Soda Blasting

[harvey]

Not trying to effect or complete with Nils vapor blasting business but did run into an alternate method. Here is the link:
http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-t ... a_blaster/

[ericfreeman]

I have one of those inexpensive handheld blasters with a small hopper on top from Harbor Freight and it works well with baking soda. I've used it to refurbish the outside of dirty carbs and it makes them look like new, something that's very difficult to do otherwise. Cheap to operate as well.

Eric

[Mike Nixon]

I have used soda to good effect. Different set-ups, pressures, grits (including salt-like industrial grade) and volumes. It is a very good method. However, unless your rig is the kind they use to repaint cars and houses, 300 psi with a water mix and a 2 1/2" hose, it (what we mere mortals have access to) really gets only surface corrosion off, it won't get into the substrate and remove the oxidation underneath the corrosion or the oxidation caused by the misuse of chemicals. Hydro ("vapor") blasting is the real deal, what Nils uses, as most of us aren't going to use dry ice, which as I understand it is the state of the abrasive cleaning art. The results of hydro blasting are nearly indistinguishable from dry ice.

[Larry Zimmer]

Learn something new every day/year. Thanks, Mike. I always appreciate your experience. It has taught me at least more than a few things.

[rpleines]

Learn something new every day/year. Thanks, Mike. I always appreciate your experience. It has taught me at least more than a few things.

Rich