Pete Stanisavljevich wrote:
>Neither did I, but fortunately the clerk at our local
>Grainger did. After I described the piece I was hoping
>to blast, and it's function she helped me choose the
>correct grit.
>Apparently some glass beads, at the correct pressure can
>be as abrasive as sand. I use a fairly mild grit, that imparts
>a high gloss on aluminum without moving much metal.
Just a warning, I think a repost of one I shared a few years back:
Watch out for those dang glass beads! I got some -- from Grainger's, it
turns out -- and used it in my backyard "total-loss" system on some bits
like my LAT valve covers. Well, even taping over all of the vents on my
goggles, some got under the goggles and into my eyes. It really irritated
them, I had to go to an eye doctor, and the put me on some special eye
drops. Five years later, my eyes are still more sensitive than they used to
be. In a blasting cabinet situation, I'd imagine it would be safer to use,
but even those aren't 100% air-tight. Just be careful! The stuff works well
on cleaning up aluminum, though.
Russell Maddock wrote:
>To join the Imp list you need to register at
> www.egroups.com
At the 1998 TE/AE United awards banquet, I wore an Imp tie I bought
from Imp regalia officer Gil Whatshername; somebody in TE/AE that _really_
should have recognized the Imps asked "What are those, Fiats?".
Lawrence R. Wright, Purchasing Analyst
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