Posted by Dave Speed [24.49.106.233] on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 21:21:48 :
In Reply to: Re: sand blasting OT posted by JohnD [71.255.220.95] on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 20:36:24 :
Sounds like a great project. I always wanted to do a shovel/crane.
Spend a day masking/sealing anything you don't want sand in.
+ 10 on the "rent a towable unit". Mine was a 4 cylinder gas unit w a scroll compressor.
Unless you're going to recycle, I'd stick with sandblasting sand (sharp - not play sand). Get 1.5x the sand you think you'll need. And put it through a sieve first.
If you have a dryer/moisture trap available it will help.
Be ready with something to passivate/condition the bare metal with.
And enough primer to paint it with that day.