Recent content by Beriant

Great idea, I had recently moved to a more quiet compressor but still had my old one laying around. It's not in the best shape but it works. Got some brass fittings and plumbed both compressors into my dryer/filter unit and then out to the pot. I also bought the HF 40 pound blast cabinet, wow...

Thanks to you both for your responses, with the black beauty, is that safe to use on steel and aluminum in terms of not damaging the metal?

Hmmm good to know, I did some quick googling earlier and the process to dispose of it scared me off but I am going to look into this some more. It may be the black beauty can get me by and get the job done with what I have. I was able to get about 90% of the surface cleaned but this won't be...

I wish I had 240v in my garage, I saw those IR compressor's and they seemed to be the cheapest available that support high CFM. I considered a fuel powered compressor but I just don't think it will be worth the hassle at this point, probably better off just putting up the cash to have 240v...

I assumed that might be the case, thanks for the information. I did notice that after I went through my first tip, bought some backups to swap out. I decided on glass beads based on local availability and not wanting to damage the underlying surface in any way. They worked really well for the...

Hello! I recently bought a 30+ year old car from NY that I am fixing up / restoring. Right now I am blasting the rear suspension components to get rid of all the rust and prep for refinish. I have been running into some problems with my media blaster and found this forum through some...