I was first introduced to abrasive blasting in my early teenage years while restoring my first classic car, a Triumph Spitfire. This car was known to have a lot of rust problems and blasting was a perfect solution to help restore it. Ever since then, I have restored a rusty '67 Mercury Cougar and am currently working on a '68 Pontiac Firebird. It wasn't until several years later that I got interested in the hobby of using my blaster to engrave designs into glass and rock. I have also worked for a landscaping company specializing in sandblasting artistic designs into rocks. I decided to create this website to blog about the cool things that one can do with sandblasting, provide information about sandblasters with solutions to problems such as flow, and to write about my current car restoration projects. I also market and sell informational materials such as the Sandblaster Plans which shows you how to make your own and my Fix Sandblaster Abrasive Problems & Modification Manual which can be downloaded at any time of day. All you need is a credit card or Paypal account. I pride myself on some of the helpful solutions and provide a 30 day money back guaranteed if it wasn't helpful. I appreciate you checking out my site. You can review any of my latest blog posts below. Comments are welcome and encouraged!
Just about every pressure pot sandblaster you purchase comes with a safety pressure release valve. This valve allows air escape the tank in case the air compressor pumps too much pressure. And too much pressure could cause the tank to explode or parts to fly off. It is an essential safety measure. If you built
If you’re using a smaller nozzle tip with an inner diameter (ID) bore size 1/16″ or 3/32″, you are most likely using a pressure port sandblaster. These sizes aren’t as common for general contractors since they have a smaller output so many of the charts online don’t list the specifications of air compressor requirements. The
Short Answer: Most abrasive sizes will work with most nozzle IDs, except a few. As a rule of thumb, your nozzle inner diameter (ID) width should be at least 3 times the size of your grit size as a bare minimum. Based on multiple charts and calculations, the numbers are all roughly based and each
After many folks expressed how much they liked our long lasting super composite nozzle for the smaller type 2 series, we have decided to launch a similar for the Type 1 size. These are the larger version nozzle used for larger systems. It also replaces the ceramic nozzle tip on our large C1 nozzle assembly/holder.
We have now released our own hand-held sandblaster gun + blasting supplies kit. Even if you already have a large sandblaster, these are great to use for small projects. The benefit to these are: Small & Compact: these take up less room and are easy to deal with. So no longer to lugging around heavy
If you sandblast in industries utilizing the larger sandblasting systems with a large nozzle such as the C1 tip, you may want to consider using the tungsten carbide version which is known as the TC1 nozzle. This is a high quality, long lasting nozzle that can replace the C1 which is used in our large
As you may know, sandblasting thin metal such as body panels of a car can cause some warping issues. A recent customer contacted me asking if it is caused by heat created from the abrasive or from peening of the abrasive impacting the sheet metal. When he realized sandblasting can warp sheet metal in the
Bulk order of 25 Nozzles per Case We now provide a price break when ordering larger quantities of the C1 ceramic sandblaster nozzles which are manufactured by Kennametal. When ordering more than one case, we may ship them in one large box together. (See this chart for help determining a bore size) If you need
This is an overview of the Upcycle EZ-Cut bottle cutter basic kit. The basic process works by: rolling a beer or wine bottle over the scoring blade which is sometimes referred to the cutter (although this doesn’t actually cut). Heating up the score line with boiling water, flame or heat gun Then pouring cold water
Hello all, we posted about the offering of our type 1 ceramic nozzle tip before. This post includes the promo video which explains a little about these nozzles which are manufactured by Kennametal. 3.75″ Long C1 Ceramic Nozzle Video Quick Facts: Large tapered nozzle measuring 3-3/4 inches long We offer them on our website here
