Unless you have been using it exclusively to blast lead based paint, I
doubt if there would be any disposal issues; it's mostly glass and rust,
I imagine. A lot of the people that got in trouble with disposing of
spent media were shipyards, and they were blasting off toxic
anti-fouling paint and lots of other nasty stuff, in very large
quantities.
I have my shop vacuum connected to the dust port of my blasting
cabinet. It does suck up a little of the media (glass beads, too) but
it keeps things much cleaner and a lot easier to see what I'm blasting.
I'm going straight into the shop vac without a water trap or anything
else to catch the media, so I'll probably eventually kill the shop vac,
but it's a 30 year old Craftsman that my ex gave me for Christmas long,
long ago, so when it dies I'll get a new one and build a wet media
trap. The type of media you use depends on what it is you're blasting,
but I have found that glass beads are a good choice for general
car/motorcycle/hobby use. Any media is going to be messy.
Dave C
Marc wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have a large blast cabinet in my garage. I've been using glass bead in
> it only because I got a 50 lb bag as a freebie. Anyway, the media is a
> couple years old, and probably needs to be changed out, doesn't seem to
> cut very well any more. Also time for a new gun...
>
> Any disposal issues with used media?
>
> My cabinet is a bit on the messy side - Although I like the finish that
> glass bead provides, are other media less messy?
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