sears sand blaster

Crushed class works well so does aluminum oxide but its more than 2x as expensive.

There is something called amberblast that runs under $10 per 50lbs and said to cut 30-40% faster then silica sand but I've never used it. I ran across this thread with a bad experience but have no idea what the hell he is talking about.

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yeah,,, kinda whacked post eh?


just an update,, just came home with a 100 lb. bag of black beauty
19 bucks

found it at the concrete/gravel yard

will be trying in in a few minutes


Thanks

Originally Posted by BlueOvalBandit

Crushed class works well so does aluminum oxide but its more than 2x as expensive.

There is something called amberblast that runs under $10 per 50lbs and said to cut 30-40% faster then silica sand but I've never used it. I ran across this thread with a bad experience but have no idea what the hell he is talking about.

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Ralph, if you can get Black Beauty, get it! It is cheap and re-usable and it will cut through anything! It does make a hell of a mess, but it will get the job done real fast. I use a tank blaster I picked up from Eastwoods and it holds about 100 pounds of the stuff. Once it is pressurized, it comes out of a big ceramic nozzle like a friggin' firehose. Great for stripping undercarriages and stuff that does not get a final finish. Do not use this stuff on body panels or it will warp them. Just so you know how abrasive this stuff is, try blasting a piece of metal with the lights turned down and you will see sparks shooting everywhere! -Mike

well.... its sort of working The thing is the guy said it wa fine,,, but i don't think it is

its friggin medium,,, dammit why are some people such efin idiots

I'll have to try and find fine

That medium might be too big for your ceramic nozzle. What is your pressure and how big is your air compressor tank. If you do not have enough capacity, it will use a tremendous amount of air very fast and you will end up with less media to blast at lower and lower pressures. I like to blast with at least 90 to 100 psi continuously. I have a big compressor and when I really get going, I have to stop to let the thing cool because it is running constantly. If it is coming out of your nozzle okay, then you are not getting enough pressure for continuous amounts of time.

its working good but the grit is too course, The sand goes right through, but the medium slag gets stuck in the gun.
if i had fine I would be good to go.

The compressor is working for sure but , im just doing small parts and pieces,

brackets,,etc


when i use the sand because its wet its coming out with a lot of moisture(actual water dripping off the part) which inturn is keeping the dust to almost nothing, kind of a happy accident

I use Black Blasting Crystal, it's Copper Slag, it is cheaper than Aluminum Oxide, $15 or $17 bucks for a 100 lb bag. Got it at Napa here locally...

Blasting Sand as inhabiting a BAG of Sand labeled BLASTING SAND, in a hardware store will NOT release Silica into the air as it is 99% quartz rock and river bed gravel, No silicone there, but it sure is NOT advisable to use when blasting sheet metal. The crap is HUGE, it's about 20 to 40 grit in size and way to big for what you need.

You need Copper slag or aluminum oxide...

On that blasting box... You put a link to...

It's not necessary to have that style really....

The ONLY advantage to using that box over using my style (Big open pot) is, if you dump it on it's side accidentally, you do not spill out any sand...

No reason to spend more than $25 bucks on a sand blaster as the quality does not come from the unit holding the sand, it comes from the Tip, the material and your HEAD.

Mine is a 3 gallon Open top container with a hose on the bottom that you can buy at Home Depot for $25 to $34 bucks. I'll even post a pic in a minute or two.

Good Luck!

isn't the black beauty copper slag?

Here are the pictures of the best blaster I've ever used. This is the same one I used 26 years ago on my 1946 Willy's...