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Posted: 3/6/2006 6:46:50 PM EDT
| what media should be used before finishing? |
| stay away from the black diamond stuff sold at Tractor Supply Co, I think its just black sand, supposed to be for blasting, but too hard in the cabinet for gun work, I thought after a little while it would soften up taking the rough edges off, but just became a dusty mess |
Glass beads are good if you intend on blueing the metal. Glass beads supposedly can polish the metal too much for good paint adhesion. You really should use sand or aluminum oxide for paint. I've used Home Depot sandbox sand and like ark-and-spark said, you do need to screen it to remove the bigger sand particles or it'll clog up the blaster gun. I prefer alumimun oxide but sand works well too and is a helluva lot cheaper. |
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Quoted: aluminum oxide, manganese phosphate park job, then duracoat.[/quote spend a few bucks more and get aluminum oxide. Silicosis is nothing to mess with. Do a google search on the symptoms and resulting bodily harm from Silicosis (breathing fine sand dust). Do what you choose, but at least take the time to reasearch so you can't say you didn't know better. caspian |
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