47-59 Media Blasting for Hobbyist

[BBPanel]

Originally Posted by vics stuff

All my outside blasting has taken place on a clean driveway with plastic covering for recycling of the media. Vic

How large of an area does the media fall in generally? What do you use to sieve the media for reuse?

[duramax55]

BBPanel be very carefull on big flat areas like hood top doors if you use to much pressure and to coarse of abrasive you can cause a lot of damage (distortion)> always keep moving not staying in one spot to remove rust or whatever.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by duramax55

BBPanel be very carefull on big flat areas like hood top doors if you use to much pressure and to coarse of abrasive you can cause a lot of damage (distortion)> always keep moving not staying in one spot to remove rust or whatever.

There is an almost zero percent chance of a personal sand blaster warping any panel on our trucks. Commercial sand blasting uses much higher cfm than most home shops have available. My guy has a 4cyl diesel compressor and a silo for sand. Even then, he's never warped any panel.
Maybe some home shops have the cfm available, but it would not be the norm

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by BBPanel

How large of an area does the media fall in generally? What do you use to sieve the media for reuse?

I used Eastwood's blast-in-a-bucket to blast my frame, springs, wheels and misc brackets. I did it on a tarp, under a carport. Sand rarely went over 30ft... Trust me, it'll go places you'd never think of. 99% of the sand won't make it ten feet, but protect your work space. I used Mason's sand from home depot, I made a recycler that had a shop vac and a mailing tube that removed most of the dust. I also sieved the sand through window screen into 5 gal buckets. Always wear a respirator when working with sand.

[vics stuff]

Originally Posted by BBPanel

How large of an area does the media fall in generally? What do you use to sieve the media for reuse?

BBPanel . As mentioned , a window screen works best over a 5 gallon bucket to sift the media. as for the area that I blast in. I always allow about 5' perimeter around the part for blasting. I felt outwards of that is most likely fine dust. I would recycle the material twice before discarding .
Vic

[boulis54]

I have a bigger pressure pot maybe 20 gallon. Use 3.0 mm tip with small coal slag due to not being able to find sand around my area. Get coal from tractor supply company. I believe the 3.0 mm tip is rated at 15cfm of air and I believe it. I have a 18cfm compressor that will run it but to help I’ll run my 10cfm compressor also. Total tank size is 120 gallon. 90psi and let it eat.

Lay out plastic 30’x30’ and media stays on it pretty good.

3m N95 mask and ear plugs with hood covering at a minimum.

I found this old paint and thick repaints your better to take stripping wheel on hand grinder instead of blasting . Faster in long run. Blast after you have removed 90% of the paint. Took 2-3 hours to blast frame. Got to find what works for you and your set up. If not enough compressor you will wear it all out and be at it all day.

[boulis54]

Had to strip paint off A and B pullers before blasting.