Jim,
Several of you all have mentioned using a good respirator when blasting.
According to TIP I need a $400.00 air system. ve read the warnings on the bags
of
silisca sand and it sounds pretty dangerous. What, specifically, are you using
as a respiratator? Thanks for any info on this.
Larry
jvanho01@tir.com wrote:
> Ryan, David,
>
> I also have a TIP pressurized sand blaster but I use a product called
> "Black Beauty" that I get from my local brick yard and it costs about $6.50
> for an 80 pound bag. It is a coal slag product. It comes in three
> different grades. I think that the grades are very fine, fine, and medium.
> I use it to do all of my blasting from frame to sheet metal such as oil
> pans, flywheel covers, valve covers, etc. as well as the cast iron parts.
> I also capture it similarly and do the same kind of filtering. One the
> things that I like about it over the sand is that it lasts longer and it
> does not produce all of the dust that sand does. Besides using the proper
> size nozzle the other critical thing about clogging is humidity or moisture
> in the media that you are using. If possible you need to put a drier on
> the air line out of the compressor to remove all of the moisture before it
> gets to the blaster. I used to use ceramic nozzles but have switched to
> carbide. They are more expensive but they last forever and don't break
> when you change sizes for the different size blasting media. Yes, yes, yes
> use a good respirator.
>
> Jim V.
> 58 GMC Suburban Carrier Pickup - V8 Automatic
>
> At 05:40 PM 8/27/99 Friday -0500, David wrote:
> >Ryan,
> >
> >I too use the play sand for my aggressive blasting. I have a TIP
> >pressurized sand blaster from TipTools at WWW.TIPTOOLS.COM
> >
> >I use their screen sifter (my name for it). It is the perfect size to sit
> >on top of the sand blast unit to filter out the over sized sand. It also
> >fits on top of a plastic bucket so you can preprocess some sand too. I also
> >use the plastic buckets to store excess sand in between blasting sessions.
> >
> >I also get a finer grained quartz sand for my internal engine parts. I
> >visited the hardware stores and found a local brand at an extremely high
> >price. I checked around the local cement yards and found the local source
> >that brings it in my the skids. It is all uniform in size and I also use it
> >in my small blast cabinet. Great stuff. However, I do have to filter it
> >after I use it one time to remove the scale and junk I have blasted off. I
> >get about three rounds out of each bag.
> >
> >For my bigger parts, I use a screened 9 x 12 foot picnic tent. It has a
> >plastic cloth top and screened sides. It keeps the sun off and allows me to
> >control most of the wild sand. I capture the used sand on a plastic tarp.
> >I am able to recycle about 95% of the sand this way.
> >
> >For safety, it is essential to wear a good respirator. The quartz sand bags
> >comes with the appropriate warnings.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >David Edwards
> >1954 3100 5 Window
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Border, Ryan <rborder@fcxena.fc.hp.com>
> >To: 'oletrucks@autox.team.net' <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 5:22 PM
> >Subject: [oletrucks] Abrasive suggestions for blaster
> >
> >
> >|Hi guys, a quick question:
> >| I've got a pressurized sandblaster from Harbor Freight, and a compressor
> >|which seems to be up to the task of driving it. But, I'm wondering if you
> >|all have any suggestions as to what I ought to blast with.
> >| Up until now, the best thing I've found is a brand of "play-sand",
> >|available at a local hardware store. I've found that the brand does
> >matter-
> >|the "play-sand" at the local Home Depot wasn't nearly uniform enough,
> >|causing all sorts of clogging problems.
> >| Even the best stuff I found still causes me lots of woes. Either the tip
> >|or the outlet valve (out of the tank) clogs very regularly. I'm lucky to
> >|get more that ~15s of blasting in before having to go unclog something.
> >|There has to be a better way.
> >| What do you guys use, and where do you get it?
> >|
> >|Thanks-
> >|Ryan.
> >|
> >|Oh yeah: my applicaions range from stripping multi-layers of paint from
> >body
> >|panels to cleaning rust off of heavy metal.
> >|oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >|
> >
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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