Media blasting

[Ian]

Has anyone used a media blasting setup like this one from Easstwood, feeding a gun out of a bucket of media? I need to clean up some metal on the '02 before welding, and this looks like it might help. Looks messy, though, any alterntives?

Thanks,

Ian

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=14408&itemType=PRODUCT

[jerry]

gravity feed setups are less efficient and unless you have an enclosed chamber you'll go through a lot of grit. use a pressure pot. just remember, dry air is the key. once moisture gets in the line the flow of media is hindered.

don't bother with those small gravity-feed pistol blasters either. i tried one load that lasted a whole of 60seconds and never used it again.

have a very good vacuum cleaner on hand. you'll need it. and a broom.

[eastsidebimmer]

I had 5 steelies blasted down to virgin metal for $60 at my local blasting shop.

They told be it takes 12 minutes to do a wheel -- Grab a bucket of stuff you need cleaned up and let them do it all at once--sure beats wasting money on DIY systems that cant give you the same result.

Ben

[jerry]

I had 5 steelies blasted down to virgin metal for $60 at my local blasting shop.

They told be it takes 12 minutes to do a wheel -- Grab a bucket of stuff you need cleaned up and let them do it all at once--sure beats wasting money on DIY systems that cant give you the same result.

Ben

that is an exceptionally great price. i recently sand blasted 12 rims in an enclosed industrial sized cabinet at 80psi typically used for cleaning combustion liners on aeroengines and i can tell you it took more than 12 minutes per rim. i got to the point where i merely spot blasted the rust away and scoffed-up the surface before epoxy coat and paint.

i was quoted $25/wheel locally in the bay area. it was a lot of work cleaning and painting them but the end result was very satisfying.