[Spridgets] Body stripping

[David Ambrose]

Play sand doesn't blast worth a tinker's dam. I'd recommend either glass 
beads, or the finest garnet sandblasting sand you can find. I'd go with 
100 at a minimum. HF has a pressurized chamber blaster that has to be 
better than their siphon gun. I have their siphon gun, and it's good for 
small jobs, but I wouldn't use it for large ones.  Also, use the lowest 
air pressure that will get the job done.


On 7/5/2017 8:29 AM, Mike Rambour via Spridgets wrote:
>  I do have a healthy compressor, a big boy 2-stage 5HP with 80gal 
> tank.  I tried sand blasting with my neighbors Harbor Fright el-cheapo 
> sand blaster and sand from Home Depot (play sand and yes I used a 
> proper fresh air supply so no worries about silicosis) but the thing 
> kept clumping up the sand and clogging.  With the small nozzle, I 
> figured it would take forever to sand blast the body if I got proper 
> media, that I can't seem to find locally.  I have a small soda 
> blaster, the little portable 10lb. one from Eastwood, it did a nice 
> job a 1/8" at a time.  Will a proper pressure blaster with Aluminum 
> Oxide media really work that much better. I don't mind buying tools :)
>
>     mike
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> On 7/4/2017 9:20 PM, Billy Zoom wrote:
>> Chemical stripping is way too illegal in California. There was a good 
>> place in Garden Grove for a long time, but the environment police 
>> hounded him constantly and he’s not around any more.
>> Why don’t you buy a pressure blaster. They’re cheap now. Do you have 
>> a healthy compressor?
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