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From: Self <Single-user mode>
To: Paulsv@aol.com
Subject: Re: Sandblasting
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:54:27 -0600
I purchased parts from TIP and made their sandblasting cabinet per
the instructions include. Works wonderfully. Put the part in the
cabinet, close the door, blast away and take part out. No mess no
fuss. Worth every penny I spent.
I also have their pressure blaster for outdoor work. Works even
better than the cabinet does.
Brad
1964 Spitfire4
BFC25720L
> << Grab a few extra dollars, quid or whatever currency you use
> and buy a good Hood at the same time. >>
> The face shield of my mask gets so pitted, after 1/2 hour or so of
> use, that you can hardly see out of it. (I have a pressurized
> sandblaster.) Polish it with plastic compound on a cloth wheel on a
> bench grinder, and you can see again. Also, a good quality face
> mask (Canister type, not the paper ones) is an absolute necessity.
> The silica sand I use (and re-use) gets broken down to a very fine
> dust, and when this fills your lungs, you can be in serious trouble.
> Finally, realize that you can make sheet metal look like the
> surface of the ocean with over-enthusiastic sandblasting. You don't
> have to turn the pressure all the way up, you want to blast at a
> fairly fine angle, not head on, and you don't, in most cases, haver
> to get the sheet metal perfectly white. You don't want to turn your
> fenders into tin foil! Paul
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