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Old 09-20-2012, 06:56 PM
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Blasting my frame

Based on an earlier thread where the pressure washer sand blast attachment from Northern tools was mentioned, I ordered it and started working on my '51 frame this afternoon. These pics were about 25 minutes into the job. Very satisfied and had to snap a few pics. Once complete it will be sprayed with spi epoxy.


 
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Old 09-20-2012, 08:16 PM
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Keep posting pics. I don't know if you're planning on doing it or not, but using a large tarp to catch the media is a real plus. You can use a strainer and reuse it a few times.

I also used SPI epoxy, good stuff. Here's my frame.

It starts at the bottom of the page and continues on next page.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...s-alive-5.html
 
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Oops. I see you are talking about wet-blasting. I looked on northern tools and couldn't find it. Could you post a link, I'm interested as I still have more blasting to do.
 
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This is very interesting. I have a outdoor pot blaster and beyond making a huge mess, I blow through 100 lbs of media in 10 mins (expensive).

What media are you using with the water and how much are you using?

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Based on prior sandblasting experiences, this is much better because of no dust. It goes through media just as fast though. The media I am using is leftover sand from a local blasting company....they run the sand through their machine 3 times and after that they dump it so I stopped by and got a 55 gallon drum of free sand.
 
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