Hi,
Thanks Gary. Yes sand blasting is the way to go when removing paint from metal or the alternative soda blasting for delicate blasting.
I've been browsing the web looking for affordable soda blasters and have found a manufacturer only 22 miles from us so I've tried to contact them by phone a couple of times this morning and have just sent an email enquiry asking when it would be convenient to them for me to visit to inspect and buy one of there blasters plus blasting medium?
http://www.millarsodablasting.com/index....om_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=57
I'm just fed up with this paint stripping malarkey every time I want to restore a machine so now's the time to do something about it once and for all. Hopefully for around £200 I can enjoy removing paint rather than resenting removing paint; I've never liked using chemical strippers and mechanical paint removing is such a chore.
I'd like to visit before buying in order to choose the best all round blasting medium for my needs; soda is more expensive than the hard medium but I'm not really into stripping finish from furniture etc so I think for my needs the hard medium would suit me better and of course is cheaper.
One thing which is not stated or I've missed is blasting media consumption; I don't want to end up like I have with printers in that I buy a printer and keep feeding it with cartridges at great expense; 25kg of blasting medium sounds a lot but I wonder how much paint such an amount would strip?
As you said previously Gary regarding buying lathes it's better to spend a few hours driving to inspect before buying and this is what I intend to do regarding buying one of these blasting units although watching the videos and reading the testimonials I think one of these units will suit me very well indeed and will get used once available in the workshop.
This bandsaw restoration is made so much more difficult just because of paint removal; I could of course do as I've done previously and pay to have the parts sand blasted but what a lot of hassle in booking the job then delivering and collecting the parts; it would work out a great deal cheaper than buying a soda blasting unit but once I do buy the soda blasting unit I'm free to blast at my convenience without any delay; once the unit is bought then future costs will be consumables; I must add though that these units are not self contained because they need a compressor which I already have so I'm half way there?
Buying directly from the manufacturer will guarantee a brand new unit which should give me many years service.
Things seldom run smoothly for me so I think this time the Christmas holidays might slow things down? I like new toys to play with and Bron asked what I would like for Christmas; guess what it's going to be?
Update; I've now arranged to visit on Monday morning at 11 o'clock; hard medium is recommended for my general use.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Gary. Yes sand blasting is the way to go when removing paint from metal or the alternative soda blasting for delicate blasting.
I've been browsing the web looking for affordable soda blasters and have found a manufacturer only 22 miles from us so I've tried to contact them by phone a couple of times this morning and have just sent an email enquiry asking when it would be convenient to them for me to visit to inspect and buy one of there blasters plus blasting medium?
http://www.millarsodablasting.com/index....om_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=57
I'm just fed up with this paint stripping malarkey every time I want to restore a machine so now's the time to do something about it once and for all. Hopefully for around £200 I can enjoy removing paint rather than resenting removing paint; I've never liked using chemical strippers and mechanical paint removing is such a chore.
I'd like to visit before buying in order to choose the best all round blasting medium for my needs; soda is more expensive than the hard medium but I'm not really into stripping finish from furniture etc so I think for my needs the hard medium would suit me better and of course is cheaper.
One thing which is not stated or I've missed is blasting media consumption; I don't want to end up like I have with printers in that I buy a printer and keep feeding it with cartridges at great expense; 25kg of blasting medium sounds a lot but I wonder how much paint such an amount would strip?
As you said previously Gary regarding buying lathes it's better to spend a few hours driving to inspect before buying and this is what I intend to do regarding buying one of these blasting units although watching the videos and reading the testimonials I think one of these units will suit me very well indeed and will get used once available in the workshop.
This bandsaw restoration is made so much more difficult just because of paint removal; I could of course do as I've done previously and pay to have the parts sand blasted but what a lot of hassle in booking the job then delivering and collecting the parts; it would work out a great deal cheaper than buying a soda blasting unit but once I do buy the soda blasting unit I'm free to blast at my convenience without any delay; once the unit is bought then future costs will be consumables; I must add though that these units are not self contained because they need a compressor which I already have so I'm half way there?
Buying directly from the manufacturer will guarantee a brand new unit which should give me many years service.
Things seldom run smoothly for me so I think this time the Christmas holidays might slow things down? I like new toys to play with and Bron asked what I would like for Christmas; guess what it's going to be?
Update; I've now arranged to visit on Monday morning at 11 o'clock; hard medium is recommended for my general use.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
