cheapo soda blasting!

hope this isn't a repost!
lol
soda blaster

pretty neat!

That's cool as hell. Thanks for sharing the link!

I like the soda idea, the last time I did that I just used diatomaceous earth and my regular sand blaster. It worked great, but I couldn't just rinse the residue away.

I'm considering doing this at work so I can use the super good compressor, but they don't have a pressure regulator for each outlet (that I've noticed) and I'm pretty sure we run around 180psi lol.
This is even cheaper than a hf blasting cabinet!

F-YEAH!

Wonder how it would work on rust? I've got some patches on the quarter panels that need cleaning.

corytate wrote: I'm considering doing this at work so I can use the super good compressor, but they don't have a pressure regulator for each outlet (that I've noticed) and I'm pretty sure we run around 180psi lol. This is even cheaper than a hf blasting cabinet!

This and a couple of quick connects....

http://www.harborfreight.com/125-psi-air-flow-regulator-with-gauge-68219.html

In reply to Appleseed:

The guy says it won't work on rusty steel, but hey, it's not like you'd break the bank trying. I imagine it would clean any paint off pretty thoroughly.

Appleseed wrote: F-YEAH! Wonder how it would work on rust? I've got some patches on the quarter panels that need cleaning.

Soda is too soft to be very effective on rust, but if you had a lot of air and time you could probably do it.

I sourced a bag of "Black Beauty" from Graingers and fire it out of my cheapo H-F blast gun. A cardboard box will catch some of the particles for re-use. That stuff cuts rust very well and is nearly free of free silica.

I built one following those plans. It worked great on a Mikuni bike carb I was rebuilding. It came out looking like new.

It would be pretty easy to throw that in a cardboard box with a cheap piece of glass on top and have a blast cabinet. Cut a couple of holes in the side the same diameter as your forearms. It would keep the neighbors from thinking you had a cocaine explosion in the back yard.

Then again you wouldn't smell quite as clean when you were done.

I 'made' one of those just like that a couple years ago. I used it to clean a carb and then later some used parts for my EFI conversion of my 2002. It worked really well on the throttle body and intake manifold. It essentially cost me a box of baking soda, only because I had to replace the box that was living in the fridge.

Huh I might have to try that when I rebuild my Quadrajet for the 403.

I did it too a few years back. I think there is still piles of baking soda hiding in the nooks and crannies of driveway. This is a seriously messy way to do things.

I did try it on a painted fender and it was almost magic how it would only eat through one layer of paint at a time.

In reply to ditchdigger:

It doesn't just dissolve in water like the guy says? That sucks.

His carbs look nice though.

Hmmm... That method in a yard that has had a lot of pine needles in it would be a great way to get the PH of the soil back up towards 7 again.

In reply to ShadowSix:

It does dissolve in water but where water doesn't get it just stuck around. It is amazing how much area one of those larger (2lb?) boxes will cover.

Don't do this in your carport like I did.

Also instead of making that gun like they did you can buy a cheapo sandblasting gun from Harbor Freight for like $5. I couldn't find it on their web site but I know I bought mine there and it came with the pickup tubing and a couple nozzles.