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The Muffin Man - 08 Sep 2005 12:11 GMT

The shell is now sat in primer and I am digging through the boxes of bits
wondering what to bead blast and paint, what to buy new and what is good
enough already.

Must get back to my sorting

The Muffin Man

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Pedro - 09 Sep 2005 21:04 GMT

Can I ask please. What is the thing with Bead Blasting? I understand it
is less harsh on parts. Is it expensive? Do many places offer the
sevice?

I have a compressor and a cheap sandblasting gun that I use to shoot
kiln dried fine sand at parts in a big wooden box I made to contain the
mess.

I dress up like a demented idiot (The Salvager with bells on) but the
dust still gets EVERYWHERE.

Good results though.

Thanks in anticipation

Peter

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The Muffin Man - 10 Sep 2005 00:24 GMT

> Can I ask please. What is the thing with Bead Blasting? I understand it
> is less harsh on parts. Is it expensive? Do many places offer the
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> Peter

To get a shell done costs about £200. To buy a cabinet costs about £80 and
then £20 for a bag of beads. Then you can just spend hours making shiny
things out of rusty pieces of poop.

Sounds similar to what you have made but made of metal. Sounds more air
tight too. Still gets everywhere though!!

I found this one on ebay to look at:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sand-or-Bead-Blasting-Cabinet-laverda-triumph-norton_W0QQi
temZ7543249586QQcategoryZ92083QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can get other people to do it. A motorbike cylinder head just cost me
£15+VAT though so it isn't cheap. And where is the fun in that?

The Muffin Man

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