Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
Location: Eastbourne, BN23 7AZ
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Has anyone used one before? Thinking of buying one any info will be great 
Thinking of this one,
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=280951837947
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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what are you going to be blasting?
minimum 60psi. bit high that really
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
Location: Eastbourne, BN23 7AZ
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All sorts if it could get the paint from in my engine bay off it'd be great but for majority of parts on my nova. Id be using a big compressor
[Edited on 20-10-2012 by Sean]
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IvIarkgraham
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depends on the media you are using, you dont want anything too coarse otherwise it will either eat through the metal or make it look very rough
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
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A shot blaster worth having needs quite a compressor to keep up with it. We rented a beasty one to do my mates mk1 escort, came with its own huge diesel powered compressor.
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davegreen
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as said you will need a fine grade blast grit and a very high cfm air compessor. be warned the grit will go every where and make a huge mess. also it needs to be dry weather or you will trap moister when you paint it and end up with rusr spots. i used to do blasting at my last job preping machines for paint, compressor had a 35kw motor! you thought of taking it to be blasted? may work out cheeper?
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garethestate
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I wouldnt bother with that one as you`ll need alot of pressure and cfm to use it.Buy one of the ones that keeps the pressure in itself,if you know what i mean? Just search ebay or machine mart do them.
They need less pressure and will work at a lower pressure too.
Make sure you put acouple of water traps in the line from the compressor and also drain the compressor before use.
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scottyp1989
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I was looking at the sealey ones, im making a pressured one instead out of a gas bottle.
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IvIarkgraham
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guarantee that one will pump out shit loads of media too
if you are buying one try to get one with an adjustable feed
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Sean
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Can't make my mind up lol, I'm going round to the local shot blasters tomorrow to get a price for engine bay then ill make my mind up 
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gazza808
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Try your local coach works too, I had the underneath done on mine for a crate of beer lol!
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andy_mk3
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza808
Try your local coach works too, I had the underneath done on mine for a crate of beer lol!
Where was that at mate?
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matty101
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Location: Hexham, Northumberland
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i have used one exactly like that, and tbh its pritty good. 60psi mite seem alot but bare in mind its got to suck the sand/ or what ever you use up that pipe and still have enough wind to blast paint off.
also the different nozels mean you can fan the material out so its not so direct and harsh. and as for eating through the metal? its not rocket science just keep the gun further from the metal or change the nozel to a bigger one.
be warned they do make a hell of a mess and you will need to be able to collect the material up again because you will be suprised how much it uses.
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