So years ago I decided to refinish a bunch of guns and bought the HF blast cabinet and 50lbs of alox (no idea what grit). Worked great, generated a metric sh*t ton of dust. I had no idea what I was doing at the time.
I have since been schooled on dust collection systems, and am in the process of upgrading my HF blast cabinet and adding a vacuum and dust collector among other things. I was thinking about a Dust Deputy, or just building my own.
Two main questions... Is there a better media for stripping old finishes off guns and preparing the surface for paint without changing the contours or dimensions of the metals? I've used the alox to strip rust, all types of paints, bluing, etc. Most guns end up "in the white" or nearly so.
If alox is still the best, will a Dust Deputy plus shop vac filter (hepa or otherwise) be sufficient for alox dust removal? If another media is better than alox, same question re: dust removal.
Thanks.