Reason I ask is I just picked up a trailer and it really needs to be repainted. Well, not really but I would like to paint both trailers but I can't stand regular sandblasting. Gave away a fairly expensive one years ago because I hated it so much. This looks to be slightly less sandy but really want to hear from someone that's tried it. This is what I'd like to try it out on.
see if you can rent a dry ice blaster, just as effective as dry sand. the dry ice evaporates and all that is left is paint chips to sweep up. may cost a little more up front but way less mess to get rid of
also check into anyone in your area doing soda blasting. A buddy of mine has a portable unit, it does a fantastic job on things like that.
That looks pretty interesting, I have not ever seen it before. I just looked up prices on the net, and they are not that bad. Might have to pick one up and give it a try on my trucks frame, as it is getting pretty ugly!
I called a few local people that do blasting and they said between $500 and $750 depending on how long it takes.
I think I saw one of those on a classic car show (guy with the crazy stache) where they come out with a portable unit and blast away! Looked way cool
I've used one before... Worked great at removing paint... BUT... steel was rusting before it was even dry.
One of the videos I saw showed a guy using a hose end metering sprayer to rinse and apply a water soluble rust inhibitor as soon as he was done. No rust at all and paint sticks to it so no more prep work before painting.
He also uses crushed walnut shells in it for more fragile surfaces. They do a good job on paint as well. Leaves absolutely no pitting like you get with silica sand.
A little detour from the painting I want to do on the trailers. Decided that form must follow function, I usually do things this way anyway, and hit Harbor Freight again for a winch to put on the trailer. Grabbed the wireless remote for it as well. Painting will just have to wait a bit.
Since I only had a few hours of paying work to do this morning and the truck running board install went very quick I decided I couldn't stand seeing the winch just sitting there much longer. Bent up some steel, drilled some holes, torched some excess metal out of the way and boom. Ready to drag some dead equipment around. All I need now is the phone to ring.
Hoping that there won't be many long pulls with it. Just back up to whatever is dead and pull it on the trailer. Most of the reviews I read were very good and many compared the quality to the big name winches. These reviews were in off road publications.
Good Lord that makes me appreciate the fact i can get smaller projects media blasted and painted at work for free (if there running a color and have some paint left over) and it's always real good industrial paint sprayed to industrial standards
