wax-it
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 06:36 PM |
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Bead Blasting At Home?
Is it worth sorting it all out?
I have 2 of those cheap aldi compressors, and searching on ebay gives you some kits that will run (just) on them.
Whilst I still have to buy decent hose line, connectors etc (will be asking about that) is it worth doing?
Just thinking of all the mess etc
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 07:58 PM |
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If you are bead blasting a larger item outside I would say forget it due to the cost of blasting media and for health reasons . For smaller items use
a blasting cabinet and decent face masks. Might be cheaper and safer to get it done by a blasting company?
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big_wasa
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 07:58 PM |
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Doubt you will get enough air to do a proper job.
cleaner, easier and cheaper to pay some one elts to do it for you.
Imho 
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IDONTBELEIVEIT
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 08:30 PM |
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we use bead blasting(glass beads)just for bare non ferrous as a rule,easier than polishing welds,but gives a great key for painting/powder coating on
any metal,we use 90 psi constant
regards wayne!!
Are We There Yet, Are We There Yet!!!!
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dave r
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 09:09 PM |
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sorry i am sure theres a question here, but i have just been distracted by IDONTBELEIVEIT's avatar ;p
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issunaz
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 09:19 PM |
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If you want to do small areas of bead blasting outside, go to a builder merchant and buy a 15Kg bag of "clean, kiln dried silica sand"
this is similar to the sort of sand you get in an egg timer and is cheap enough to use on a total loss basis.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 09:55 PM |
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Bead blasting uses fine glass in powder form normally for cleaning ally. Do not use sand unless you want Silicosis!
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 09:56 PM |
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^^^^ NO NO NO NO NO
Don't do it - sand pulverised into small pieces at high pressure, then in your lungs = silicosis = bad. Would need clean air fed face mask to
do it safely.
Blast cabinet at home, or professional....
Chris (lung Dr!)
Ah - rusty nuts got in before I had a chance, I meant the one above his!
[Edited on 20/3/08 by chrsgrain]
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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issunaz
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:21 PM |
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OK 
Don't use sand
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:31 AM |
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I think this information needs to get spread around a bit further. Speaking to a bloke in the office the other week and he was "yeah, use
sand". I'll be pointing him at this thread next week.
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wax-it
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| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:42 AM |
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Oh I knew about the sand issue, I was looking at bead or if I can find a seller, wallnut (v expensive but better finish).
Its to do some alloy wheels, carb inlets, few other odds and sods.
Its just that I have a choice of either sorting out a place for bead blasting or a place for painting. At a push the space is big enough to do a
bonnet but ideal for painting cycle wings and the rear arches I have.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:55 AM |
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Where abouts are you? perhaps someone in your area may be able to recommend a blasting company? or better still be able to do it for beer tokens.
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wax-it
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| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:57 AM |
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stockport - manchester
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/3/08 at 11:06 AM |
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Unless you are blasting heavy duty steel best crushed walnut shells or crushed cherry stones.
Other way of "sand" blasting is not to use air but an attachment for a pressure washer --- needs a fairly big pressure washer and you
can't re-use the blasting media without drying it out. This type of blasting works very well for aluminium alloys but with steel you very
quickly get light surface rust.
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