Pressure washer sand blasting
 

Have any of you guys ever tried a pressure washer sand blaster? I'm thinking about something like this.:bigthink:

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...duct_8520_8520

bet it wouldnt be hard to make something like that, i did something similar with a blow gun on my compressor some clear fuel line and baking soda...worked out pretty good but REAL messy

I like it, wonder how productive it would be. Buy one and test it out and tell us how it goes...:biggrin2:

The abrasive would be " one and done".

Once the sand gets wet, the tube ain't gonna suck it up!! :bigthink:

My best results were with a pressure tank sand blaster.

Any sand blasting is messy unless it is in a box. :bigthink:

Where is that stainless tank you mentioned!!?? Maybe it would make a good sandblaster!!??

It's one and done anytime I sandblast something I don't have a cabinet and all my big stuff is done in a gravel lay down yard so 6 in one... This would allow me to do stuff at home instead of having to haul everything to work.

Taking a part down to bare steel and covering it in water at the same time just doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

At my old job (20 yrs) I used and sold sandblasters that ran off of pressure washers. They work well. The major advantage to them is that you don't have the dust. What happens is the probe end goes into the sand, either in a bucket or right into the bag, and the water rushing over the pickup tube creates the suction to pull the sand. The sand along with water pressure and volume does the cleaning. What we used to do was inject a rust inhibitor into the water as we cleaned to take care of flash rust, but that was a specilized piece of equipment. I don't know what the volume and pressure is of the PW you want to use, but the blaster should state the requirements. That one in northern will work fine, just steel wool what you blast after dries. We would use those type of blasters in downtown areas for removing graffiti from building ect, that way we didn't have to deal with dust on cars or neighboring bussiness, just shovel up the wet sand when we where done. I also used them in plants that had sensitive equipment around where they didn't want the abrasive dust floating around.

I think I'll get one and give it a try. Doubt that the water can rust what I'm going to try it on any more than it already is. I'll post pics when I get it. :biggrin2:

Got the blaster ordered. Gonna give it a try on my nasty 71. I'll post some pics after I get it and try it out.

Sam, my brother has one for his pressure washer, it works pretty well to rough nasty suff in, gobs of paint, grease,etc. Trouble is is sand and water don't go together well and getting it to feed can be a pain. After he got his big hot water pressure washer we just peel most stuff off with it, let it dry and hit it with the media blaster.