My new sandblaster arrived yesterday. Took me three hours to assemble and test, but didn't really get the chance to use it until today.
VALUABLE LESSON #1 Never let sandblaster sit over night with sand in it!
This morning we got off to a slow start, couldn't maintain a consistant flow, it kept sputtering, surging and/or stopping........
By lunch time we had used up the 40#s I had, so rather than drag the tarp out and sift it, we took a lunch break and went and picked up 3 more 60# bags of sand. (HELPFUL HINT: Always sift!!! Even new sand!)
And wouldn't you know, about the time we get back to it, the sand hose clogs and I blew off two hose clamps.....cleared the clog and replaced the clamps (with bigger ones, not the cheesy little ones supplied by the manufacturer......fixed a leak in the process too!)
GOOD NEWS! With fresh sand, all clogs / potential clogs cleared, air leaks eliminated, (it's now about 1 p.m.) and away we go..................the sand blaster blew right thru the job.......3 hours, 3 60# bags of sand later and we've got 3/4's of the undercarraige stripped!
At that point I cleaned up the sand blaster real well (NO SAND in the tank), we picked up the rest of the tools, dragged the tarp out from under the car and sifted all the sand into buckets (we managed to save about 2/3s of what we started with), and called it a day.
All that's left to strip now is part of the rear seat and from the front trunk wall back....maybe another hour or two...........
Then it will be hose down, metal prep and POR15 time again!
VALUABLE LESSON #1 Never let sandblaster sit over night with sand in it!
This morning we got off to a slow start, couldn't maintain a consistant flow, it kept sputtering, surging and/or stopping........
By lunch time we had used up the 40#s I had, so rather than drag the tarp out and sift it, we took a lunch break and went and picked up 3 more 60# bags of sand. (HELPFUL HINT: Always sift!!! Even new sand!)
And wouldn't you know, about the time we get back to it, the sand hose clogs and I blew off two hose clamps.....cleared the clog and replaced the clamps (with bigger ones, not the cheesy little ones supplied by the manufacturer......fixed a leak in the process too!)
GOOD NEWS! With fresh sand, all clogs / potential clogs cleared, air leaks eliminated, (it's now about 1 p.m.) and away we go..................the sand blaster blew right thru the job.......3 hours, 3 60# bags of sand later and we've got 3/4's of the undercarraige stripped!
At that point I cleaned up the sand blaster real well (NO SAND in the tank), we picked up the rest of the tools, dragged the tarp out from under the car and sifted all the sand into buckets (we managed to save about 2/3s of what we started with), and called it a day.
All that's left to strip now is part of the rear seat and from the front trunk wall back....maybe another hour or two...........
Then it will be hose down, metal prep and POR15 time again!