Do You Need A Soda Blaster? 

Wow I like that it took the paint off the hinge like butter . That's Awesome! Thanks for the tips Zeb

Thanks for a simple, quick video! Everyone else spends most of the time rambling and about 30 seconds of doing.

excellent well purposed demonstration. thank you for sharing !!

Now that's a time saver when sanding. Amazing.

My husband and I both enjoyed this video, thank you Zeb !

Adding to the tarp tip - I keep a few large shipping boxes on hand to use as spray booth/backdrop/floor protection for my projects. I break them down and prop them up/painters-tape them when using.

Thanks Zeb!

Ray - use a large tarp man. To back up the work space, that way you just lift the corners and the media falls right in the center - 10x less work.

I love excitement of having a new tool in my hands. I would love to play with this one, try to peel layers on all things around me 😂😂 Hope you'll have good use of it.

Great new tool! Looks like it worked great!

Thanks for sharing.

thank you! need this !

I bought me a camping tent for my work shop. clean up a breeze use 1of my old vacuum s.👍 Keeps everything in one place.

Thank you, was thinking of doing the joist in NY crawlspace but didn't know how one worked.

WOW! That thing is so cool!!!

thanks for reviewing the concept of re-using the soda off the floor. $45/bag is REALLY EXPENSIVE to me. Seems to me, unless soda can be re-used many times, it may not be very cost effective, even though it's less time consuming. Glad to know it soda can be re-used at least a few times. Given you we're not any bit careful to keep used dust separate form contaminants, one may deduce that if soda was filtered, and or collected before it hit the floor, it could be re-used many times. That's my current theory, which needs testing. I'd like to know the quantity of soda used to blast a given piece of furniture. Since I have a metal and wood shop I think this would be invaluable for me. Go the 60gal compressor, so I might as well play around with this. But I can't have soda dust all over the shop, that's not an option, it's just asking for a headache. when I add this to my shop I'll build a small blast booth. gotta do some thinking on it... and definitely will install a dedicated smaller dust collector with upper and lower adjustable hoods in the booth. I would want as little as possible, the removed paint/finish of the furniture, mixed with soda and to be re-used in the blaster on the refill. This theory needs a real world shop test.

What do you think is best for hydroblasting sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate to clean the external marble of the flooring? And maybe remove the glue from it ...

Really handy

Please do another tutorial and show us how to hook up the compressor please and how to prevent the gouging of the wood..

I have an orbital sander, but it not seem to do good at removing paint even with 50 grit. Might be the type of 59 grit paper I have. It does not seem to remove as much as much font paper.

Oh wow!! I’ve never heard of a soda blaster, this was neat to watch. I’m a weirdo girl who likes stuff like this lol

i cut a 3 inch hole in the side of the top of my blaster and welded a threaded pipe end with plug into the hole...now I can refill faster and way easier.

What they don't tell you is if you break the ceramic tip you are screwed no replacement sold

Some other soda blasters ise an air compressor can you talk about if this one requires an air compressor and which one you are using. Tia

How well do these do with laminate on top of old dressers?

Does it work on big stuff, like doors ?

awesome! I need to strip some windows in a historic home with many layers of paint. Do I need to worry about the glass breaking if I don't hit it direct with the blaster?

If you use a handheld kitchen strainer to filter your media you can process it quickly for reuse.

I bought myself a larger soda blaster a few weeks ago but I haven’t used it yet as I need a new compressor. I’ve got a large table I want to do. I was wondering about getting a little tent specifically for soda blasting in which would contain the soda and prevent some of the contamination of the reused soda.

What air compressor did you hook the soda blaster up to?

That’s awesome Zeb, beats sanding, what I do Love is how it makes the wood smooth like a drift wood effect, but that’s only what I can see on the video, doesn’t it come up smooth?

4 years later... make a drop cloth tent Brother... :) Thank you for sharing this!

What size compressor did you use

Probably the only thing I dislike about these blasters is filling them with the soda... I think it could be faster with a couple mods?

This is awesome. How long do you think it would take (approx) to soda blast a 7 piece dining room set?

looks like a great product, but i'm a little confused, do i need to hook this up to a separate air compressor or is it a self contained unit? -- i don't see you hooking up to one, so it's not clear.

Can you change the spray nozzle to get a wider area. Looked very good though. Cheers

Mine has been sitting in the garage for months! I’ve been afraid of using it on softer wood and cause some grain damage. Would you happen to know a softer abrasive to use besides soda? Or will using household baking soda be less aggressive?

Are the blue collars on the red house some sort of quick disconnect? Or do I have to unbolt brass fitting every time to fill?

What climate are you using this in? Do you have any other inline moisture traps? I'm in a very humid climate.

How do you actually start and stop the flow of the media? is it from the adjustment knob on the top?

