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<blockquote data-quote="ominousone" data-source="post: 114587" data-attributes="member: 614"><p>I learned today that sandblasting is an extremely cathartic exercise, but it is also an extremely dirty one as well. I got half the trailer stripped and through some primer on it to keep the rust away. </p><p>I did learn a few things that I would like to pass on... Sand is not just sand... You need to use sand intended for sand blasting. I tried regular sand and it had big chunks in it that clogged the gun in seconds. I also learned that if you use equipment that someone had used prior to you that you need to check it over carefully... After wanting to scream because I couldn't figure out why the sand wasn't coming out; I replaced the hose, checked the nossil probably ten times, only to find out that at the bottom of the container was a cup that someone used to put sand into the hopper. I knew nothing of sandblasting when I entered the day, and now I know not much more except that a sandblaster is nothing more than a bucket with a hole on the bottom that a hose connects to and then the hose connects to a gun that you shoot at your trailer/boat. Then when you are done you find sand in places that sand should never be...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ominousone, post: 114587, member: 614"] I learned today that sandblasting is an extremely cathartic exercise, but it is also an extremely dirty one as well. I got half the trailer stripped and through some primer on it to keep the rust away. I did learn a few things that I would like to pass on... Sand is not just sand... You need to use sand intended for sand blasting. I tried regular sand and it had big chunks in it that clogged the gun in seconds. I also learned that if you use equipment that someone had used prior to you that you need to check it over carefully... After wanting to scream because I couldn't figure out why the sand wasn't coming out; I replaced the hose, checked the nossil probably ten times, only to find out that at the bottom of the container was a cup that someone used to put sand into the hopper. I knew nothing of sandblasting when I entered the day, and now I know not much more except that a sandblaster is nothing more than a bucket with a hole on the bottom that a hose connects to and then the hose connects to a gun that you shoot at your trailer/boat. Then when you are done you find sand in places that sand should never be... [/QUOTE]
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