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Hey guys, has anybody have one of these and if so what do you think? Maybe good for cleaning up small parts like accessory brackets, a wheel etc? I have a good 3000 PSI power washer this may become very handy.
Have you ever looked up vapor blasting (also reffred to as wet blasting), the results are great and you can do this to metal and plastics. The end result finish on the parts is like new. Google it, I think you'll like it and from what I've read you can convert a regular sand or media blast cabnet. I could not get the link to work, might be because I'm at work! Doug
Your F-85 "post car" is very nice. I don't want to buy a blast cabinet. My Compressor is 60 gallon 3.2 HP-specs 11.5 @ 40 PSI, 10.2 @ 90 PSI, 135 PSI max. From what I have read the actual blast time is not very long and the recovery rate could test your patience. So I stumbled on this product as an alternative.
I rented something similar at a tool rental place over 30 years ago. The thing works. My trouble was I used too coarse grit sand. Got the rust but left a really rough surface.
I also remember a buddy was supposed to go halves with me renting the thing and then his stoopid *** didn't show up.
Last edited by rocketraider; Aug 13, 2020 at 08:22 AM.
Thanks for the kind words, it's no where near your car, which is one of the penicals from what I've seen. I also like Steve Strob's as well. The guy I got it from had 4 more, a mix of 64' and 65' all post cars. It took me 4 yrs to get it. It was in Car Craft in 99' and I've got the mag (actuall 2, I had him sign one!). Slowly and surely getting it into better shape. I split my time between the Cutlass and a 65' Skylark, progress is slow but I drive one of them every day. Doug
Is that the Car Craft issue that they dropped a 425 in her? I having the interior installed next week so Ill post some pictures when all finished...Thank you! for the kind words.
Wrong Issue, the one you are thinking about was within the last couple of years. Cool, keep posting them, I bet it's gona look killer when complete. Doug
My dental hygienist uses a similar process when I go in for my cleaning. The system uses soda and of course, much lower pressure, but the results are great.
I had been in the Navy only a couple years when I arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in early 1963 to the newly constructed USS Andrew Jackson. She was in a dry dock at the time and getting the hull wet sandblasted; I was amazed! Wet sandblasting has been around for a while.
We like using this method only for certain applications, such as lead paint removal, reason being is no dust. Or as in the pic on Fiberglas because its not metal, as far as for what you want, I say no, when you mix glass with water it will "Rose Bloom" or to you, flash rush, you can add a product called hold tight to prevent this if you plan on priming right away but I dont recommend this for metal, for the gentleman above that called it vapor blasting it is not, your probably thinking of dry ice not water.
