John,
That is a good solution, and you have a nice collection of cars too! I
could easily justify a pressure blaster. Unfortunately I live here in
the rain forest, and I would have to construct something more
substantial for winter use (half the year!) Maybe one of those sheds
from home depot . . .
"John T. Blair" wrote:
>
> I have a small plastic cabinet (actually the larger plastic one) from Harbor
> Freight, and my dad has a Snap-ON metal one. However, I can't get a wheel
> in my small cabinet and I don't think one will fit in my dads.
>
> What I do for larger items like that is:
>
> 1. I purchased a pressure blaster from Harbor Freight.
> 2. Go to the corner of my fence near my garage and tie a piece of rope
> diagonally across the corner - about 10' on the diag or so.
> 3. Purchased a large plastic tarp and clothes pin it to the rope to form
> a curtain and floor (the plastic forms a large "L").
> 4. I lay the large item I want to blast on the bottom of the "L", I also
> put a couple of bricks on the bottom of the "L" to keep it from getting
> blown around.
> 5. Use the pressure blaster (I wear a cloth hood - from Northern Hydrolics)
> and try to have the sand richocet off the item to the back of the "L".
>
> I can recycle better than 80% of my sand this way.
>
> John
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
> 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
>
> Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
> Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle
'84 Vanagon Westy (Escape vehicle)
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Undergoing restoration)
Assisting in restoration:
'72 MGB GT (Daughter)
'64 MGB (Son)
Parts cars:
'68 & 73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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