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!
On this blog, we have talked about another sandblaster hose and nozzle kit which uses a pinch valve to control the variable flow of abrasive. But we haven’t discussed the other more preferred version of this which uses a steel ball valve to turn the abrasive on & off at the nozzle. This is another
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You may or may not have realized this from some of my blog posts, but I am obsessed with a good, long lasting nozzle. This is one of a couple components I do not recommend going cheap on when sandblasting. You can actually get an okay sandblasting setup at a fairly inexpensive price that can
I recently did something I have been wanting to do for a long time, and that is to reduce the noise of my blast cabinet dust collector. This is basically a vacuum connected to the cabinet by a hose to remove all the cloudy dust inside so you can actually see what you are doing.
As you may have seen, I posted some articles on the blog about the importance of good visibility inside a sandblast cabinet with 5 tips here and other unique ideas here. But some people want just an easy upgrade kit solution, so I put together a a sandblast cabinet light upgrade kit which only requires
I talked a little about protective gear you should wear before, but wanted to go more in detail about sandblasting hoods. Some people call them blasting masks, suits, lens or helmets. The main reason I wanted to make a post about these is I think that anyone who sandblasts outside without a cabinet should wear
In another post about “5 Ways to Light Up Sandblast Cabinets“, I mentioned that I would further discuss some ways to build high visibility sandblast cabinets. This is something I don’t really hear folks talk about much. The whole idea of this post is to create a cabinet that allows a lot of light to
I like to feature others and their work every once in a while. Steve Davis sent over his work recently via email so I asked if we could feature him. He was nice enough to share it with us on the blog. I’ve talked about sandblasting wine bottles before here, but haven’t really discussed the
Someone recently asked me about lighting for a sandblast cabinet. After having a sufficient dust collector, a good source of light is the 2nd most crucial item needed so you can see what you are blasting. Having good visibility really does make sandblasting more enjoyable without the frustration. Whether you made your own cabinet, want
I’ve discussed the different materials manufacturers use to make tips here. As you may recall, I also mentioned that there are at least 3 different types of carbides used. But first, let me explain why carbide nozzles are important for many of you. If you blast with aggressive abrasive such as aluminum oxide or silicon