Hello and thank you for the tutorial! My husband and I have been discussing soda blasters and whether or not it would be worth having one. I think your video has moved us towards purchasing one. Would you please tell us about the air compressor you use?

Can you correct me if I'm wrong, but it looked like the first thing you started to sand blast the table, legs and features. It looked like it was cutting lines into it... then you said it was soft wood.. Was that what I saw dmg table?

Yes,

I’m interested in getting a blaster and am wondering if this was hooked up to a compressor ? If yes what psi is required - I’m a bit confused

What did you guys do with the video where you framed the mirrors with old house siding?

hello, my name is gaston, I am from buenos aires argentina, excellent your video, thank you very much, where can I buy a machine if, and what product is used for furniture ... since I am a restorer ... thank you very much

man you know if i can use on spear gun wood for remove old epoxy resin and uv protection?

Hi have you ever used this on wood veneer? Can I ask what the result was like? Many thanks

I have seen a soda blast gun strip off the ink from a printed cardboard box.

What Size Compressor does it require ? Is the media toxic if you breath it ?

Did you say it will take too long to soda blast an entire piece of furniture? Longer than sanding? It seems like it will be faster. I hope it's faster. I planned on sanding/stripping all the wood trim in my 1921 house.I've done that kind of stripping before and it's a tedious and slow job. If blasting is slower then I won't use this method. Another concern is the mess that will be made by soda blasting. I can't move window or door trim. And one more thing; lead paint beneath the layers of paint. Sorry, thinking out loud. We definitely do NOT want to blast through layers of lead paint. Now that I type this I think soda blasting may be too messy and dangerous for trim in an old house. But, I plan on redoing my bedroom furniture and it will be great for that. I think I'll be buying me a soda blaster.

What kind of compressor are you using? How many cfm @ 90 psi?

Did it cause any indentations in the soft wood?

How heavy duty of a compressor do I need to use. I'm sure my two gallon wouldn't cut it for continuous pressure

It looks like it damaged the wood on that leg at 1:54. Is there any way to use it so the wood isn't damaged?

What compressor are you using?

I watched your video on how to do this as a full time job. I'm wondering if you would do a video on how to do this more as a hobby and still make some money on? I enjoy doing this kind of thing as a hobby, especially smaller craft and not necessarily huge furniture items. I'm wondering if you would recommend a website like at etsy or setting up your own site? Are some other site. And maybe eventually renting a small booth. I basically want to earn back the money Spent on my supply so I can my more and making some extra cash would be nice. Right now I am redecorating my house and having a great time period I am creating a lot of the décor myself. However when I finish these projects I want to keep going because I enjoy it Much. I don't work outside the home or have children because of health but need an outlet I enjoy. My husband is building a shop so I will have a section to work. I am really great at finding bargains and shopping thrift for deals. Husband is VERY handy when not working and we have every tool you can think of. How would you suggest getting started. I can list or email you some of the things I do now. I'm not on Facebook though.

Very nice. Possible to tape a vacuum cleaner nozzle to the blaster nozzle to suck up some of the dust and use a cyclonic separator to catch the medium?.... just thinking out loud really!

I like to know if i can blast electric parts.... like inside the tv?

I want to interior walls in my house. Couple layers of paint on them. House was built in 1948. I want to bring back the natural wood for my walls also kitchen cabinets.

What kind of compressor are you working with here?

What compressor did you use with this blaster?

Awesome video. Thank you!! :) Can I just use soda in my sandblaster? Or do I need to use an actual soda blaster? (Sorry for the silly question)

I just bought one of these and i gotta say its pretty junky even for harbor freight the valves are atrocious the media distribution block is basically worthless and getting it to constantly blast the media is next to impossible its definitely going to need some serious modifications for it to work semi decent but i guess for the price its still pretty bad

You think they rent those out at the Home Depot?

Can you show me the compressor

Baking soda ?

I have never heard of this machine.

how much psi are you able to maintain

Compressor ?????

Good video, nice to see how it all works. I have so many refinishing projects lined up and now the chemical stuff does not work anymore thanks to VOC laws in CA, plus it is $50 per gal for weak solution! What a waste of money. Everything I read said you cannot reuse soda blasting media, but here you are proving them wrong. Good to know. Apparently only Armex soda is good for blasting not household soda. Is this true? What you failed to show was your air compressor. The blaster needs 7cfm at 90 psi to blast well. What did you use? Please do not add music to any DIY or demo video. It's like a fly buzzing in your ear. Even low grade music is annoying as extra noise.

can you you other attachments for the nozzle or are you just limited to the small blasting area it comes with?

Looks pretty nice. But, too much cost for soda and wayyyyy too messy and dusty.

#Replay

Wow... the performance is very underwhelming

This video has nothing to do with Dr pepper. Dissapoint.

That unit is a total POS avoid it at all cost

What size air compressor did you use