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To: "'oletrucks@autox.team.net'" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: [oletrucks] Abrasive suggestions for blaster
From: "Border, Ryan" <rborder@fcxena.fc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:26:24 -0600
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.
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