Ashley Burton
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Am I wasting my time considering doing it myself?
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Am I wasting my time considering doing it myself?
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My thoughts were to leave it to dry out before sweeping it up...The answer is yes,because you will spend a life time cleaning up after you,trust me,ever tried to sweep up wet sand?
How much do you think will still be left to sweep up in June, probably the next time it will be dry.My thoughts were to leave it to dry out before sweeping it up...
Got a carport, So would probably dry out sooner!How much do you think will still be left to sweep up in June, probably the next time it will be dry.
You will have a very long wait,unless you're doing it in blazing hot weather or tarp the area upMy thoughts were to leave it to dry out before sweeping it up...
Back to the drawing board...You will have a very long wait,unless you're doing it in blazing hot weather or tarp the area up
I use to run a small one man band doing high pressure cleaning cold hot and steam,graffiti removal,chewing gum etc etc and not with some mickey mouse pressure washer either.
When i started i to saw this as an good idea bought the required stuff and after 4 attempt's,no,bad idea,as said before.
Those probes are useless,you spend more time adjusting it in whatever bag/bin you've got it in,best result i got was to build a steel hopper,that helped a lot more.
What you dont see in that clip is the washer he's using,its got nothing to do with what PSI you can max at,its all to do with flow rate,my machine was 3000 PSI and 20LPM flow rate,it all works on the ventura method,no suck no blow
One good thing is you can use kiln dried sand without any HS probs as its wet not dried
What are you intending to remove/clean?Back to the drawing board...
Got lots of bike parts to clean up before powder coating.What are you intending to remove/clean?
Go plan B then,dont waste your money on plan AGot lots of bike parts to clean up before powder coating.
Hey, just about to do that with a load of fence finnials. Let them tumble for a few hours and see how much of the paint has come off. They date from 1890 and I can't find anything close in style. Gotta be better than trying to decap them by hand, even if I have to wire brush each one after. I will let y'all know how it goes.Cement Mixer with sand, grit, water and small spare parts...
I do like this Cement Mixer Idea! HahaCement Mixer with sand, grit, water and small spare parts...
The cement mixer idea didn't work for me, didn't get much off. I used a rock tumbler and media. Later used a professional tumbler, that did better.
Yes wet blasting leaves much smoother finish. I think it's called vapour blasting to be correct though.
its just glass beadblasting using waterVapour is not quite the same as wet blasting with a pressure washer and block paving sand, it's a very fine process in comparison as you can clean a carburettor without any dimensional change.