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To: "Old-Chevy-Truck \(E-mail\)" <old-chevy-truck@onelist.com>,
Subject: [oletrucks] Bucket Sand Blaster
From: "Jhouse" <jhouse@ccsol.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:29:29 -0400
I just purchased a $10.00 bucket blaster from Woodworkers Warehouse.  I
could not get it to work at first.  It would not pull up the sand.  I then
stuck the hose into water and it did a fine job of spraying the water
however it did not have much pressure.  I then changed the valve inside to
the smaller orifice and this seemed to work better with the sand.  However
if I ran it at 40 lbs or 80 lbs it did the same poor job.

Now for my question.  I pulled sand out of our volleyball court and ran it
through a screen 5 times until it did not catch anything else.  That is the
sand that I used.  Is this sand grain to large for what I am trying to do.
I have seen postings in the past about you guys buying 50 lbs bags of sand.
Is this a very fine grain sand that is used and not sand box sand?

Did I mention that our home sits in a sub division that was built on the
former town sand pit.  So if my sand works I have an endless FREE supply.

What should I set the pressure at to use this bucket blaster.  It had NO
directions and I am just guessing on what to do.

Thanks,
NHJim
46 Chevy 3104
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