sand blasting
 

As I'm putting my car back together I'm often wishing I could get the occasional part blasted clean again so I could paint it and make it "pretty".

Are there shops around the GTA (York Region) preferably that will do this sort of fiddly-ass stuff? Or should I just invest in a bigger compressor and a cabinet for a DIY job?



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Invest & DIY, i'm sure it'll save you money in the long run, plus it's just way less of a hassle.

I have a little pancake compressor ... time for an upgrade I think. :nod:




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i guess ultimately depends if you're lazy or not, lol.

I spent so much in sand blasting this winter (around $300) that I just bought a 5 gallon pressure blaster at Princess Auto. It was on sale for $99. A 50LB bag of copper slag is $12.

You do need some compressor to run the thing, but for small jobs, you can get away with one of those low duty cycle home units with big tanks. I think my compressor has a 20 gallon tank and is only capable of about 6 CFM or so. I've added another 15 gallon tank to it, which helps a lot. It's fine for small parts but a friend was blasting a subframe and it as not going very well because the compressor would empty. Blasting can be done at MUCH lower pressures then you think, so if you turn the air down to 100 PSI and reduce the amount of media, even a smallish compressor will do the job.

One of those pancake compressors, however, will not work. :) Depending on how much you have to blast, it may be viable to get a blaster and then rent a compressor.

ya i know a place, GP Enginering its at 49 fima cres. actualy its my dads business we also do powder coatings, high teprature ceramic coating(for stuff like exausts, or rotor faces :naughty: ) and cnc custom machining, surface grinding. so ya if you need anything like that done just drop in. i already asked him and he said "ya tell him to bring the stuff down" lol

Where are you located?

Mr. Cool how about a *cough* group buy deal or one week special for club members? :D

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Thanks for the offer Mr.Cool. The shop is a little too far for me for an occasional part clean-up but I'm sure there are others on this forum that could take advantage of the offer. I might need some powder coatings in the future too.

Looks like I'll have to upgrade my compressor. I wonder if an IT freelancer like myself could write that off as a business expense. :lol:



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There are deals to be had. I picked up my Devilbis 20 CFM (read monster) off of Craigslist for half it's MSRP almost new. The higher the CFM and the larger the tank the less often the sucker comes on.