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Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:16 am
by redroadster
https://sandblastkits.com/products/sand ... 2586100638
This looks kinda cool using a pressure washer instead of the big compressor needed 4 a 100$
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:32 am
by DAC21
That is pretty slick. Supposedly 20% off by signing up for emails. Of course my pressure washer doesn't meet the 3000 psi minimum.
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:12 am
by Doggggboy
I have one. They do work but they make an ungodly mess.
I know a pressure pot sandblaster will as well but I find the mess from the wet blaster to be worse.
There is also a problem with flash rusting unless you add a chemical to the water or spray with rust inhibitor on the part immediately, and I mean RIGHT NOW.
You won't have the problem with heat warping the panel like with a dry blaster though.
The media has to be super dry and kept dry as well while blasting, but this is a problem with all siphon feed blasters.
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:00 am
by Habitat.pat
I second what Doggyboy said. I used one on a cheap electric pressure washer, both off Amazon. I blasted my roadster frame using the fine slag from Tractor Supply as a medium & it worked really well. The adapter was about $25. Replacement tips are not available, but for the price, who cares.
Peace, Pat
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:03 pm
by DAC21
Habitat.pat wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:00 am
I second what Doggyboy said. I used one on a cheap electric pressure washer, both off Amazon. I blasted my roadster frame using the fine slag from Tractor Supply as a medium & it worked really well. The adapter was about $25. Replacement tips are not available, but for the price, who cares.
Peace, Pat
Interesting, Pat what was the PSI of your Electric pressure washer? Normally electric don't get much over 2200 psi with not much more than a gallon a minute. Seems you could conceivably perform the process on grass and not to much worry about the mess if your are hitting metal and not the ground with the stream. That or put down a tarp then just wash the mess onto to the grass when done.
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:19 pm
by Habitat.pat
I bought both the pressure washer & adapter on Amazon in 2020.
The pressure washer was: Teande, 3800 PSI/2.8 GPM. No idea if it really was but it worked for me. It is not available any longer. It lasted until we had a bad freeze & the innards cracked, probably plastic. I didn't open it up to check, just recycled it. I think it was about $180.
The adapter I bought was: AgiiMan, Kit 320. It is still listed, but out of stock. No telling if it will be back or not.
I used them on my concrete driveway with the frame on a rotisserie made from 2 Harbor Freight engine stands. After I finished blasting I let it dry & just swept the slag into the grass & into the low spots near the driveway. Nice to live in the country where you don't have to keep everything nice & straight! I blasted a few other parts directly on the concrete, such as the cowl vent & there are indentations where the blasting removed some of the concrete.
Peace, Pat
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:57 pm
by DAC21
Habitat.pat wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:19 pm
I bought both the pressure washer & adapter on Amazon in 2020.
The pressure washer was: Teande, 3800 PSI/2.8 GPM. No idea if it really was but it worked for me. It is not available any longer. It lasted until we had a bad freeze & the innards cracked, probably plastic. I didn't open it up to check, just recycled it. I think it was about $180.
The adapter I bought was: AgiiMan, Kit 320. It is still listed, but out of stock. No telling if it will be back or not.
I used them on my concrete driveway with the frame on a rotisserie made from 2 Harbor Freight engine stands. After I finished blasting I let it dry & just swept the slag into the grass & into the low spots near the driveway. Nice to live in the country where you don't have to keep everything nice & straight! I blasted a few other parts directly on the concrete, such as the cowl vent & there are indentations where the blasting removed some of the concrete.
Peace, Pat
Yeah, I think manufactures take liberty with psi ratings. But that is as high as I have seen a electric power washer and it probably had to be in the ballpark of the rating.
Re: Useful Tools
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:03 pm
by redroadster
https://youtube.com/shorts/HvPF5C2TPYA? ... IIC1uDcilS
A way to straightened the brake line roll on copper I guess