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Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.)

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Robert Hesselma

04-13-2005 05:59:12




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Hi all,

Finally got my high cfm portable air compressor finished, and now need to choose a portable sandblast tank.

The unit will be used to clean parts of the 8-n and the implements that do with it (along with snow plows, dumptruck beds, etc)
Question is should I get a siphon tank, or a pressure tank?

I have a (self contained) siphon setup with my shop sandblast cabinet and it works well, but this will be for outdoor work (won't be recycling the material).

I can buy cheap pressure units and siphon units for around a hundred bucks, but neither looks like they would be "fast".
I have high cfm capacity, and can run 150-175# pressure thru a 1/4" nozzle continuously.

Any thoughts?

Robert

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HOOKER

04-13-2005 16:53:51




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 Re: Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.) in reply to Robert Hesselmann, 04-13-2005 05:59:12  
a pressurized unit is the only way to go!!!!! !
i use a 50HP. screw CP that runs both of our 1000# blast pots at the same time, with 100 ft/2" feed hoses GET THE BIGGEST UNIT YER COMP. WILL HANDLE!!!
and by the way the bigger the unit the longer between sand loads, and talk about waisting sand, find a local landscaper and they"ll buy it, and theres not enough B.S. in the waist sand to effect anything
just a beer drinkers opinion
jake

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Robert Hesselmann

04-13-2005 16:07:02




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 Re: Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.) in reply to Robert Hesselmann, 04-13-2005 05:59:12  
Thanks all,

Looks like a pressurized tank is the route to go.

Robert



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hvw

04-13-2005 09:06:59




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 Re: Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.) in reply to Robert Hesselmann, 04-13-2005 05:59:12  
I've used both a siphon feed blaster and a pressure feed. The pressure feed puts out much more material than the siphon feed and that makes the blasting go a bunch faster. Because it works better you can hold the gun further from the metal and reduce the chance of damage. Just all around superior in my opinion.

The pressure feed I'm using now has a max tank pressure of 125 psi which seems to work fine. I'm just using beach sand for media which we sift through a window screen. I've also used playbox sand from Lowe's. (sifted also).

If you buy a pressure blaster that has a bronze ball valve for the gun you'll find that the sand eats a hole in the valve quickly. When that happened to me I put the nozzle directly onto the hose and found that worked better. Meanwhile I found what seems to be a better constructed gun and it's been fine so far. All in all sandblasting is a great tool.

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Ramrod

04-13-2005 06:39:22




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 Re: Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.) in reply to Robert Hesselmann, 04-13-2005 05:59:12  
I got the HF 80# pressure feed model from their website, and it does a fine job for me and my NAA project. If I had it to do again, I would get their larger 160# model. Freight is free for orders over $50, so it would be a worthy upgrade. I do need to stock spare nozzles and valves though, as the sand does a number on them, but that's gotta be universal I figure.

Ramrod



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Dan

04-13-2005 06:10:22




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 Re: Sandblasters (for cleaning Ford and equip.) in reply to Robert Hesselmann, 04-13-2005 05:59:12  
I have used a sandblaster with a very high CFM compressor before (trailer mounted diesel engine type), and the pressure tank works like a dream. I do not have experience with a siphon system, but can recommend the pressure tank setup. I do not know the capacity of the tank I used as it is my Father-in-Laws tank, but it stood about 5 foot high and about the same in diameter. It took several bags of sand to fill it up, but once full I did both rear wheel centers and rims, hood, fenders, front wheels, dash and a few more parts that were heavy and odd shaped making it hard to clean by conventional means.

Good luck,
Dan

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