budget sand blaster?

Had a feeling I'd see this question from you within an hour.

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yep, we diffinatly need a "Sand Blaster" forum too.

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jagur said:

*yep, we diffinatly need a "Sand Blaster" forum too. *

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Thank you, Yogurt, May der Schrawrtz be with you

Had the appropriate forums been here already, I would have cross posted
this in the MUni soundblasting and Trials/street sandblasting area, but
alas...

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Sandblasters are really simple, so even the cheap ones work fairly well
for small areas. The main thing is to match the blaster to the
available air volume from the compressor you will use. 12 cfm is quite
a lot for a home compressor.

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S_Wallis said:

*Sandblasters are really simple, so even the cheap ones work fairly
well for small areas. The main thing is to match the blaster to the
available air volume from the compressor you will use. 12 cfm is
quite a lot for a home compressor.

Scott *

I've used my sandblaster with the small compressor I've got at home and
find myself constantly waiting for the compressor to refill the tank.
Now, when I need to sandblast anything, I take it work where we've got
HUGE compressors😄

Brian, I usually try to sandblast objects inside a large clear plastic
bag to contain most of the mess while still being able to see what
you're doing

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If i recall correctly, you dont have an air compressor so that sand
blaster wont do you any good. Unless you of course go out and buy one.
For the recommended air volume required i'd say your looking at about
$600 - $800 Canadian minimum to get it to work properly. Definetly not
very cost effective for a couple of uni frames. Just my opinion though.
Feel free to buy it if you want.
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the club welder has an air compresser 🙂

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Brian, I have used these small units. As noted above, the compressor
has a very hard time keeping up.

Here in the states, most Monument Companies (the place that engraves
tombstones) use a monster sized sand blaster.

Try to find a Monument Company and a$k how much to blast your tiny
frame. I'll bet it would be really cheap. Especially if you just let
them blast it during their next job.

Then again, little sand blasters are a lot of fun, yet very messy.
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Sand blasting at home? Work safely!!

Blasting with real sand? Not recommended. In any case, don't inhale
the sand dust as you run a big risk of developing silicose (dust
lung), a very serious condition. Other blasting materials will be
safer but I would still not recommend inhaling the dust.

I'm serious.

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The best blasting medium that you can get is glass bead; it's easier on
the metal and leaves a cleaner surface than sand.

Get some of that if you can...I believe harbor frieght has it.

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