We have a media blasting cabinet here at work. We use a number of different types of media, mainly based on the piece we're trying to clean. There are all kinds of media, things like nut shells, plastic beads, etc., etc. I'm not sure what's in it right now, but I was using it to clean a cast iron piece for a Walker-Turner belt/disc sander I restored and it took 3 layers of 30+ year old paint off in record time.
Our cabinet has a filter system in it too, so the crap that gets blasted off doesn't mix with the media, which is nice. You don't want old lead-based paint flying around... Dan --- On Tue, 5/5/09, relng...@aol.com <relng...@aol.com> wrote: > From: relng...@aol.com <relng...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] blasting > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10:35 PM > ...What's the deal on bead > blasting? Should I try this at home? How is > this better than using my Home Despot power washer?.. > > The term is media blasting, not bead blasting. Media > blasting removes > everything down to the metal and does not etch the surface > as sand blasting can > do. In fact there are several types of media used depending > on what is being > cleaned. As one example, a form of baking soda is used to > remove the paint > on aircraft followed by a washdown with water which gets > the media out of the > crevices. > > You cannot at home equal the result a commercial outfit can > do. My friend > SJB had the body of his 356A Porsce Speedster media blasted > before it went to > the metal shop for the major metal work and the blasting > removed all the > corrosion and old bondo. > > No, your pressure washer won't do anything but remove dirt > and grease but > leave behind the rust. And I have hundreds of hours on my > Karcher 1750 to > prove it. > > Just pay to have it done right and you will have the best > result. > > RLE > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 > easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&; > bcd=May5509AvgfooterNO115) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090505/1c0e04bc/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
