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Uncle Buck
07-03-2009, 03:53 PM
I bought a used Harbor Freight Bead Blast Cabinet recently. I bought the big floor model. I have drained it of all the sand, and intend to really clean it out then tighten all the hardware, after that I plan to use something like seam sealer along all the joints and totally paint over such joints with something like roof tar to try to help leak proof it a bit. Has anyone else done this, and what are your suggestions? Thank you for your ideas :thumbup:
BTW: For all the HF flaming crap to follow, just do me a favor and skip the thread if all you have to add are snide remarks, if you do not want to give me some constructive ideas to help leak proof my cabinet. If I had money fallin out of my rear end I would have bought a new high dollar one to begin with.
caper
07-03-2009, 04:05 PM
I've been contemplating purchasing a similar one so I'm interested as well.
Nortonscustom
07-03-2009, 04:47 PM
A buddy of mine picked up one of those a while back, he sprayed the seams with a can of that spray in truck bed liner stuff. Worked great and it's tight as a drum now.
Norton
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
07-03-2009, 04:48 PM
BTW: For all the HF flaming crap to follow, just do me a favor and skip the thread if all you have to add are snide remarks, if you do not want to give me some constructive ideas to help leak proof my cabinet. If I had money fallin out of my rear end I would have bought a new high dollar one to begin with.
You tell 'em, Buck! :lol_hitti
Ray-CA
07-03-2009, 05:23 PM
Duct tape the seams them cover that with the bed liner in a can stuff?
Ray
A_Pmech
07-03-2009, 05:41 PM
Sikaflex.
Don't get it on your clothes or your fingers. (Yeah, it's that good!) :)
The rattle can of bedliner spray is a pretty outside-the-box idea. That might be a whole lot faster.
chad s
07-03-2009, 06:01 PM
also, TP tools sells an upgrade kit for the HF cabinets gun. A friend of mine did it to his HF cabinet, and he said it made a world of a difference.
chad s
07-03-2009, 06:03 PM
Here it is:
http://www.tptools.com/Product.aspx?display_id=2320
Merkava_4
07-03-2009, 08:01 PM
BTW: For all the HF flaming crap to follow, just do me a favor and skip the thread if all you have to add are snide remarks, if you do not want to give me some constructive ideas to help leak proof my cabinet. If I had money fallin out of my rear end I would have bought a new high dollar one to begin with.
Did somebody page me? :confused: :lol:
Uncle Buck
07-03-2009, 11:32 PM
also, TP tools sells an upgrade kit for the HF cabinets gun. A friend of mine did it to his HF cabinet, and he said it made a world of a difference.
Very good, I planned on that upgrade. I wondered how many other guys knew about it.
Uncle Buck
07-03-2009, 11:34 PM
You tell 'em, Buck! :lol_hitti
You bet, never shy to read em from the book, or if the situation warrants we will need to have a "come to Jesus meetin" :spit:
Are these units prone to leak without additional, creative sealing? I bought a used one going on two years ago from a member here. Have not used it yet, but am interested in this thread so I know what to do in advance.
Uncle Buck
07-03-2009, 11:48 PM
Are these units prone to leak without additional, creative sealing? I bought a used one going on two years ago from a member here. Have not used it yet, but am interested in this thread so I know what to do in advance.
Everyone I ever knew that had one, or everything I have read over the last few years about the HF floor model indicated that without some preventative measures taken up front, these were bad to leak. Additionally, the TP upgrade suggested earlier in the thread is supposed to result in a marked difference in performance, or at least according what Chad, and everyone else I have ever heard or read said the same thing. Since it has been some time since I researched this I wanted to see what folks here had to say about this.
Thanks, Buck.
The previous owner upgraded the gun in the one I have) to a Husky maybe?) so I guess that part is taken care of. Now I know to seal it, too.
fatfillup
07-04-2009, 08:13 AM
UB, what media are you planning on using. I just swapped for a cabinet and am using baking soda. Does a great job cleaning rust on tools without going after the chrome. Cleaned an old vise for paint prep and probably would have preferred something more aggressive.
As far as the leak goes, is this a health concern for using sand or just a dust containment concern for whatever media you use?
krehmkej
07-04-2009, 08:48 AM
These cabinets are used for beads, not sand. There's less dust, but they still use a vacuum to capture the dust. If the leaks are not sealed, you get little galss balls oozing out everywhere. They are not a health hazard, but are somewhat costly and a bitch to keep swept/vacuumed up. DAMHIK
84TurboBuick
07-04-2009, 08:52 AM
I know this idea is kinda far out and odd.......but......
When I went to get my bedliner sprayed with Linex, the owner told me that he could spray anything I wanted.... from wood to plastic to metal.
You could just take it to a Linex dealer and have them shoot the whole inside of it. I wouldn't think it would be but $50 or so.
speed bump
07-04-2009, 09:55 AM
Honestly I would just pick up a big tube of black rtv and reassemble it using that. Just duct tape all the outer seams will probably work just fine to.
Are you saying you can't use sand in these? Or that black, sandy stuff?
Uncle Buck
07-04-2009, 10:30 AM
UB, what media are you planning on using. I just swapped for a cabinet and am using baking soda. Does a great job cleaning rust on tools without going after the chrome. Cleaned an old vise for paint prep and probably would have preferred something more aggressive.
As far as the leak goes, is this a health concern for using sand or just a dust containment concern for whatever media you use?
The health concerns everyone speaks of is a by-product of using silica sand. When SS is used as a blasting media there is silica dust released that remains suspended in the air. If the person blasting, or anyone in the immediate vicinity is not wearing the appropriate respirator, or supplied air type hood, they can inhale those microscopic particles if SS which then attach themselves to the nasal passages, lungs,throat lining, etc. Once that happens then many years might pass before the person notices the decreased lung function, at which time they go to the Dr. who tells them they silicosis of the lungs, and 6 months to live! The danger is really only in the dust.
As for my choice of aggregate, I have not decided yet, the former owner had very fine silica sand in it (GASP!) which I have already disposed of. I know that whatever I choose, I want it to be as aggressive as I can possibly get.
Is silica sand the same as natural sand, Buck, or is it man-made :headscrat
Uncle Buck
07-04-2009, 10:33 AM
Are you saying you can't use sand in these? Or that black, sandy stuff?
One poster said that sand is not used in these, actually many people do use sand in them. I think originally these cabinets were intended to be used with the glass beads mentioned, but there are many other acceptable blasting media types that can be used in these cabinets as well such as walnut shells, soda, and other substances.
fatfillup
07-04-2009, 10:37 AM
As for my choice of aggregate, I have not decided yet, the former owner had very fine silica sand in it (GASP!) which I have already disposed of. I know that whatever I choose, I want it to be as aggressive as I can possibly get.
Ah, if only you could blast with a wire wheel:lol_hitti
Sorry UB, couldn't resist:bounce:
Uncle Buck
07-04-2009, 10:59 AM
Ah, if only you could blast with a wire wheel:lol_hitti
Sorry UB, couldn't resist:bounce:
LOL! Thank you, I am glad you went there, because I would have if no one else did, I would have! :lol_hitti
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