Trevor,
Last month my wife got me a blasting cabinet for my birthday ( actually
she took me the New Harbor Freight Store, gave me a shopping cart , her
check book and said " Happy birthday , load it up " and the cabinet was
part of what I loaded up ).
Anyway I went to a supplier and said "I need to buy some sand"
He told me they didn't sell sand.
I asked, "well what do you sell? The sign says Sandblasting Supply.'
" We sell ' Media"
"Okay "I replied, " give me a bag , or whatever it comes in, of 'MEDIA'.
"What mixture do you want ?"
WHAT EVER WILL TAKE PAINT AND RUST OFF METAL"
'Oh' he says," you need to talk to Harry, who is our Product Application
Consultant, about what percentages of mix will work best for you ".
After 20 minutes of answering questions for Harry , they sold me a 5
gallon pail of MEDIA. It looks like sand, it feels like sand but I know
its not sand because I'm no fool and only a fool would pay 35 dollars
(US) for a five gallons of sand.
Yes Tevor life is getting much too complex. I thought welding opened up
a new world of terms but its everywhere .
Bob Nogueira " who really really loves his wife "
On Fri, 07 May 1999 02:58:01 -0400 Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
writes:
>
> Well, I bought a sandblast cabinet last week from
>Princess Auto. Princess Auto is a Canadian chain of
>tool and knickknack stores famous for their monthly
>sales.
>
> I have it installed and running, and it seems
>to work well.
>
> Couple of questions from a novice.
>
> What abrasives should I be using for different
>jobs? I bought a bag of sand because it was cheap
>and it seems to work really well on the usual surface
>rust. I am curious what other abrasives I can
>use for different purposes.
>
> Safety... the sand I bought says "Less than
>1% silica-free". Yes, I agree, that doesn't
>make grammatical sense, but they seem to be saying
>it's a low silica sand. A little bit of dust
>escapes around the lid seal during use. What
>sort of health concerns and I in for if I
>breathe it?
>
> ...related to the above, what will this dust
>do to my other tools and cars parked in
>the garage? My compressor air intake is rather
>close to the sandblast cabinet now, should I
>be concerned?
>
> Any tips welcome.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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