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Sand blaster near Everett?

Muddy Beast

Muddy Beast

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Looking for someone to sand blast my new thors I picked up from Tom...they have bed liner on them now...but I it's starting to chip and I'd like to put these babies on with a fresh coat.

I've been grinding on them with a 60 grit 4.5" disc but it's taking way to long. So I'm hoping someone out there either has a sand blaster or knows someone who will sand blast them for me soon.

~Scott
 
Have you tried a wire wheel or a scraper?
Michael
 
Eastside Customs will do it. or just do it yourself, I can't remember what it's called but I used a disk I bought that looked kinda like a sponge but was hard. I think they are designed to strip paint off.
 
2xtreme said:
Have you tried a wire wheel or a scraper?
Michael
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Havent tried a wire wheel yet...might be worth picking on up though and trying it. Thanks.

~Scott
 
Piercings are for girls... (sorry Lyle) I'll buy a mask. :)

~Scott
 
vortex said:
Use those Paint strippers that look like sponges. They work great!

-PJ-
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If my new wire wheel is struggling to get the bedliner off, I doubt the sponges would work well.

My harbor freight grinder hates the new 4" wire wheel I bought...and so do my hands. Man this thing vibrates like crazy.

~Scott
 
Muddy Beast said:
If my new wire wheel is struggling to get the bedliner off, I doubt the sponges would work well.

My harbor freight grinder hates the new 4" wire wheel I bought...and so do my hands. Man this thing vibrates like crazy.

~Scott
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they work thats what I used on Matt's old THORs. There were 50 bajillion layers of rust, paint, and dirt.
 
WaXJ_Skier said:
they work thats what I used on Matt's old THORs. There were 50 bajillion layers of rust, paint, and dirt.
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It works so well it broke my grinder...:(

~Scott
 
vortex said:
:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Thats awesome! How much did you spend on that grinder like 15 bucks?
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Yeah it was a harbor freight sale one. I got my share of use out of it though. And it almost got everything off one of my thors.

~Scott
 
Muddy Beast said:
Yeah it was a harbor freight sale one. I got my share of use out of it though. And it almost got everything off one of my thors.

~Scott
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HF grinders don't last. It is a tool you will use regularly for all sorts of projects, buy a decent one or three. On a side note, it is usually the switch that goes out in the HF grinder, you might be able to fix it if you are not able to return it.

The more agressive the wire wheel the more stress it puts on the grinder and operator ;) The better the paint, the more agressive wire wheel you need.

The "sponge" looking things can work well also, but I have only used them a couple of times.

Michael
 
2xtreme said:
HF grinders don't last. It is a tool you will use regularly for all sorts of projects, buy a decent one or three. On a side note, it is usually the switch that goes out in the HF grinder, you might be able to fix it if you are not able to return it.

The more agressive the wire wheel the more stress it puts on the grinder and operator ;) The better the paint, the more agressive wire wheel you need.

The "sponge" looking things can work well also, but I have only used them a couple of times.

Michael
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I think the bearings or motor is shot...it makes a loud sqweel when I turn it on now and doesnt turn. It's all good though, I'll buy a decent one or buy the warrenty for the HF one next week.

I found a friend with a sand blaster cabinet though, went over there today to see if they fit and they just barely sqweeze in, he just needs sand.

~Scott
 
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