From: Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 18:45:38 PDT
Steve:
I appreciate your feedback a great deal. But I'd like to compare
apples to ... well, Pizza if I had my druthers but.... From what I've read
and the minimal feedback I've received on list here some guys like to use a
portable sprayer and just buy new beads/sand. But most who have a lot to
blast and desire an element of fine control almost universally ( perhaps 15
out of 17 ) say a large blasting cabinet is tits. The best. Sort of like
finding a left handed smoke bender ( don't laugh: I received a
commendation while a Boy Scout for actually retrieving a left handed smoke
bender at a jamboree when 14 or so... Troop 70, Stony Brook NY :} ).
Most of what I face on the deuce and the Atomic Energy Commision
Chevy is mild to medium rust, with a few holes eaten through tho those are
mostly in areas where I'll have to replace metal or patch: can't get into a
cabinet. Could you possibly let me know what brand/model of cabinet you
have? If 'modern' technology for this application matches what you've
found I'd rather spend my money on a concrete pad for my baby.
Paul
many, many, many moderately rusted parts close to hand
Finally home where my emails to the list don't die somewhere on
the internet ( harumph!! )
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You will find that trying to do something as large as a door will be almost
impossible in a cabinet. I have a TIP cabinet and use it ocassionally. I
use paint stripper normally and only blast things that are rusty or pitted.
You will find a non-cabinet pressure blaster will do things so much fast
that you will wonder whay you bought a cabinet. The cabinets use
the siphon feed system. It is very slow and every 20 seconds or so, you
have to stop and put your finger over the nozzel and quickly step on the
pedal to force a little air thru the hose to clear it. With a pressure unit,
you
just pull the trigger and go.
You might want to consider making a portable unit that with tarps that you
can get in with your item.
My experience. YMMV
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