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Offline timdhawk

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Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« on: April 19, 2009, 09:14:16 am »
is there anything different? can you use soda in a normal hobby sand blast cabinet like from Harbor freight, or is there somehting that makes a soda blaster unique?
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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 10:13:35 am »
Smaller orfices (nozzles) would probably be used for the soda.

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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2009, 02:05:23 pm »
You've seen this site, yes?  He made his with an air gun and some plastic hose.

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 02:12:01 pm »
Oh, man, that's outstanding!  I'll be testing my own one of those by mid-week!  Thanks for that tip!

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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 03:02:31 pm »
You've seen this site, yes?  He made his with an air gun and some plastic hose.

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

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yea, i saw that... that is boobies. However, i already have one of those blast cabinets so if i can just dump some soda in there and change a nozzle... that would be awesome. I jsut don't know if there is different equipment or what have you....
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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 06:16:10 pm »
Well,  from that site, and the description of his home-made deal, it works on the same principle - air siphons up the media and there you go.

Maybe just give it a try... can't really hurt anything, except a waste of a lot of little boxes of Arm & Hammer...   :)

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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2009, 06:41:36 pm »
You can use soda in a regular blasting cabinet.  I switch between soda and coal slag in my Harborfreight blasting cabinet all the time.  It's a pain though so I'm going to get a dedicated cabinet for just soda.  I don't change anything but the media.  To prove it here's a picture.  Left side bracket is original paint and then soda blasting.  The right side is one that has been blasted with the coal.  Had same original black paint on it (was probably on there for about 20 years!!!).


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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2009, 07:42:55 pm »
Does the soda degrade with usage the same way other blasting media does?  I'd guess it does, but it's so fine already I dunno.

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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2009, 03:42:18 am »
i would think the soda is a one time hit
so degrading is not a problem
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Re: Whats the difference between soda and sand blast equip?
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 10:07:13 am »
Just bought a blast cabinet from Tractor Supply...
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tools/sandblasting-tools-accessories/black-bull-abrasive-blast-cabinet-3951103

Plan is to soda blast in it as well. Anyone else have any input on this? Nozzle size, supply hose size, air pressure?

Tramp, by one hit do you mean it probably disintegrates as opposed to wearing down/degrading?