Cleanest media blasting setup?

R-mm · May 27, 2017

Guys apologies if this has been discussed but I am looking for recommendations on the cleanest blasting setup for a small/medium sized home garage. I do mostly auto restoration work and just set up an oven for powdercoating, which I am loving and which makes me realize I really need to be able to blast. My garage is about 550 SF with low ceilings just over 7'2" so I'm a bit constrained for space for a large dust collection system. I'm in a condo and can't run a new exhaust penetration on the exterior wall.

I have the footprint for a blast cabinet and plenty of air but my experience with them (using my dad's **** Blast) is that they make tons of dust even with good fans. Are there any systems designed around dust control?

Ole Slewfoot · May 28, 2017

CO2 media

Duker · May 29, 2017

R-mm said:
Guys apologies if this has been discussed but I am looking for recommendations on the cleanest blasting setup for a small/medium sized home garage. I do mostly auto restoration work and just set up an oven for powdercoating, which I am loving and which makes me realize I really need to be able to blast. My garage is about 550 SF with low ceilings just over 7'2" so I'm a bit constrained for space for a large dust collection system. I'm in a condo and can't run a new exhaust penetration on the exterior wall.

I have the footprint for a blast cabinet and plenty of air but my experience with them (using my dad's **** Blast) is that they make tons of dust even with good fans. Are there any systems designed around dust control?

I don't know if this solution will work for you but it's helped my dust collection on my cabinet enormously. My vacuum could barely keep up but now the cabinet stays clear and I have minimal dust residue after long sessions of blasting. I copied this version pretty close.

http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=65.0

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txvwnut · May 29, 2017

I have a HF cabinet and I use a Rigid shop vac run through a Vortex separator and get no exterior dust. I have a Outerwears filter wrap on the shop vac filter but that is mainly to keep from having to clean the filter every few hours of blasting. On my first cabinet I ran it directly into a shop vac and did get some dusting. I had that one built into a cabinet so the dust was mainly contained in the cabinet and not throughout the shop.

CudaChick1968 · May 29, 2017

The TP Tools Skat Blast cabinet I bought used a few years ago came with a Baldor motored vacuum. It's AWESOME.

Good luck with your new adventure! If you already love it, beware ........ like some of us, powder can become your Life.

pendragon1998 · May 29, 2017

Even with a good dust system, I get media falling out the door every time it opens, so keep that in mind.

Warrenator · May 31, 2017

Shop vac with a dust deputy. My blast cabinet has two air inlets on the top that would blow dust out, so I put wadded up furnace filter media in them and hooked up the vacuum.

I myself would never even look at a knockoff chinesium cyclone dust collector, but the one from Banggood is very nice and only $15.99. https://www.banggood.com/High-Effic...y-For-Vacuums-IA1-p-1028998.html?rmmds=search

Also, if you use glass beads or ground glass media I think it is a bit less dusty.

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