Soooooo, does anyone have a sand blaster with a cabnet big enough to handle a bike frame?

Let me know,
Andy

Mine will if you cut the frame into 4 pieces
You may need to take it too Consolidated Compressor and rent one of their large cabinets or do it outside, Dale/Matt can advise on this

As far as I know Consolidated only has one cabinet but I might be wrong. I don't think it's large enough for a bike frame though. Their outdoor pit will work fine though. It's pretty coarse sand but it creates a surface the paint will stick to very well.

Was $1 a minute last year...

Ive got one at my school, depends what kind of frame we are talking. like a bmx frame?

wont cost ya nothing either.

My DJ frame, aluminum. I've been going at it with my scotch brite pads and my die grinder. Worked ok at home but the garage was cold and kept freezing my die grinder. Did it at work for about 40 min and got half done. It shouldn't be too bad I just need to blast the welds and the small areas I can't fit into. Which school are you at? Andy more importantly, will your teacher mind if you use it?

ACAD. and no, the they wont. catch is I will have to do it. so we can arrange to meet up, or you can drop it off at my place and ill take care of it for you.

I personally would not use sand on aluminum, and I only (gently) glass bead aluminum that I know I won't be welding on later.


Some horrible awful aircraft coating remover for aluminum and the right abrasive will work wonders. Do it in a REALLY well ventilated area wearing thick gloves etc. I'm amazed they sell that coating remover in stores here over the counter. It is horribly toxic, but it gets everything off without harming the aluminum somehow.

Sounds like a plan. How does saturday work for you? Shoot me a pm with your addy and number