Looking for DRY sand to mix with oil based sealcoat.

I need to seal my driveway and I'm using oil based sealer. Trying to find a hundred pounds of sand to mix in.
Fine silica dry sand.
Wondering how clean used aluminum oxide blasting media would work.
Any thoughts?

 

I'd think it'd be fine...I've used bags of regular ole playground sand before, seemed to work good

 

Maybe I'm overthinking it. The stuff I'm using is mineral spirits based.

 

Hmm...I dunno, try a "test patch" in the back lot somewhere?

 

That was my first thought as soon as I read the posting. You know it is "DRY". Why wouldn't it work. Probably a little overkill but it is just a high grade sand.

 

If you were just a little closer.

 

Someone also suggested pool filter sand.

 

Sure , that would probably be a cheaper alternative. I would question how dry it is . Being a filter sand that is run in a tank full of water they might not be as dry as blasting media that is processed so it is dry and stored to stay dry as well. Moisture in blasting media doesn't work well. What we call Black beauty here is a blasting media that is rather course and it is black in color as well.And inexpensive.

 

Black beauty is what I use for the pressure blaster outside. Could be a little course though. I was thinking about the aluminum oxide as our cabinet blaster could use a dumping, could be too fine.

 

Personally I would go with play sand dry, cheap, readily available 2nd pool filter sand. I think it will all be very dry as no one wants to pay to ship water weight. Quikrete might have sand available too
If you have free blasting sand that would be even better, free

 

I work at a gravel pit so I’m a bit familiar with sand. Seems like a bunch of over thinking going on here. A completely full 5 gallon bucket of sand will be in the neighborhood of 90 lbs.
so go buy a couple bags of whatever sand you choose ( play ground, pool filter, ice traction,) I’m sure it’ll be dry enough for what you want to do. If not pour it out on a tarp on your shop/garage floor for a day or two and stir it occasionally.
If you go to your local redi mix plant or sand and gravel operation. They will probably give you 5 or 10 gallons of sand if you’re willing to scoop it yourself. or you could bring your dump truck to my work and I’ll load you all you want of the stuff for five bucks a ton

 

That's what we use on the ship for non skid. Works great as non skid but tears up hoses when we drag them across it