Does anyone have a sandblaster?? I bought a 9 bolt rear for my formula that has some surface rust....I want to blast off so I can paint it........

 

Wire wheel in a drill or die grinder works good too.

Hit it with some rust converter and then paint :-)

later
Jeremy

 

wire wheel............20 hours later

sadblaster is so much easier though

 

I can loan you mine...you'd have to come and get it though. I believe it's a Mac and used only a couple of times.

I definitely need it back in about 2 weeks though.

 

Harbor Freight tool store.........They start at about $15.00 and up it's nice to have one around the shop for jobs like that.


Good luck!
Phil.

 

how much will your local blaster charge you to blast it? i think we charge 90 or 120 to blast and then industrially prime one.

 

I second the China.... Ummm, I mean Harbor Frieght route.

I picked up their 40lb pressurized model to do my floor panel along with other parts of my car and it works great.

Its on sale now for 75.00

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=34202

The one I have is at my buddies shop which has a very large gravel parking lot and I would suggest you do this in a gravel parking lot or other area that will not be affected by the sand storm you will create.

If you would like to bring it down to the shop where my car is PM me and I will talk to my friend about knocking it out. If so, I could run a hose out to the parking lot and we could blast it in about 15 minutes or so.

The only catch is that you would have to buy some media as I used all I had for my car along with some parts on my friends car.

Harbor frieght sells the aluminum oxide 70 grit media for about 20.00 for 25 lbs which would be plenty for your job. There are probably other outlets that sell the media for cheaper but I have yet to find one thats within driving distance. They also sell a 50 lb ( better deal ) as I recall for about 36.00. but would be overkill unless you have more to blast.

Regards,

Matt

 

anyone know where to buy what goes in the sandblaster but I don't want sand I want glass or something better let me know I'm in the Elgin area someone told me that there is one in Aurora but not sure where any info will be appreciated. oh and to answer your question I think me and transam5 bought one at the same time or around the same time it's a mac tools one for $40 I haven't even used mine cause I can't find blaster material good luck.

 

Same place, Habor Frieght. For Elgin the one you would probably go to is in Arlington Heights. However, there is one on hwy 31 in Aurora.
Here is the link to the retail store listing for Arlington Heights.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...l_Store_ID=134

Keep in mind that "sand" is really just to describe the consistancy of the media used. All the media I have seen is everything but plain sand.

The aluminum oxide works great for rust removal but will create a lot of heat and will warp sheet metal pretty easy. Just remember that the lower the number the more aggressive the media will be.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2742

Make sure if you find a sale item on their web page that you print it and bring it in as some times the sale prices in the retail stores differ from the web. They will honor it if you print it and bring it in.

Also included links for the glass media.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46426

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=30972

Regards,

Matt

 

glass bead is not better for blasting in your application. Its main use is polishing stainless and blasting with a lower profile. We use to use it to gently blast thinner pcs of metal here but now we use baking soda for that. Aluminum oxide would be your best bet for getting the part as clean as possible. The profile for alumin oxide is also deeper which means that the paint will stick better in the long run over using glass bead.

 

cool thanks for the info I think I will go and check harbor freight out thanks for the info guys.