Media was completely clean before I used it.
So all the debris is my fault.
Now with clean media and with alox alone, the blasting experience is completely different. I can now take the paint off the axles. And I think the clogging is over, but it's still kinda hit in bursts from time to time. Not a perfectly smooth blasting yet.
I still can't get to some very tight spaces on the axles, so I had to use a pick tool to remove old paint. Blasting won't take it out and won't dislodge it. Just doesn't hit hard enough in tight crevices to brake the old paint. Maybe I'll try it with steelshots alone one day.
Also just realized that my alox is all getting eaten by the vacuum,. Since it's not mixed with steelshot anymore, it's not as heavy. I gotta get that dust separator now.
I'm considering installing a heat exchanger to cool the air going into the tank. I'm only wondering if there another option instead of bending copper pipes?
Like for water, they have pex, but there's also flexible hoses. I'm not sure if anything like that exists for hot air.
Similar to water braded flexible hoses.
Would make things easier by avoiding to make fittings and bending pipes.
