Abrasive blasting preparing for Old Rusty

This video is about abrasive blasting the shell of a car, the tools, the methods, media, pressure, CFM and more in order to prepare for Old Rusty.

[larryr.johnson]

We used a lot of ground walnut shells as blast material in the shipyard. Excellent demonstration of all the versions of blasting techniques.

[davidarnette]

Good to see you posting videos again, very informative, keep up the good work.

[chesta]

Thanks for showing us the difference between garnet and soda blasting. As well as all the equipment one needs to do the job right.
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[timothynewkirk]

Your information is quite valuable, Steve! I'm looking forward to more restoration on "Old Rusty!" She is going to be a Fine Piece of History, and I might add: Restored Properly! TY ...Newk from Kentucky USA

[RichardLorddeCameron]

Thx a lot! It was so informative, especially about abrasive materials.

[geobrower]

Our 120 guest dining room is 80 years old and made of logs, 4 years ago we did a $2m kitchen, office and reception reno. The new reception area now enclosed a portion of the exterior log wall (about 5m), as the exterior was painted brown we wanted a more natural look inside, the carpenter used corn blasting, the media made from cob corn! Much cleaner, did little or no damage to the wood fibre and bio-degradable, great for where we are in a 8000km nature reserve.

Side note for log cabin lovers; we also replaced the chinking in the cleaned wall with the newer latex chinking/caulking. Much nicer than the older cement and horse hair mix!

[nigelsandeman]

Kind of wish that people would stop criticising your speech. Always enjoy your videos.

[sjp]

Believe it or not, we used dried corn cob to blast structural steel after a fire. Very good video for people who have never blasted. Their is a lot of confusion out there I think. Regards, Solomon

[maxpowerSRJC]

Great video. Will definitely purchase the vacuum blaster soon. Was thinking about hydro blasting but the vacuum seems a lot better

[notajp]

I use soda for cleaning carbs and other fragile parts that need cleaning, but don’t want to damage the parent metal. Perfect for aluminum, zinc, brass, or any material you don’t want to damage. Can make a carb body look like new. Also works well for cleaning spark plugs. It rinses away with water and it’s very low cost! I use a cheap handheld blaster from the Horror Fright. And yes, I have removed rust and corrosion from inside float bowls with baking soda.

[kerrygleeson]

Thanks Steve always interesting thanks so much for taking the time to explain everything so clearly 👍🇦🇺

[itsalldoable]

Very interesting and informative. I liked the bright finish you got with the Soda on the aluminium and would have liked to have seen a little more of that. However, I am sure you can tell me if the finish is brighter on aluminium compared to bead blasting aluminium. i have bead blasted aluminium parts and it is clean but not very shiny. I was thinking about using larger beads to improve the shine but now think maybe soda would be better.
Thank you for taking the time to produce this very good video and for sharing it with us all.
I too have a YouTube channel so I know how much work goes into the video production.
Kind regards Paul (from "48SPOKES").

[berendr]

Have a look at zinc shot. A guy I know used it as blast medium when restoring an old VW bus. It seems to leave a small layer of zinc on the metal too, preventing flash rust.

[waynekwoods]

Good information, great video, cheers.

[MartsGarage]

Very interesting, thanks for putting it all together.

[tunichtgut]

Very good explanation! Unfortunately buying such powerful blasting equipment is not an option for me. Besides the investment, all the stuff you have would not fit in my garden. And then clouds of Sahara dust coming from my garden - my neighbours would not love me for that!

[scattkiwiman]

intresting ! That is nice equipment you bought :-)

[norherman]

Very good information for us do it your-selfers Thanks!

[ShaunCymruDS]

Very interesting Steve... just a little correction..:).. we say a-BRAY-sive rather than -brass-ive. Keep up the good work!

[NihadH]

I heard that some people mix in small amounts of certain corrosiob inhibiting chemicals in the water when they do wet blasting. Some of those chemicals alegedly delay the flash rusting for up to 72 hours or even more.

Has anybody got experience with some of those inhibitors? Which products, what are the practical effects, do you need to wipe them off before painting etc.?