Sandblaster locally?

[AaronJXJ]

I wanna sandblast my knuckles and give them a fresh coat of paint before my new axles go in, I got an estimate from a place in Glastonbury, they wanted 75$ witch is way more then I think us fair for 2 small parts, anybody on heer have one they'd let me use?

 

[MoparManiac]

That's because they still have to pay someone the time to setup and blast your two small parts.

I would just get a wire wheel attachment for a drill and go to town. Shouldn't take you more than a half hour to clean both of them.

 

[Begster]

Sounds like a pretty decent price to me.

 

[GI-John]

Are they rusty or greasy or both? I've had FANTASTIC results using a product called Evap-o-rust. Its about 20.00/gallon, but is reusable, non-toxic, and safe for everything.

http://www.evaporust.com/evaporust.html?gclid=CKe1uaz5ua8CFUQTNAodmXAAkQ


If there is a local Tractor Supply store, you can just pick it up there. I use it for everything.

Hope this helps,

John

 

[mcguyver_xj]

theres a place called Industrial Sandblasting in Agawam, MA they charged me $80 for 5 rims front and back of each one...and they do powdercoating

 

[AaronJXJ]

I ended up just going at them with the wire wheel, slow process, banged out one last night in about an hour and a half, I'll do the other one tonight, wasent as bad as I expected, I'm to cheep to spend that much

 

[clean4drxj]

After wirewheeling them try and hit them with some lite sandpaper because.. wire wheels tend to polish the surface which does make an ideal painting surface.

 

[kastein]

A wire wheel for an angle grinder will finish this in about 5min per knuckle... one for a drill will have you working on it all day if it is heavy chunky rust.