I spent yesterday sandblasting surface rust with a small air compressor and a $20 Bunnings sand blasting attachment. The main areas I was concentrating on were in the engine bay, where no sandpaper can reach!

I am impressed with the way it cleans up surface rust. Mine also removes paint fairly easily, but the paint is very thin. It's worth the effort.


People will always bag the small compressors and sand blasters, but if you haven't got big $$$, like a lot of us, then it's the way to go!

what sand did you use???

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River Sand. Bought it from Mitre 10 for $7 a bag.

thanks, did it take very long to do?

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It didn't take long at all. The only thing that made it slower than normal was having to stop to let the lil compressor rest every now and then. Otherwise I would burn it out.

For those hard to reach spots the sandblaster was worth its weight in gold!

just remember when you use sand you need to get it out of the nooks and krannys
makka

yea makka, I know mate, and it aint easy!

What will happen if some sand is left hiding somewhere?

You'll get hermit crabs

wise guy

rust bad application on the paint but rust remenber the post you put up RIVER SAND .......salt water hmmmmm
makka

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um......say what??

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I did some more last night. Sucessfully sand blasted some rust along the bottom of a door. Trying to scrape it off with a screwdriver was no where near as good as ripping into it with the sand blaster!

After sandblasting ANYTHING, you'll see that corrosion (surface rust, oxides) will appear within days if you dont treat it again. I've seen magnesium corrode from my thumbprint, after I sandblasted a wheel. You could actually watch it etching the material.

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"He's always been a dickhead, He always is a dickhead, He will always be a dickhead. So stop complaining when he acts like one."

Hmmm- I bought one of those kits years ago, must `ave a go at it...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

what brand sand blaster have you got i want to make sure i get the right one

Got mine from Supercheap. Still in the blister pack... it seemed like a good idea at the time for 15 or 20 bucks...

Gotta get some sand and `ave a go... hardest part will be cleaning up the friggin' mess!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.