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Title: Sand Blaster Post by: FieroDough on February 17, 2003, 09:51:08 am Anyone have a portable snablaster? (the kind you connect to an air compressor? ) I want to clen off my tranny ect to "like new" when doing my swap.
it's almost swap time! Woohooo!!!! Cheers! Title: Re:Sand Blaster Post by: fiero308 on February 17, 2003, 10:35:30 am hi Eric
I have one I got at Princess Auto last yr; it is a siphon feed bucket type; if you hung it up from the rafters it works .......ok........ with gravity helping and dry sand and patience it works as good as any siphon type I guess. Dry sand is pretty important! I am going to make a pressurized one .... when I get around to it....... which is after mid april sometime. The pressurized ones are best but they are pricey unless you can rent them at a reasonable rate. I have an old dishwasher cabinet I am going to use as a sandblasting cabinet; just put a plexiglass door on it and I will be in business for smaller stuff. You are welcome to use it if you don't have a better offer. I won't be needing it for awhile. I am out Barrhaven way. Graeme Title: Re:Sand Blaster Post by: FieroBUZZ on February 17, 2003, 11:06:09 am Eric, I don't have one. Helpful, eh?
I used a wire brush on a drill to clean mine up and then shot a light coat of 'cast aluminum' colour engine paint. You could clear coat as well I guess. Looked nice at the time but one trip on my road and everything looks like crap anyway. For anyone doing this, Carleton Auto Parts in Carleton Place, evidently has a self serve bead blast cabinet. I haven't used the service and don't know the rates, but if you have some small parts to do it may be just the thing. Title: Re:Sand Blaster Post by: FieroDough on February 17, 2003, 11:06:22 am I'll probably take you up on that. :)
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