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Bringing up a dead thread..
I'm having to come out of retirement and thought of using my loader to do 'dirt work' but with the price of insurance and to be bonded (more like afraid of getting accused of damaging someones lawn, septic..)
I am getting into this:
http://www.Dustlessblasting.com
Already picked up an Ingersoll rand compressor, DB500 blaster, water tank, etc.. The truck is going to be a '64 Chevy stake truck, that I'm going to blast down the center and restore the drivers side only. Kinda as a rolling testament/advertisement.
Going to do an axle swap f/r, to get 4 wheel discs and better bolt pattern for the rims I want. (Michelin Super Wides to get away from the dually look. Probably give a little rake too.)
anywho, Take a look at the video's that are shown. My "M" will be getting a '74 J10 cab that will be getting the whole truck blasted even the frame and axles.
It's uses are only limited to your imagination (and local laws..)
YES, there IS left over material but nowhere as messy as 'sand blasting'
The glass pretty much get's pulverized down to a powder that get's rinsed away with the water/rust preventative.
After working on that chevy truck for that friend, getting under the dash was big trouble because it seemed that EVERYTHING I TOUCHED dropped soda/crystals/CRAP in my face.
As you can see, the size of the hose for the Dustless blaster, you wouldn't be able to bend/turn to get into nooks and cranny's but I'm sure a good rinsing should help remove most residual glass.
The only "ISSUE" so far is ambient temps. I'm not about to try to be blasting in these low temps. Don't want any frozen up lines/nozzles to blow up or fail..
Going to get the crushed glass today and we'll see what the temps are going to be in the next couple of weeks..
If you're in the Memphis area and want parts to get blasted @ YOUR location, I should be up and running for business in the next month or so.
To keep customer's cost down, I Don't prep, tape, block off and Don't clean up.. That would be cost prohibitive for most. I just come in, blast, get paid and leave. Plus, the 'clean up' can just be rinsed off with a garden hose from drive way and won't kill grass like soda.
"Blown Away Surface Prep" Just PM me.
Errol
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I saw a demo on this just yesterday on the "old car guy" program,and I was impressed with it and they are locally here in Houston too.
Good luck on the venture!!
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Blasting
I designed and operated one of the largest PMB (plastic media blasting)facilities back in the 1980's. The one issue no one addresses is the collection of the removed paint. Since PMB was a dry blasting we had a contained room with dust collection. Upon testing of our dust it was found that due to the older paints containing lead, our dust had to be disposed of as a hazardous material. It concerns me that these newer wet blasting techniques appear to let the removed paint go down the drain.
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EXACTLY!! That's what I was wondering also..
That's why I am just going to offer the service and let the owner etc. deal with the disposal of said surface whatever it's made from/of..
Like, offering the service to a body/restoration shop. They are discarding the previous surface application in their business anyway, so this can be done in the same way. It's just wet.
No matter what type of 'resto', Car, farm implement, boiler, rust, fire damage (smoke/flame marks) or these construction companies that 'resto' old warehouses to loft style living, removing decades of webs, dust, etc.. NOW, that's a stretch since I'm just starting out and don't have the help to setup scaffolding make sure the product level (water, glass, fuel) is UP, hoses not tangled, etc.. The resto garbage/left overs will be the responsibility of the one hiring me.
If it comes down to it, I'll just not do the job. "NEXT"..!
Now if it's say, a contract with a local govt. office, like removing street/traffic lines on the road, graffiti, recycling/garbage dumpsters, yadda yadda. They would decide that.
With cut-backs, everyone's re-habbing what they have and not really buying new. Yippie!!
Errol
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RBOLTZ..
SORRY if it seems like thread jacking..
I thought that i started it long time ago. THEN I went back and OOOPPS
Sorry. It's been a while.
Anyhow, This process uses a product called "Hold-tite 102" and I'm looking at using a local chemical product to save on shipping. (It was designed to be used with high pressure/steam washers) It gives apprx 48hrs. When I did my Monte carlo, I used POR-15's metal ready or metal prep and DANG! it sat outside for about 6 months and just started to flash.
SO, how did it turn out?
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