Sandblasting cabinet result

[Guest]

I am very happy with the results. This is one of the wishbones i had a go at today.

[Oli]

I really need to get one of those..

Great stuff

[H48HPE]

it's now on my list of things to buy!

[Guest]

It was £131 from machine mart.

Bargain

Simon.

[G51 NAV]

Nice.
If you were to use it to strip rust, instead of using a chemical stripper, how long would the exposed metal take to flash-rust again? The reason I ask, I've seen chemical rust removers which work really well, but if you're not more-or-less instant with some kind of etch-primer etc, flash-rust appears amazingly quickly.

[E_T_V]

If you get any bare "mild" steel wet then it'll flash rust in seconds. If you keep it nice and dry then it may stay in good nick for months. (moisture in the atmosphere will cause flashrust too).

[Miracle maestro]

After blast cleaning down to bare metal it is best to apply a coat of primer the same day.

[Mike Brock]

It was £131 from machine mart.

Bargain

Simon.

Hi Simon - Will the sandblasting cabinet you bought clean aluminum?

[Guest]

Hi Simon - Will the sandblasting cabinet you bought clean aluminum?

Yes it will but not tried it yet. Will just have to be carefull as its softer.

Simon

[E_T_V]

Use glass beads instead of sand/shot/grit and lower the pressure for aluminium.

But yes with the right media it'll clean up aluminium, just not big enough to fit my wheels in sadly!

[The Express Valeter]

How does this blast box actually work & do you need an endless supply of sand?

[Guest]

How does this blast box actually work & do you need an endless supply of sand?

Pour the grit in the bottom and the gun is attached to a supply pipe in the bottom. The grit just goes around and around.

An endless supply of air you will need. I have a 300litre tank on my compressor and its on more than its off.

Simon.

[E_T_V]

Yep very air hungry, and you need to keep the grit dry for it to feed properly. It'll need changing occasionally but not often unless you are cleaning everything in sight!