[AT] soda blasting

[James Peck]

[ James AT List Member and advocate of upgradeable tractor vocational training <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com; TIP sells product to allow switching a blast cabinet back and forth between abrasive and soda. TIP sold their own line of sand blaster tanks to another manufacturer.

https://www.tptools.com/Skat-Blast-Stand-Alone-Soda-Master-Attachment,7478.html?b=d*8046

This source sells professional grade abrasive blasting equipment. The prices are much higher. We have no assurances that the imported blasters really meet pressure vessel standards.

1https://www.idsblast.com/images/AdminAbrasives/Literature/whyglass-truabrasivesfinal.pdf

A sandblaster that feeds out the bottom converts to a soda blaster with this kit. It looks like you could easily duplicate it. I am guessing that soda is more negatively affected by moisture than sand and that all soda would need to be removed after each blast session. Looks like you can blow the soda out with this set of valves.

 https://www.eastwood.com/1-2in-universal-soda-blasting-retro-fit-kit.html

 Soda blasting apparently does not remove so much metal from smooth surfaces.

 Milo Holroyd AT List Member and soda blastor <milo at milosmachineshed.com ; Usually use a small hand held blaster (like a paint gun, only for media, has a ceramic nozzle). If I'm blasting a large item such as a small single cyl. lawnmower engine I will run my cabinet media suction line out the bottom of the cabinet and directly into the 50 lb bag of of soda. Then I just use my cabinet blast nozzle. I don't try to reclaim any of the soda. My cabinet is a Cyclone 4040  https://www.cycloneblasters.com/product/4040-large-sandblast-cabinet/<

I love using soda on carb bodies and such. No worries about plugged orifices after rinsing in hot water, and a quick blow dry. Even does a good job on the old cast iron Scheblers.