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Author: | Mc tool [ Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | bead blaster cabinets |
Does anyone have their own bead/sand blaster ? I can buy the whole deal ... cabinet, c/w gloves ,nozzles the whole drama for a couple of hundred bucks ( I have a decent sized compressor ) but I don't know much about maintenance thereof . Can the media be cleaned / re used ?. I have just got quotes to clean up 4 wheel rims ( steel ) and they want 70 bucks each ..... I can buy the cabinet and 10 litres of either glass beads or grit for that , so make sense to save money and get a new toy ![]() any hints appreciated Hamish |
Author: | Fraser [ Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Hi Hamish, Of course you need more tools, stop trying to rationalise it, you need it. Plus, you can then tell us what experiments work with the type of media you can scrounge up. Which beach is the best source (iron sand might be a bit rough?), that sort of thing. Cheers, Fraser. |
Author: | Mc tool [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:18 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Oh so no help at all then Fraser ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Bluey [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
I've used a few and the main dramas i've ever had have been - cabinet is too small to fit your bits... for me that's usually car bits. - using a too small compressor so you can't work long enough (frustrating) - not using enough driers on your compressed air and the blasting media getting soggy and it won't "spray" You can re-use your media too... at the end of the day it's just sand or whatever... just remember that the dust is very high in silicates which is bad for your lungs so wear a good mask when trying to collect the media again. You will loose it over time as dust, spillages etc. Recently I've been back at tech learning spraypainting so for the last year i've had access to their big cabinet and compressor which is much nicer to work with than any I have personally had (usually too small and suddenly you can't fit that door in etc). Bike stuff tends to be smaller so the little cabinets might be okay. Also remember that you can overheat stuff too... all that friction can cause issues of it's own. But once i finish my shed one of these will be on my shopping list too. |
Author: | Mc tool [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Thanks Bluey , specially about the driers . I thought that the media , after spraying fell to the bottom of the cabinet and just got sucked up again. I have used one before but twernt mine so I didn't care , just wanted clean crankcases ![]() DSC02812.JPG [ 100.97 KiB | Viewed 32614 times ] and a lot of other shit that is real handy when you need it ![]() Must check the Blaster cabinet kit and see if it has a drier , Thanks Bluey Hamish |
Author: | nickta [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:24 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Author: | Mc tool [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Lately I have had a thing (Idunno what you call it ) for old padlocks and old test gauges/ meters be they an old power meter , time switch or electrical test equipment ..........long as its got a dial of some sort , old brass pressure/ vacuum gauges. Mostly this stuff is cheap and goes straight in the shed ( I have the rural postie trained to place suspicious packages straight in the shed )...............BUT no bastard ever tells you that if you pick a smart one you will spend the rest of your life failing miserably at sneakin things past her, and every now and then I loose something she takes a fancy too ( you know ... wimmin and shiney things ) ![]() |
Author: | Bluey [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Author: | Mc tool [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:13 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
10 litres of either glass beads or grit is about 45 bucks, and I spose it would pay to get as much crud off before blasting. Do you think you could fit the driers between the compressor and the tank ? I have to drain my tank regularly . |
Author: | Bluey [ Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:31 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Author: | Mc tool [ Fri Sep 15, 2017 2:38 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
A friend uses a couple of old central heating radiators for his spray gun , rads are on the outside wall of the shed ( #uckin cold down here ![]() I only drain mine when I remember ......... which is when I move it and hear the water sloshin' around ........... so , must be coming up to 2 years now ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Bluey [ Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Author: | streetsurfer [ Sun Sep 17, 2017 5:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Side note: Oxalic acid for pool care to remove those driveway rust stains. |
Author: | Mc tool [ Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:15 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: bead blsater cabinets |
Nah ......... sold the house . It actually faded a lot in the sun. We had some concrete cleaner called Bazil or something like that ( actually for cleaning concrete in a meat processing plant ) works good too |
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