We have received a lot of questions about the frustration with ball valves wearing out with the pressure pot sandblaster. We have discovered that a lot of folks are using ball valves incorrectly, as I have done when I first started sandblasting. There are typically 4 ball valves on the pressure pot sandblaster: Air Valve–
LARGE REPLACEMENT SANDBLASTER NOZZLE ASSEMBLY: Included is a large premium quality ceramic nozzle, nozzle holder and a 3/4″ stainless steel NPT ball valve for long-lasting life. Replace your existing nozzle holder with this system utilizing large 3-3/4″ nozzles! OUTLASTS SMALL NOZZLES SEVERAL TIMES: INDUSTRIAL GRADE system can be used for larger pressure pot sandblasting systems
We are now offering the tungsten carbide TL2 Series sandblast nozzle tips, manufactured by Kennametal. These are a bit more affordable than their ROCTEC nozzles which we offer, but still hold up for a longer duration than most tungsten carbide nozzle brands. No other tungsten carbide comes close to the high-quality and performance as these.
Another subscriber, Ray Knowles, was nice enough to submit photos of his glass sandblastings he did LED lit glass stands. He shared the below details on them: I do a lot of this type of work, (see pics) mostly 20 cm x 15 cm x 6 mm glass, base made from MDF off-cuts, painted and
This beautiful sandblasted glass piece was sent in by Steve Davis. He was nice enough to share it on the blog to give us all a little inspiration! He stated these details on this piece: Glass is 8” x 10” x 3/8” Base is handmade As many of you probably know, sandblasting is well
We have many different nozzle variations, but nothing comes close to the value as our latest Deluxe version. It is similar to our other upgraded pressure pot nozzle except this model comes with a long lasting 3/32″ ID boron carbide tip. Features: Long Lasting Tip & Construction– included is a tip made of one of
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
LARGE COMPOSITE CARBIDE SANDBLASTER NOZZLE ASSEMBLY: Included is a large premium quality carbide nozzle, nozzle holder and a 3/4″ stainless steel NPT ball valve for long-lasting life. Replace your existing nozzle holder with this system utilizing large 3-3/4″ nozzles! OUTLASTS SMALL NOZZLES SEVERAL TIMES: INDUSTRIAL GRADE system can be used for larger pressure pot
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.