Well I'm back at it again.
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Been screwing with this blaster for two days trying to get it figured out. I think my biggest issue right now is the size of the media. Like an idiot I got a bunch of coarse rather than fine media. I've only used one bag and have just sifted and reused it several times and it seems to run better the more times I've ran it.
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3 of my other issues are:
1. I cannot get this dang thing to run consistantly. It may be the size of the media still but its either to much or not enough media coming through. When it comes through heavy it still works but then its just wasting media and reduces the run time. If I cut the feed valve back a smidge it'll run good for a few seconds then clear out and then it doesnt send any through. No happy medium.
2. As if getting the blaster fine tuned isn't hard enough seeing is another problem. I can't hold my breath for 5 mins so the mask keeps fogging up. About as effective as looking through a milk jug. I was thinking about hitting the inside with some rainx. Any cost effective solutions?
3. Last but not least sifting. It's time consuming yes and I expect it to be. The issue isnt the time but the dust. I use one size screen to sift and thats takes about an hour to get through. Am I left with just buying several different size screens or does anyone have and alternate way of removing the extreme fines? I did pour tht media from one bucket to another infront of a shop fan and it worked a little but it left a pretty good size mess beyond the bucket.
At any rate I am trying to get something done. I switched jobs and now work a 7 on 7 off schedule that leaves me with more time to work on stuff at the cost of working an 80 week every other week.
I've got plans to get this car all blasted this year and to get a majority of the cancer repaired. I even checked with a local shop (the only one we have) that could do it for $75hr and estimated 10hrs based on what I told him I had. But this kind of work isn't their bread and butter so they said it could take a while to do everything as their other stuff would come first.
Anyways back to work.