Sandblasting Media?
- Thread starter jr37
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Re-use! Set up in a place that you can collect that media, sweep it up, screen it and re-use it. My Dad has a nice homemade blasting box, that collects about 90% of it, but when he does the "outside" work, he still sweeps it up and re-uses it at least 5 or 6 times before it doesn't work so well.
As for purchasing new, not sure where or what would be cheaper.
As for purchasing new, not sure where or what would be cheaper.
I was using silica sand, but it must not be fine enough. It kept plugging up in the hose or gun, but it sure did a good job.
700classic
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Why would the Media be sandblasting? Shouldn't they be like reporting the news and stuff?
Why would the Media be sandblasting? Shouldn't they be like reporting the news and stuff?
Its kind of like the "500 pound man eating clam" at sea shell city. I been in that place many times....never seen him.
michaeladams
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i would love to sandblast the media
mjkaliszak
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Some psycho babble from when I had a job.....
Try Trinity bead, google them they are out of MI. They manufacture many different kinds of silica. Some mixes are more silica, some have Aluminum oxide mixed in at various percentages. The media size also comes into play along with the mix which produces a different finish on the steel. Some are more shiny & some dull, the TB# changes the " gloss" level or finish of the steel which when molding polymers produces a specific finish. For example your dash in your car has a textured surface with a low gloss level. It helps reduce windshield glare. Most interior trim co's nowadays will paint the interior components to manufacture a consistant quality looking part instead of relying on achieveing it from the mold.
I would go to the beach , fill some buckets with sand, pull the screen off 1 on the windows, screen it for particle size & blast away. that is if you are just removing rust or corrosion.
Try Trinity bead, google them they are out of MI. They manufacture many different kinds of silica. Some mixes are more silica, some have Aluminum oxide mixed in at various percentages. The media size also comes into play along with the mix which produces a different finish on the steel. Some are more shiny & some dull, the TB# changes the " gloss" level or finish of the steel which when molding polymers produces a specific finish. For example your dash in your car has a textured surface with a low gloss level. It helps reduce windshield glare. Most interior trim co's nowadays will paint the interior components to manufacture a consistant quality looking part instead of relying on achieveing it from the mold.
I would go to the beach , fill some buckets with sand, pull the screen off 1 on the windows, screen it for particle size & blast away. that is if you are just removing rust or corrosion.
borderstaff
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rp7x is right. If you use a line filter to eliminate moisture it should be 20-30 feet at least from the compressor, that gives that air some time to cool down to ambient temperature and separate the moisture from itself before going through a filter that collects the rest of the water.
