William M Walters wrote:
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> I've read several letters about bead blasting instead of sand blasting.
> I understand it is much safer for bodywork and I want to try it on my
> Bugeye. My problem is that I don't know what size of compressor to get.
> I plan to use my compressor to do general painting and pneumatic tool
> operations. Can anyone make a suggestion?
I recently had a car media blasted at a shop. This method uses plastic
beads to cut thru the paint. They followed up with silicon carbide on
any rust. The results were a clean bright bare metal car for the price
of a small air compressor.
Glass beading a whole car would take months.
I have a glass bead cabinet for small parts. Glass beads work great on
aluminum and rusty metal but do not work good on paint.
For instance it took me about 1 1/2 hours to glass bead a carb heat
sheild. Other medias work good on painted metal but abraid the metal or
distort it.
Don't put off the compressor for the well equiped home shop. I highly
recommend one. At least 5hp, dual head 220volts. These are available for
less then $500.
Good luck
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