DanielBlack
XS650 Junkie
A blaster without the need for cabinet? I'm in. Now I need a larger compressor.
A blaster without the need for cabinet? I'm in. Now I need a larger compressor.
I have done the same. It makes a mess. I would look at the baking soda made for blast cabinets. It is different than the baking soda used for cooking. You have to have a good separator to keep the air dry otherwise it will clog.View attachment 116121
Feel like I can contribute a little to this conversation. Here's what I did, I bought a bottom feed gun at HF. I ran a piece of tubing off the bottom into a 5gal bucket which contained the soda. I bought a case of soda at GFS (Gordon Food Service) Hopefully you have a local bulk food service distributor near you. This is the same place that delivers school pizzas in my area. While I was there, picked up a case of those. Haha! Anyway I blasted on my lawn. The shit will kill the grass, so if you care, lay a tarp down. Me, I figured less mowing = bonus. The top feed gun posted above, works fine but I got frustrated having to constantly refill.
Nice! Yeah reflecting I did have some clogging issues. I have a filter/regulator inline on my compressor. This had to help. Working in manufacturing, there's always FRL setups sitting around and up for grabs. I've always had them on my compressors. My powder gun has a black bowl for this right at the handle. Reading these post, next time I go to soda blast, I'll thread this in at the blast gun on top of the existing FR. I'd like to find a place for various media. All I have locally is Menards, Lowes for steel shot and not a lot of options. This is what lead me to get creative for the baking soda. Felt like I needed so much, shipping would be $$$ for other media. Really if I stay in this hobby, vapor honing is where it's at.Yes, something I learned rather quickly once I got a blasting cabinet is you need a water filter on the line. I also learned that the closer that filter is to the cabinet or blasting gun, the better. I originally had it right at the compressor but by the time the air had gone through 25' or more of rubber hose, I had water again. I made my water filters "portable" so I could place them closer to the work.
Where from? Don't be a bogart my friend pass it over to me.Ok just a little update, I just scored a really rather nice looking reproduction unit. I can’t tell you how surprised I was about that given the small pool of potential buyers.
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Well you know what I think LOL I am firm believer in the head stud retorque before I run it and I tend to spray PB in the cylinder and on the valve stems before start up but since yours HAS already run you might skip the PB....... I remove the plugs, set valves and cam chain, check ignition timing, advance rod is luberd free, springs tight, kick the bike over a lot with the plugs out, You can crack open an oil pipe banjo to ensure oil is reaching the head before firing it. Set valves, cam again after 1-200 miles or sooner if they get noisy.