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What Should I Get for A Media /Sand Blaster
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pressurized... many here run the 20 or 40 lb harbor freight units, including me...
blasting will take as much air as you can throw at it... put your money in the compressor, not the blaster..
blasting will take as much air as you can throw at it... put your money in the compressor, not the blaster..
Agree 100% HF pressurized and a big compressor. Learned the hard way on that one. Assumed everything ran like the 3 phase monster at my dad's machine shop. My problem was getting one *just* big enough to get by. I don't do enough to upgrade, but it has a hard time keeping up when I do a big job, plus its oil-less so its LOUD.
When you say oil-less you mean you can't change your oil?
oilless is exactly that, no crankcase oil... they scream like banshee's...
lost me on the second one..... the same air compressor for bodywork?
yes, a compressor is a compressor... you'll want a water seperator of some sort for blasting or bodywork or painting...
lost me on the second one..... the same air compressor for bodywork?
yes, a compressor is a compressor... you'll want a water seperator of some sort for blasting or bodywork or painting...
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oilless is exactly that, no crankcase oil... they scream like banshee's...
lost me on the second one..... the same air compressor for bodywork?
yes, a compressor is a compressor... you'll want a water seperator of some sort for blasting or bodywork or painting...
What's your recommendation on a budget water seperator?
There is no I am buying a oil-less. I may take one of my old redunants from work. We just bought are second 50hp screw.oilless is exactly that, no crankcase oil... they scream like banshee's...
lost me on the second one..... the same air compressor for bodywork?
yes, a compressor is a compressor... you'll want a water seperator of some sort for blasting or bodywork or painting...
Do you water catch or dryer?
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What is the purpose of both? Catch for just general purpose keeping moisture out of air tools? Dryer for painting?
Right now I only need it for keeping water out of my air tools, but I might experiment with painting someday...
I have a catcher for most of the water and I have a dryer unit I put on when using my plazma cutter, I want to get a bigger dryer when I want to do painting.What is the purpose of both? Catch for just general purpose keeping moisture out of air tools? Dryer for painting?
Right now I only need it for keeping water out of my air tools, but I might experiment with painting someday...
Air tools, catcher is good enough, and an oiler would be good but I don't have one, I just put some oil in it everyday I use it.
2 stages rock for blasting... my Quincy kills it...
Exactly what he said. A pressure pot style blaster likes a minimum of 10hp air compressor. Thats a BIG pricy compressor. Smaller compressors will run a pressure pot type blaster but it just takes way longer to blast. About as long as a syphon feed unit will. So if you CAN swing for the bigger compressure then you will be good to go with a pressure pot blaster. I have an 80 gal single stage thats 7.5hp. I would get a duel stage 10hp, 80 gal, compressor if you can afford it.
my 2 stage 5 hp 60 gal Quincy has no prob with my blaster for hrs on end...
No need for a 10hp thats crazy. I have a 5hp 80gal 2stage champion got barely used of CL, oil was still green never been changed. Fills very fast, powers my hf blaster and powers everything extremely well. Get a GOOD 2 stage you won't regret it.
blasting is most benefited job from the higher pressure of a 2 stage... most other tool activities could care less, but blasting eat's that sh*t up... 
i just run Ace's white sand on everything out of convenience.... i just don't hit the big flats like hoods, etc... that's where you'll run into warping issues...
I don't get fancy with walnuts, black beauty, baking soda, etc... tho my good friend runs a soda blasting biz for the boat bottoms...
I'm usually a fan of pretty nasty cut like 00 and such.. but like I said, gotta be cool and stay near curves, bodylines, jambs, etc that can handle the heat better.....
that's the important stuff to blast anyway, the nooks and crannies. stripping the middle of a roof, hood, etc is cake... little stripper and a DA with 60, easy peezy...
I don't get fancy with walnuts, black beauty, baking soda, etc... tho my good friend runs a soda blasting biz for the boat bottoms...
I'm usually a fan of pretty nasty cut like 00 and such.. but like I said, gotta be cool and stay near curves, bodylines, jambs, etc that can handle the heat better.....
that's the important stuff to blast anyway, the nooks and crannies. stripping the middle of a roof, hood, etc is cake... little stripper and a DA with 60, easy peezy...
