Sand blasting advice

Genuineguy

Hi,

Does anyone know can you sand blast with a 200litre compressor, I tried it before wit a 10 litre sandblasting pot, but the compressor was not able to keep up enough air flow. If i use a smaller pot would that help :-).

Any advice appreciated, Have to sand blast a tractor :-) + slurry tanker

Below is a similar pot that i used to try and sandblast

Ford4000

Thats a pressurised blast pot and you would really need a road compressor to power them, for a job like yours a siphon feed blaster is the job very simple and easy to operate, i only have a 100 litre belt driven compressor and i can manage away with it your 200 litre would fly with it, for something as big as a slurry tanker though i really dont think either option is suitable there both much too small,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLARKE-AIR-SANDBLASTER-SIPHON-FEED-SANDBLASTING-CSB10_W0QQitemZ200349894920QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors?hash=item2ea5c8c908

Genuineguy

Ford4000 wrote: »

Thats a pressurised blast pot and you would really need a road compressor to power them, for a job like yours a siphon feed blaster is the job very simple and easy to operate, i only have a 100 litre belt driven compressor and i can manage away with it your 200 litre would fly with it, for something as big as a slurry tanker though i really dont think either option is suitable there both much too small,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLARKE-AIR-SANDBLASTER-SIPHON-FEED-SANDBLASTING-CSB10_W0QQitemZ200349894920QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors?hash=item2ea5c8c908

Thanks for the advice, Funny enough its a ford 4000 i am thinkin of sandblasting lol :-). Would the sandblasting kit you hav tagged on this replay be good enough to clean an engine and cab for the ford 4000 :-)

Ford4000

Genuineguy wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, Funny enough its a ford 4000 i am thinkin of sandblasting lol :-). Would the sandblasting kit you hav tagged on this replay be good enough to clean an engine and cab for the ford 4000 :-)

Sure would, wee bit slow for my likin but i would like it done yesterday:D but yeah i did a 135 with mine and also have one of them pressure pot yokes lyin in the shed ---pr**k of a thing

Genuineguy

Was chatting a chap who supplies them pots.

http://www.howdentools.ie/

He was saying that a pressurised sand blasting pot was the best, 10Gallon approx 140, Im not sure will my compressor be able to work it. What do you think?,

cian1500ww

We have a pretty decent compressor at home, what would be the recommended sand blasting setup for doing a small tractor like a 35X ? I'm not sure what size of compressor we have but we use it for spraying so it has a good capacity.

Ford4000

cian1500ww wrote: »

We have a pretty decent compressor at home, what would be the recommended sand blasting setup for doing a small tractor like a 35X ? I'm not sure what size of compressor we have but we use it for spraying so it has a good capacity.

Pressure pots need a very big compressor to run them and hold pressue, the siphon feed ones need much less to run, pressure pots are good nd des howden knows his stuff and is good t deal with but for a small compressor 200 litre or so there just no good and u have to use the fine sand in em or they clog like hell.

cian1500ww

Ford4000 wrote: »

Pressure pots need a very big compressor to run them and hold pressue, the siphon feed ones need much less to run, pressure pots are good nd des howden knows his stuff and is good t deal with but for a small compressor 200 litre or so there just no good and u have to use the fine sand in em or they clog like hell.

I'll have to check what size our compressor is. How do the siphon feed ones work ?

Genuineguy

Ford4000 wrote: »

Pressure pots need a very big compressor to run them and hold pressue, the siphon feed ones need much less to run, pressure pots are good nd des howden knows his stuff and is good t deal with but for a small compressor 200 litre or so there just no good and u have to use the fine sand in em or they clog like hell.

Des actually said the pressureizied pots were better, which has me confused, lol, will ring him again tomorrow and ask him, he knows the compressor that i have, as i bought it off him :-)

Ford4000

Genuineguy wrote: »

Des actually said the pressureizied pots were better, which has me confused, lol, will ring him again tomorrow and ask him, he knows the compressor that i have, as i bought it off him :-)

They 'should' be a better job but ive hands on experience, we even made up a second tank to increase available pressurised air and no good, the wee siphon one works a dream and you can put rougher grit in it which is cheaper and better for oul rusty castings on tractors

ianc929

Hi looking to get one of the 10 galon pots.
Looking to power it with a 200l 5-10 hp compressor. Do you think it will be able to keep up?

NuckingFacker

I've a 180cfm diesel road compressor and an Ingersol Rand 40 gallon sandblaster and I have found that the best tool for sandblasting is a chequebook - write one out to your local friendly sandblasting company and sve yourself a lot of grief, sweat and time.:)

ianc929

Helpfull post! Couldn't have done a better job at not answering a question myself I have the time, just need an above average system for doing bike frames and alloys. I know the pot will do the job with a bit of tweaking but I'm worried about the compressors power. One of the desiel compressors will set you back a few quid! 2000-10000. I'm looking to pick a used one up for 400-500.

NuckingFacker

ianc929 wrote: »

Helpfull post! Couldn't have done a better job at not answering a question myself I have the time, just need an above average system for doing bike frames and alloys. I know the pot will do the job with a bit of tweaking but I'm worried about the compressors power. One of the desiel compressors will set you back a few quid! 2000-10000. I'm looking to pick a used one up for 400-500.

I wasnt being smart- its a hateful racket - you also end up working in the land of grit- it gets everywhere. I bought the dogs danglies of a blasting set-up, popped on the helmet and overalls and set too giving one of my dumpers a good shooting down. The novelty wore off after about, ohh, five minutes. Fair fecks to anyone who does it for a living anyway.