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 TorxKiwi
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:02 PM |
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DIY Soda Blaster
I had a bit of time spare today and thought I'd have a crack at one of the DIY Soda Blasters that are on YouTube ....
http://youtu.be/aQrU06w7LHY
Total cost less than $20 + about half a $3.00 box of baking soda and this carb .....
ended up looking like this ......
Just need to run a rebuild kit through it and job done. Took about half an hour, looked a bit like casper the ghost and the back yard had a decent
dusting, but all in all far more painless than hours of scrubbing and pissing around.
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:16 PM |
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gunna give that a go
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TorxKiwi
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:18 PM |
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Better with a bit of a breeze ..... heading towards the neighbour that you don't like much if you've got one. Passing the baking soda through a
sieve first works better also.
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:23 PM |
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Nice...
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:39 PM |
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Was thinking one of these guns would get better suction???
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-Body-Deadener-Fish-Oil-Spray-Gun-Hose-/3...
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TorxKiwi
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:43 PM |
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Super cheap have got one on sale at the moment, but I was just being a tight arse. The only think I purchased was the baking soda the rest I had in
the shed.
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 08:49 PM |
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Ive got one. Im gunna steal some soda out the kitchen and give it a go.
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 09:45 PM |
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That's fantastic. Trying to do that by hand and get that kind of finish would take hours. Well done
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| posted on September 1st, 2012 at 11:21 PM |
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I am inspired  I did some youtubing to see how it was done... I like the
electrolisis rust removal as well
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| posted on September 2nd, 2012 at 07:18 AM |
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I've got a DIY sand blaster that I have used for cleaning up mag wheels, it has 3 different size nozzels and does a great job, only drawback is you
need realy dry sand or it won't draw it up the hose I've been told that using sand is damned dangerouse though but I do as these fellas do and keep
up-wind, and it realy gobbles up the air (I only have a small tank on my compressor) this looks the go for small parts though and probably won't user
as much air, I've never tried the soda, that looks the go.
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| posted on September 2nd, 2012 at 01:08 PM |
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seriously don't sandblast without propper breathing gear. it's seriously dangerous.
http://www.ehow.com/list_7308542_dangers-sandblasting_.html
i'll have to have a better look at this soda blasting set up.
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| posted on September 2nd, 2012 at 02:25 PM |
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bingo, i do this with one of these on skyway tuff wheels
volkaholics.net come check us out
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| posted on September 3rd, 2012 at 01:32 PM |
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This looks like it would also work quiet well, and from pricing it out, would only cost about 70 - 80 bucks to make.
dose a nice job of keeping the mess in and also recycling the soda, not to mention removing the likly hood of breathing the stuff in while working
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