By the way, in case anyone is wondering exactly what Mad Max is...



I believe it's been enhanced since this pic was taken, but I can't find any links to a gallery for this car. James, you have anything?

I love that thing. And its turbocharged? Badass.

sandblasting is the way to go!

I have access to a large(ish) sandblaster at school, and a decent relationship with the tech. Im sure I could blast a few things for people when I do batches of my own stuff, as long as the stuff is small.


btw that thing looks really bad ass

at least 3 of us have our own sandblasters and you're right, it's the only way to go...

For the big stuff I head over to Consolidated Compressor on 40th st SE and use the outdoor pit...

mmmm, outdoor pit.

what do they charge over there?

edit: what do you guys use at home, and what size compressors do you have running them?

Matt and I have pretty much the same setup I think but I forget what tank size...60 gallon maybe? They run full time when blasting but they keep up. I need to go look at the label on mine...

Consolidated charged a dollar a minute the last time I was there. They also have a cabinet with bead that's pretty big...

cool, ill keep that in mind for later.

I suppose my 33gal wont keep up then if your 60 has to engage the compressor constantly to keep up.

thanks dale

Yeah, they're 18.5 cfm at 100 psig, 60 gallon tanks. They'll keep up at 70-80 psig all day long, but the heads (and tank!) get pretty hot if you blast for more than a half hour or so. If you've got anything less, a blasting cabinet is probably not a good idea, unless you're only doing small stuff in a small cabinet.

My cabinet is currently down, and has been for over a year, for modifications and updates. We use glass bead in ours, fwiw.