Lining blast cabinet with rubber?

[neblinc]

I was reading on one of Franz@'s links that I thought I bookmarked but can't find now about blasting and the media bouncing off the inside of the cabinet.

I am looking for some kind of rubber type liner to install. preferably a light color. Anyone know where to look?

Randy

 

[Franz©]

http://z6.invisionfree.com/ToolBoxTalk/index.php?showtopic=1582
Float yer boat?

 

[neblinc]

Yeah that's the link! Thank Franz@
Now about the sheet rubber you talk about, how thick should it be?

I will do a search on where to buy it.

Randy

 

[Rabbit]

Couldn't ya use rubberized undercoating? Same principle, but lot's cheaper? Just an idea.

 

[neblinc]

Not sure if that stuff would want to flake off after time. Still trying to find a source for sheets of rubber but not sure how thick it needs to be.

Randy

 

[goodfellow]

I used the Herculiner (bed liner) paint on my cheapo blast cabinet. Not only does it protect the cabinet's interior, but also it did a great job sealing the seams. That stuff is great -- I bought a quart at Autozone for $26 -- that was enough to do the hopper/funnel and the cabinet interior

 

[MXtras]

I would think 3/16"+ would suffice for direct impact (back wall), 1/8" or so for incidental contact (side walls, roof) with abrasive media. I would not line the funnel.

I lined my homebuilt job with 16Ga sheet metal on the back wall only. The rest of it is plywood and it has survived for nearly 20 years of nearly daily use with coarse glass beads and sometimes Black Beauty. I know have a commercial machine, so the plywood wonder just sits in the garage.

Scott

 

[Franz©]

Best idea is to check your local yellow pages for Gasket material. Most citys of any size seem to have a gasket or rubber suplier.

I lucked into a auction deal years back where I bought enough rolls of rubber for 10 bucks to fill a pickup bed. I have one 24 foot square building with a mansurd roof that went thru its first winter with a rubber roof, and then had roofing shingles nailed on the next year. My inventory is shrinking though.

As far as thickness, 1/8 should do the trick. Sheet rubber is fairly cheap and if you have to replace it ain't gonna kill you.

Bedliner might work too, can't say cause I never tried it. Even a canvas curtain hung an inch from the wall will stop & drop media.

 

[Vicegrip]

EDPM shower or pond liner. Comes gray or black. Dirt cheap easy to find and easy to work with. Home Despot sells it off 3 foot wide rolls by the foot.

 

[PAToyota]

If EPDM or rubber roofing will work, stop by your local roofer. He's likely to have smaller pieces (or will save smaller pieces for you) that he'll let you have cheap.

 

[W-Cummins]

Rubber conveyor belting should be all most indestructible and available most places.

William...