Blasting Sand

["Bob Nogueira" <nogera@worldnet.att.net>]

I was talking to a friend over the weekend who says he uses bagged  sand
from Home Depot for sand blasting. I  have avoided sand for blasting because
of something I read years ago about the dust being deadly.
Now that I have a fresh air mask ( the kind with the remote air pump) is
there any downside to using
sand rather that the "buckets of bucks for a bucket of blasting media" that
I have been using ?

Bob
      PS this is also a test, I haven't seen a posting since 7/16/04