Sandblasting Cabinet with Pressurized Tank

[Bmw4life]

Has anyone use this?

I just installed the blue cabinet (powerfist), but saw there's on orange version (vevor).

Is this pressure system significantly bigger than the suction system?

Not sure if I can add the pressure pot to make it the same or if it's worth it?

 

[Steve_P]

I haven't used a pressure supply blasting cabinet, I have suction, but I have a pressure pot blaster for outdoor use. Pressure is faster at blasting than suction, but it also uses a lot more air, typically 15+ CFM; there's no free lunch. Pressure also comes with more wear and tear on supply components. There's a lot more to a pressure blast cabinet than just feeding a hose into a siphon cabinet from an outside pressure pot- a dedicated cabinet feeds the media back into the tank and has a huge air extraction and filter system to remove the dust, as you're making a LOT more with a pressure system.

 

[Bmw4life]

I got 30 cfm and bought this dust collector.

I understand what you're saying. I'm just wondering if I should regret I didn't buy vevor unit, or if I can rig something up, like you said to have the media recirculate. Or if I'm fine with suction system

 

[OccupantRJ]

Stay away from attempting to blast powder coated objects and you should be fine with a suction blast cabinet. I have been cabinet blasting for 40 years and nothing has stopped me yet other than being too large to fit in the cabinet, and a powder coated steel wheel. I had to burn the coating off with a torch and then blast the wheel.

 

[Steve_P]

For hobby use, I would stick with suction. For a business, where time is money, and blasting is a constant part of your business, I would probably go with pressure because of the speed difference, and you already have the compressed air supply. Pressure blasting would be beneficial if you had a business of something like restoring old car parts that might have six coats of catalyzed automotive paint on it from the last 50 years.

I wouldn't buy from Vevor unless you knew that someone else in North America sells the same item and has parts available for it. Because you are going to need to buy parts, both typical consumables, and then other slower wearing items.

As said above, powder coating is essentially bulletproof. Years ago, someone gave me a part from an expensive office chair that had cracked and needed to be welded. "Sure, no problem.". It turned out that it was powder coated and I spent over an hour just blasting the small, cracked area and then two minutes welding it.

 

[OccupantRJ]

For hobby use, I would stick with suction. For a business, where time is money, and blasting is a constant part of your business, I would probably go with pressure because of the speed difference, and you already have the compressed air supply. Pressure blasting would be beneficial if you had a business of something like restoring old car parts that might have six coats of catalyzed automotive paint on it from the last 50 years.

I wouldn't buy from Vevor unless you knew that someone else in North America sells the same item and has parts available for it. Because you are going to need to buy parts, both typical consumables, and then other slower wearing items.

As said above, powder coating is essentially bulletproof. Years ago, someone gave me a part from an expensive office chair that had cracked and needed to be welded. "Sure, no problem.". It turned out that it was powder coated and I spent over an hour just blasting the small, cracked area and then two minutes welding it.

“Sure, no problem” are dangerous words, right? Now days it is I only work on my own stuff or I will take a look at it. When I pot blasted mostly car frames as a side hustle in the 80’s, people always asked about getting an iron cauldron pot done. (Cheap). I found out real quick that the abrasive took a hook shot right back at you if you aimed into the interior. That program got cut right out of my activities.

 

[Bmw4life]

Thanks for the advice, I'll stick with suction I guess!