debbie
15+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 13, 2005
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newcastle,
Europe
Hey all just wanted to here from other guys that have there own home media blasting kit.
Basically I built my own cabinet and bought a cheap gun from eBay, I also had a small amount of aluminum oxide blasting media.
When I first start using the kit it worked fine for the first ten minuets then the problems started.
With me having only a small amount of al oxide it kind of stopped flowing out of the plastic container I was using as a hopper, as it was to big, so I used a plastic bottle turned upside down, but it then stopped working.
When I emptied the rubber pipe the media was damp in that it had stuck together in clumps. Has anyone had this and what did you do. I have a feeling I need to put a water trap in there????
Also do you guys have the hopper holding the media higher than the cabinet or on the floor?
And what I also found is that the oxide was good for taking the crap off the aluminum but found it went grey so I followed it with glass beads and that gave it a bit more of a shine.
Any insight to help me get on with this project would be much appreciated Thanks Eric.
Basically I built my own cabinet and bought a cheap gun from eBay, I also had a small amount of aluminum oxide blasting media.
When I first start using the kit it worked fine for the first ten minuets then the problems started.
With me having only a small amount of al oxide it kind of stopped flowing out of the plastic container I was using as a hopper, as it was to big, so I used a plastic bottle turned upside down, but it then stopped working.
When I emptied the rubber pipe the media was damp in that it had stuck together in clumps. Has anyone had this and what did you do. I have a feeling I need to put a water trap in there????
Also do you guys have the hopper holding the media higher than the cabinet or on the floor?
And what I also found is that the oxide was good for taking the crap off the aluminum but found it went grey so I followed it with glass beads and that gave it a bit more of a shine.
Any insight to help me get on with this project would be much appreciated Thanks Eric.