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Re: Question re: sandblasting

To: Larry Hooven <dirty_howi@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question re: sandblasting
From: Andy <adixon@loudoun.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 18:51:06 -0500 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net, bjbrew@mindspring.com
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Let me second that!!!!!
Andy

On 01/13/98 03:45 PM Larry Hooven said...
>well, for one you can use it to run your air tools, ratchet, impact 
>wrench etc, as well as fill up your tires, blow out the garage with a 
>air nozzle, and generally wreak havoc with the cat.  IMHO once you use 
>an air ratchet for the first time, you will wonder what you did without 
>it all these years. 
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:55:07 -0500
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>From: Bobby Whitaker <bjbrew@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Question re: sandblasting
>Reply-To: Bobby Whitaker <bjbrew@mindspring.com>
>
>I am considering buying a portable sandblaster similar to the ones 
>available
>in the Harbor Freight catalog (www.harborfreight.com) to aid in the
>frame-off restoration of my '72 TR6.
>
>Considering that I would need to buy an air compressor as well as the
>sandblasting unit, is this additional cost and equipment worth it to be 
>able
>to sandblast the frame, suspension parts, the tub, etc. as opposed to
>stripping parts with a wire wheel attached to a drill?  Is sandblasting 
>that
>much better?
>
>In addition to sandblasting and spraying paint, what other uses can a
>compressor be put to in the complete restoration of a car?  Can you tell 
>I'm
>looking for justification to make this purchase?
>
>Bobby Whitaker
>72 TR6 CC78127  
>
>
>
>
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