Alternative Source/Color for HF Blast Cabinet?

[Perry H]

This may seem silly, but where possible I attempt not to buy large red tools for my garage. I try to stick with blue, black, gray, etc.

The HF tools come from factories in China that likely sell the same products to others. I have seen a blue version of the same cabinet in Europe, but not one for sale in the US.

Does anyone know of a supplier that sells the same cabinet at a similar price (not Ea$twood) in blue, black, gray, or white?

Why not just paint it? Once I painted an orange HF hydraulic press blue (back before HF started selling them in gray). Now that press looks like a University of Florida press due to scratches that expose the orange. So painting doesn't work and would be a nightmare for a blast cabinet.

Thanks in advance for any leads.

 

[Perry H]

I found one in Canada, but it is $250 with $125 in shipping.

https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/floor-model-abrasive-blasting-cabinet/A-p8046492e

If that is Canadian dollars the cabinet is right at HF's (regular) price, but the shipping kills it.

 

[Parrothead]

I hate red in a garage (and yet I have a red tool box). I’d paint it, but the key is prep. Sand it down thoroughly or strip it. If prepared properly you shouldn’t have much in the way of peeling paint, and if it’s stripped, you’ll only see primer or bare metal when it’s scratched, even on a press or blast cabinet. Keep a small can of Rustoleum for those touch ups.

 

[Parrothead]

Here’s one at Eastwood, and it’s similar but it’s $468.

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-b...MIwvOR9Jep5wIVSx-tBh3ycwrDEAkYASABEgK8S_D_BwE

 

[lis2323]

I found one in Canada, but it is $250 with $125 in shipping.



https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/floor-model-abrasive-blasting-cabinet/A-p8046492e



If that is Canadian dollars the cabinet is right at HF's (regular) price, but the shipping kills it.

Are you in the US? That PA cabinet is in CND dollars so that would offset the shipping a bit.

 

[Perry H]

Yes, I am in the US, but that is still $90 for shipping.

 

[bastage]

TP Tools HobbyPro maybe.. They are pretty high on themselves about being better then the other imports. I do know that there upgrade kit is regularly recommended to improve the HF cabinets. So if that is included then you may be starting in a much better place cost wise then the price difference would indicate.

https://www.tptools.com/HOBBY-PRO-HP-75-Top-Load-Abrasive-Blast-Cabinet,8208.html?b=d*23498