system? 2) I want to use soda because it's less abrasive, but I read that soda will not remove the rust. I definitely need to remove the rust. Which type of medium is best for this? 3) Can you give me any general advantages/disadvantages of soda, sand, walnut, or plastic? Any others that I don't know about? Any advice/suggestions/info you could provide would be helpful. Nobody around really does this, so farming it out isn't a viable option. It's either this or the long way, and I'd really like to blast if I can. Thanks for your help, guys. |
rhodyguy |
Mar 19 2006, 12:30 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,098 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
gallons of air per hour and tank capacity of the comp. tool requirements. sometimes you need a different sized nozzles (hole) to handle the different mdia. sand is fine, shells are irregular and larger, i know the plastic media required a special nozzle when i looked into getting a setup a few years back. i figured i could pay for alot of farmed out metal cleaning for the cost of a BIG compressor, and the plastic bead setup. doing this sort of big time body stripping at home makes a mess you won't believe. you def don't want to use your garage to do this. you never really get it clean.
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