Wet sand blaster

[dodge man]

Inefficient? I guess I don't know what you mean. Compare the size of an electric tool to that of an air tool. Not portable, I get that but I usually bring the work near enough to my air compressor to blast it, but thats not always possible.

 

[truckdiagnostics]

I'm looking at soda blasting. You don't have the sand issue washes away with water and they say you can load it into a pressure tank just like you would with your sand....... Like I said considering it. Wrestled with same issues you are, media blasting with an air compressor is hard on a compressor.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I dragged out my wet blaster and went to work on that wheel and steel. I used glass medium. It worked but I went through about a third of a bag in just a few minutes! WAY too much! I don't remember having that problem before and there is no adjustment I know of. It worked VERY well taking the remaining concrete off of that steel rim. The heavy steel piece, well, I just should have used sand paper.

 

[Paddy]

dodge man,

I mean a little weak die grinder has a 1 hp compressor motor working it's tail off to run. An electric angle grinder uses a much smaller motor. Air driven equipment has huge losses. Not saying air doesn't has it's place.

 

[4570Man]

dodge man, I mean a little weak die grinder has a 1 hp compressor motor working it's tail off to run. An electric angle grinder uses a much smaller motor. Air driven equipment has huge losses. Not saying air doesn't has it's place.

They are sure nice to use being so light. I hardly ever use an electric grinder with the exception of a bench grinder.

 

[dodge man]

The problem is your using a compressor that is meant for doing low air use, like a nail gun. Yes certain air tools draw a lot of air but thats why they make larger stand up air compressors. I can't tell you what I paid for mine, maybe less than $500 15 years ago and it will meet the demand of just about any air tool. The only draw back is even with a lot of hose, you need to be within 200 feet of your compressor.

 

[4570Man]

The air compressor I use for air tools pumps about 20 cfm. It will run a sandblaster for about 15 minutes before you have to stop and give it a rest. My uncle has this huge compressor. It had a 400 gallon storage tank. If I had to to any serious blasting I would hook it up to a tractor pto.