Sandblasting

[Dutch]

Framed is nearly stripped and in great condition. After starting to scraped and sand wondering if it wouldn't be better to rent a sandblaster. :cool: Anyone familiar with this... tips, advice appreciated. Have a good area to do it in but concerned about cost of materials, renting and where to get one?

Dutch

[69WagFromH@%L]

I dont know about renting a blaster! But, I do know that a 100 pound bag of Silica Sand, which is what you should use, at Home Depot is around 5 bucks!

[thetractorcj5]

You will not be disapointed if you sand blast it. It works great but cleanup is a pain. I must have had 300 pounds of sand in my drive way. It looked like the beach

[timmirvin]

Sandblasting is your friend!!! smile.gif smile.gif

Advice: check Harbor Freight or Northern Equip., chances are they mave have a set-up for the price of a couple days rent, that is what I did. Also...and this is important, cover cold beverages!!! :D :D

[J4GRAND]

I rented a 100 CFM compressor from a local rental place with all the heavy duty blasting equipment for $100 a day a few years ago. Spent another $50 for the coarser black sand. It took about 5 hours to do it all- make sure you get some self-etching primer or good primer on it soon after you're done.

[BK]

Sears has them starting at 50 bucks. You need a compressor of course. But then, if you work on your FSJ all the time a compressor is a handy thing to have anyway. I can't live without one.

[Merc69]

Check around and find a preasure pot style of sand blaster. I bought a 10 gallon unit for less than $100 and it has been used more than anything else I have bought tool wise on the Wag. Just remember you have to have a compressor that will power the unit. If this is a short term thing then maybe calling around the rental places might be more cost effective.

I have at least 2 more FSJ's to work on so buying was the best deal.

[Earthmonster]

As to date I have been through over 1000 lbs of sand. I bought one of the 40lb blasters from harbor freight. Word to the wise-- be prepaired to spend A LOT of time cleaning up the sand. it gets everywhere. A 50 lb bag will not go far, but it depends on what you are doing. I blasted everything in the engine compartment for restoration and from the front springs forward on the frame. Awsome results, but be prepaired to be picking sand from everywhere for the next week or so. I DONT recommend doing this in your driveway if you are doing more than 100 lbs- the sand will get in your grass and F*** up your yard. Personally, one of my better investments I must say. make sure your compressor can handle it- it takes quite a bit of SCFM.

[Dutch]

Thanks to all. Went to Sears this morning and bought a larger unit for $80. I will start this weekend and report results. Have many compressors but most are fixed mount on jobsites, so will experiment with a portable unit. Very anxious to see results on the frame and rusted lower portion of cab.

Report back soon,
Dutch

[OBX-AUTOMOTIVE]

JUST A LITTLE SANBLASTING TIP,FOR YA!!!..... DUCK TAPE,WHAT EVER YOU ARE SANDBLASTING,USE DUCK TAPE TO COVER ANY HOLES,GLASS.CHROME,ECT! YOUR TRYING TO KEEP SAND OUT OF POCKETS,THAT WILL HOLD THE SAND...DO YOU KNOW WHY? WILL,I'LL TELL YA! WHEN YOU GO TO PAINT,IT HELPS TO CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF SAND THAT YOU "COULD" :( GET IN YOUR PAINT JOB!! smile.gif HOW DO I KNOW!!! ;) smile.gif