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Nov 10, 2016 | 04:21 PM

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Sounds like:
A) Blaster cheap HF made in China.
B) The paint was "Built Ford Tough".

C) All the above.

Nov 10, 2016 | 05:15 PM

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Uni Moe

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Couple of hours of toying with the blaster accomplished this much.

I have a lower end sandblaster and I found that it performed better when I replaced all the fittings/valve on the bottom of the tank with one size larger diameter.

Nov 10, 2016 | 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JEFFFAFA

Sounds like:
A) Blaster cheap HF made in China.
B) The paint was "Built Ford Tough".

C) All the above.

Definitely A. I saw that people just switched out the parts on them to make them work better, but I assumed it would work at least somewhat decent out of the box.

Nov 10, 2016 | 06:15 PM

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Definitely A. I saw that people just switched out the parts on them to make them work better, but I assumed it would work at least somewhat decent out of the box.

Ahhh. Now U learn Grasshappa. Paint on, paint off.

Jun 23, 2017 | 11:59 AM

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Half a year later and I'm finally back to this with some progress to show. Decided to blast the truck back down to bare metal to try to get rid of any covered up rust and get a perfect finish.