where do you buy your Blasting Media

[blue_oval23]

I ran a search and came up with nothing. I am in the process of building a blasting booth at my house and i am trying to find the best deals on media. I went to the website of that guy in michigan, and it had alot of good info, but are there dealers that are less expensive? I am going to be blasting old cars and i have been told that slag would be the best, how much do you guys pay and where? Thanks Blue_oval23

 

[PAToyota]

One discussion here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5813&highlight=blasting

I get mine from here: http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm

 

[bob944]

Depends on what I'm blasting, but I've had pretty good results with the Harbor Freight media. It's cheap and their shipping is free or very low cost which can save a lot compared to other vendors. Do a search on their site for "aluminum oxide" or "glass bead".

Andy

 

[neblinc]

If you have a local TSC store, they carry the black stuff that is on sale quite often.

Randy

 

[l_bilyk]

Does anyone know if glass media dust can cause silicosis? No right?

 

[ZRX61]

You don't want to be breathing in ANY dust from a blast cabinet...

& try TPTools for media

 

[toxicz28]

Does anyone know if glass media dust can cause silicosis? No right?

Only if it contains silica. Read the MSDS on it, it will tell you.

 

[sharpshooter]

I bought some the other day from tractor supply that said FREE LOW SILICA


whats that mean, I have only used it for about a 2 minute timeframe, I was wearing a dask and the cabinet held all the dust........if its no good thats fine, I only have 5 or 6 bucks invested

 

[Retlaw 66]

Have you looked in your local yellow pages??.....you know, a phone book!! .....that's what we had to do in the 'old- pre-internet days'.....(which was only about 10 years ago!!

Yahoo has a 'yellow pages' section....do a search under 'sandblasting' for your town.

You might also try equipment-rental places. They often rent sandblasting equip, and should have blast-media avail for sale.

Mail-order can get expensive when you factor in shipping costs.....

 

[Clark]

I use black beauty. I'm pretty sure there is no silica in it. I get it from a local blacktopping business.
Clark

 

[Flathead Youngin']

i went to our local cement and lime place......i bought black beauty and sand.......i won't use the sand after i read/thought/heard of the silica hazards........

besides, for steel, black beauty is hard to beat.......

eventually, i want a cabinet for glass beads and black beauty...

got any pics of your cabinet?