I really hope all you sandblasters out there are wearing
resperators. Ever hear of silicosis !!!!!!!!
Richard cj2a Minnesota
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Well guys, I went to Sears yesterday and bought a sandblaster. I had one
years ago, but I never had an air compressor to use it with so I got rid of
it. A friend of mine is moving this week to Houston, but won't have a place
to keep her air compressor until then. Being the nice guy that I am, I
volunteered to "store" it for her until she got situated. Needless to say my
"storing" the compressor required my purchasing the sandblaster to store with
it.
I brought it home and blasted an old rusty set of metal armrests. They came
out looking great with just about 5 minutes work. I love this thing. I
decided that I should post a few of the safety tips I discovered while doing
this.
1. Use a full face shield and goggles
2. Wear heavy leather gloves
3. Wear long sleeves and a hat
Set to 90 PSI this thing will cut through just about anything if left in one
place too long. After I blasted the armrests my wife decided it was time for
me to try it out on some old cast iron skillets we had. Man is this thing
fast. By then it was getting late and I thought the compressor might keep up
the neighbors so I shut things down and cleaned it all up figuring to start
on the truck this morning. As luck would have it the rain hasn't stopped all
day.
It being Father's Day and all my wife suggested that I take her shopping.
What the heck it was raining anyway. It certainly doesn't do the home life
any good to whine about such things and besides she wanted to go to Sears.
She went to women's clothing and I went to the tool department. After seeing
how great a job the sand blaster had done, I knew that the new compressor
would have to be coming for my Christmas present. I was looking at the
upright 30 gallon, 6 CFM at 90 PSI model for $299. I was certain that it
could be mine if I just threw enough hints Momma's way. As luck would have
it Momma came back from clothes shopping before I was done drooling over the
tools. I decided it was time to drop the first hint, "I want that compressor
for Christmas this year" (You have to specify which year you know). Subtle
don't you think. Momma took one look at it and said, "Are you sure. This
one's bigger and cheaper". What! I couldn't believe it. They had the floor
model of the $499 Professional upright 60 gallon, 9.5 CFM at 90 PSI
compressor on clearance for $219. Needless to say, I had Momma buy it for me
on the spot. Ain't married life grand. It only has a 90 day warranty but it
seems that if this stuff is going to go bad it usually does it in the first
few months.
Darn, Now I have to store 2 air compressors. :-)
Look how many other new tools I'll have to buy.
Rick S (TX)
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