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Recirculating shot blaster?
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Author:  78 Camaro [Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Recirculating shot blaster?

Just wonder if anyone has used / has experience with these? I'm needing to clean up a bit of creeping rust on a couple of wheel arches and also want to clean up some pieces on the underside, like the tie rods, stabiliser etc. I could get to some parts with a wire wheel but not all places, and don't want to take this car apart otherwise it will turn out like the Camaro and be a '4 years later' scenario :crazy:

It doesn't have to be this exact device, similar brands etc would also do. I like the idea of it being recirculating, so it won't leave a tonne of mess. You can also take off the rubber nozzle and use it as a regular sand blaster to do larger parts areas, where mess isn't an issue.

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Author:  firebird68 [Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Recirculating shot blaster?

Have used a similar blaster and found it worked well on small areas of corrosion.
You will need a fairly decent diy compressor and will have to play around with the pressure to find out what works best.
Also the blasting media gets contaminated and needs changing fairly regularly .
Keep the media dry and it works fine but I doubt it would work without the rubber caps.

Author:  Rocky [Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Recirculating shot blaster?

They are basically for spot rust, it's very time consuming if you have a lot of rust. We have an old skool one but only use it if there is a bit of creeping rust under paint etc. we get the big blaster out if anythings to big but we use a hydrovane compressor to power that.

Author:  chevy-stu [Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Recirculating shot blaster?

If you get it, i might borrow it for some tidy up bubbles showing on mine... :D

Author:  78 Camaro [Fri May 02, 2014 1:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Recirculating shot blaster?

Thanks for the advice, I'm still having a think. I have creeping rust on a few wheel arches on the Trans Am that for now, i would just like to clean up and cover with some primer / paint / rust paint (depending how clean i can get it). It's not too noticable at the moment so it's really just to stop it spreading further. I wouldn't go as far as doing a whole panel with the blaster. Compressor is pretty decent, 200litre and 3HP, plus it's hooked up in parrallel to a 50 litre 2HP if it needs some extra juice. It would be nice to also give the suspension components a clean too as they are coated in rust, but i don't want to do to the TA what i did to the Camaro (take one thing off and then suddenly the car's in pieces for years :crazy: :lol: ), so it's just preventative work at the moment vs. take things apart and off the car. If that were the case then i would be able to get to things more easily and wire brush and do a rust dip bath for the components (That's what i did with the Camaro, mechanically cleaned as much rust as i could, using a wire brush on an angle grinder, then got a plastic tote box and filled it with water and rust removal powder, from Bilt Hamber i think, left all the parts in there for a few days, strirring and scrubbing the parts every now and then to get into any pits etc). But then the domino effect begins and the whole car becomes a resto project lol. Ok i'm rambling... will report back once i make a decision!

Stu- you're more than welcome to borrow it!

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