haulnazz15
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Hello all. I've been a lurker for a few years regarding the Kubota/compact tractor information, but was always able to find the answers to my questions via search. However, I have a project that I'm looking to get done this coming weekend and need some advice/tips regarding sandblasting.
Here's the project:
Stone wall approx. 25'Wx7'H, is inside the living room of my home, and was painted with bright red latex paint many years ago by the previous owner. I want the natural stone (blue-grey) back. I tried the less invasive methods of paint strippers and wire wheels, but it took many hours of working at it just to get a few square feet of stone cleaned up. Not to mention a few gallons of expensive paint stripper which mainly just turns the paint into goo.
Here's my plan: Hang plastic drop cloth from the vaulted cedar beams across the room (approx 6' away from the wall) creating a somewhat-sealed blasting room, which will have a door to the back patio for dust relief/air hose/etc. I intend to cover the couple of wall sockets with tape to avoid contamination, and tarps/sheeting on the floor to reclaim blasting material (coal slag - black beauty). In any case the room has tile flooring, so I'm not too worried about making a mess and I know that stuff will get everywhere even with decent precautions.
The question: I own a 20 gallon pressure blaster (never used), but it is set up to use 3/8 air line. I don't own a compressor large enough to support this or any other sandblaster, so I will be renting a tow-behind diesel air compressor. The issue is that the tow behinds only seem to be available with 3/4"+ air connections with the universal couplers (for jack hammers), so I'd have to rig up a reducer to go from the large size to the small size air line. Is this even feasible, or should I just rent the larger blast pot from them, too, where the connections will already mate up?
Will be wearing full suit/cartridge respirator, blasting hood, welding gloves.
Any suggestions/tips/better solutions? Rough estimate on time to sandblast?
Here's the project:
Stone wall approx. 25'Wx7'H, is inside the living room of my home, and was painted with bright red latex paint many years ago by the previous owner. I want the natural stone (blue-grey) back. I tried the less invasive methods of paint strippers and wire wheels, but it took many hours of working at it just to get a few square feet of stone cleaned up. Not to mention a few gallons of expensive paint stripper which mainly just turns the paint into goo.
Here's my plan: Hang plastic drop cloth from the vaulted cedar beams across the room (approx 6' away from the wall) creating a somewhat-sealed blasting room, which will have a door to the back patio for dust relief/air hose/etc. I intend to cover the couple of wall sockets with tape to avoid contamination, and tarps/sheeting on the floor to reclaim blasting material (coal slag - black beauty). In any case the room has tile flooring, so I'm not too worried about making a mess and I know that stuff will get everywhere even with decent precautions.
The question: I own a 20 gallon pressure blaster (never used), but it is set up to use 3/8 air line. I don't own a compressor large enough to support this or any other sandblaster, so I will be renting a tow-behind diesel air compressor. The issue is that the tow behinds only seem to be available with 3/4"+ air connections with the universal couplers (for jack hammers), so I'd have to rig up a reducer to go from the large size to the small size air line. Is this even feasible, or should I just rent the larger blast pot from them, too, where the connections will already mate up?
Will be wearing full suit/cartridge respirator, blasting hood, welding gloves.
Any suggestions/tips/better solutions? Rough estimate on time to sandblast?