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Bead Blasting
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:20 pm
by Rich H
i have found a very useful resource here at work, the paintshop have a Plastic Media Strip machine (Bead blaster) that doesn't harm Ali.
If anyone has anything that wants bead blasting (Your manky shocks Shug?) up to about engine block size and weight I can ask nicely for you. My engine head cost me 8 cans of Stella (£9.60 + Free Doritos) and was done inside half an hour.
HTH
Rich
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:41 pm
by rossybee
Nice currency
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:43 pm
by woody
I can do the same sort of job on the west coast if its more handy for anyone, same sort of size, but there's usually not a charge
We've both grit blasting and Plastic media.
Can have any colour you want as long as its spinner cone black
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:43 pm
by Rich H
Universally accepted currency, 8 cans of Stella can get
almost anything
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:44 pm
by Rich H
We can get any colour as long as it's NATO Green or Battleship grey
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:47 pm
by DDtB
wtf is a bead blaster and what can i get blasted .....!??!
and why do i want one even though i have no idea what it is...?!?!?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:48 pm
by woody
Cant remember wether you said it was the RAF or Navy you said you were in? I was working with an ex-navy Sea king mechanic today.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:50 pm
by woody
DDtB wrote:wtf is a bead blaster and what can i get blasted .....!??!
and why do i want one even though i have no idea what it is...?!?!?
It cleans stuff the easy way, and with plastic media does no harm to alloy components.
A blaster is basically a big cabinet with a hose that shoots a grit/air mix to strip off surface coatings.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:51 pm
by DDtB
can you bead blast a person..???
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:52 pm
by Rich H
RAF, hence the Stella, if I was navy it would be probably be Rum (or something) The army would want prety beads or a shiney pebble in trade
(Not really, Crab Air have the greatet respect for the Fishheads and Pongos!)
Think sand blast but a bit softer so not as destructive. Like tut's front clam but (A bit) faster
Rich
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:31 am
by Sanjøy
Woody could you strip my grills and paint ? Lager / shot on Ed, name your price.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:35 am
by Tom
Sanjoy wrote:Woody could you strip my grills and paint ? Lager / shot on Ed, name your price.
I'd be keen for some of that action as well..
If I can get them off.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:21 am
by Titanium S1 111S (gla)
I might have a bead blasting job which I’d be delighted to pay for with a case or two of the continental fighting lager.
Among my many projects, none of which ever seem to make much progress but keep amused, is a Ford V6 Essex (TVR, Carpri, Scimitar) powered jet speedboat. The jet system is cast Ali and needs stripping back to the metal.
Think you can help me out?
Graham
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:21 am
by woody
DDtB wrote:can you bead blast a person..???
Its fuskin sore when the (nuclear stylee) gauntlets wear through
Sanjoy wrote:Woody could you strip my grills and paint ? Lager / shot on Ed, name your price.
Only if you tell me how to get the front ones off
I'm not for damaging mine 'till someone else has.
The only hold up just now is that i only really do this stuff on nights + backshift; i'm early shift next week (too many bosses) then off for a fortnight
I could do them at the weekend though, but i'd be getting them through here. I'll see my brother, whose at uni in edinburgh, and ask when he'll be home next.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:27 am
by Rich H
I'll ask tonight. Shouldn't be a problem, but will cost Lager to do here. I'm off for 2 weeks (w*rk!) in a weeks time too. Thoses rear grills need powder coating, my hammerite effort lasted about 2 weeks!
Anyone work for a powder coating firm?