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Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:39 pm

I have had my sand blasting setup for a couple years and now it is about time to try it out on this. I got it from LIVEWIRE a while back. He is a straight shooter.

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:59 am

That long cylinder hanging from the ceiling? How much media does that hold!? Btw, loving that wall. You can almost taste the memories.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:55 am

This holds plenty. Was thinking on blasting the long thing that is hanging there.

tac · Post by **tac** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:52 am

Sandblasting is like going to beach. You can never figure out how all that sand got in there.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:27 am

tac wrote:Sandblasting is like going to beach. You can never figure out how all that sand got in there.

Yes I agree, I have done some sand blasting, been a lotta years though.

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:27 pm

Mancar1 wrote:This holds plenty. Was thinking on blasting the long thing that is hanging there.

I thought that long thing was your sand blaster. I was trying to figure out how it worked.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:17 pm

sargentrs wrote:
Mancar1 wrote:This holds plenty. Was thinking on blasting the long thing that is hanging there.
I thought that long thing was your sand blaster. I was trying to figure out how it worked.

That long thing is my spare tire bracket, LIVEWIRE shipped me..

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:42 am

Man, I've got to get new glasses. I see that now.

jimmy828 · Post by **jimmy828** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:49 am

sargentrs wrote:
Mancar1 wrote:This holds plenty. Was thinking on blasting the long thing that is hanging there.
I thought that long thing was your sand blaster. I was trying to figure out how it worked.

Good one Sarge!

toddspeed · Post by **toddspeed** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:10 am

yeah I was scratching my head over the pic too....

I have one of those sandblasters if that's the harbor freight version. Let me just say that I spent 10 hours fiddling with it for 10 minutes of blasting and gave up. Local race shop let me borrow their cabinet so I could actually finish the job. So frustrating.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:56 pm

toddspeed wrote:yeah I was scratching my head over the pic too....

I have one of those sandblasters if that's the harbor freight version. Let me just say that I spent 10 hours fiddling with it for 10 minutes of blasting and gave up. Local race shop let me borrow their cabinet so I could actually finish the job. So frustrating.

No not Harbor Freight, it is a Job Smart pressurized tank I bought at Tractor Supply.

In my opinion pressurized works better than syphon feed.

jimmy828 · Post by **jimmy828** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:21 pm

Let us know how it works out for ya. I just might check into one from TSC myself. I've been using the syphon feed but want something better at a affordable price.

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:34 pm

Here's the one I use. Got it from a friend who got it when his father passed away. Gotta be 30 years old. I replaced the hose and gun with a 9.99 Home Depot special. I'd love to have a pressurized system but it's just not in the budget. I've found that the media you use makes all the difference. This thing won't spray sand no matter what you do. However, it'll blast Black Diamond medium (30/60) grit like a champ. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/b ... edia-50-lb It doesn't do as well with the coarse grit (20/40) but still better than sand. I've pushed literally tons of Black Diamond through this thing with no problem other than a kinked hose every now and then.

jimmy828 · Post by **jimmy828** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:52 pm

sargentrs wrote:Here's the one I use. Got it from a friend who got it when his father passed away. Gotta be 30 years old. I replaced the hose and gun with a 9.99 Home Depot special. I'd love to have a pressurized system but it's just not in the budget. I've found that the media you use makes all the difference. This thing won't spray sand no matter what you do. However, it'll blast Black Diamond medium (30/60) grit like a champ. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/b ... edia-50-lb It doesn't do as well with the coarse grit (20/40) but still better than sand. I've pushed literally tons of Black Diamond through this thing with no problem other than a kinked hose every now and then.

That is similar to what i use. I purchased a $7.00 kiddy pool and stood 18 inch high cardboard up all the way around on the inside of pool to catch most of the black diamond for recycling. Works good for anything that will fit in pool.

toddspeed · Post by **toddspeed** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:12 am

That TSC version is the same thing they sell at Harbor Freight.....it clogs at the L bend feeding out the bottom when using Black Diamond (the strains are too long) and even plain sand gets clogged. I went through two loads of sand trying to make it work, and have 2 1/2 bags of Black Diamond sitting here collecting dust. Argh I used so many swear words that day I think I invented some new ones. I practically wore out the fittings taking them apart so often.

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