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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:02 pm 
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I'm thinking of getting one of these to clean up alloy car parts. Does anyone have one here? And are they any good?

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:14 pm 
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I use a small sand blasting cabinet with glass beads and it works great on alloys, steel,etc for paint removal and light rust/oxidation etc to clean up. You can get at supercheap or other parts/tool stores for $150-$200 and the great thing is it recycles the media. Not sure if you can use soda in it but can't see why not?

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:47 pm 
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rodmac wrote:
I use a small sand blasting cabinet with glass beads and it works great on alloys, steel,etc for paint removal and light rust/oxidation etc to clean up. You can get at supercheap or other parts/tool stores for $150-$200 and the great thing is it recycles the media. Not sure if you can use soda in it but can't see why not?

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Thanks Rod, I've got a cabinet already. I'd be using this for things too big to go in the cabinet

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:56 pm 
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I have a different type of pot one which works OK but is slow with my compressor.

I use garnet to blast. I found using an old 3 person tent was good for containing the blast media and paint coming off the item being blasted.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:54 pm 
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Looks like a good idea. I just chuck the hose from my cabinet blasting gun into a bag of soda outside lol. But this looks like a better option and a good price.

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