Sandblasting Body Panels with a Power Washer Sandblaster 

Loved your idea of using an air compressor to blow out a blockage , verttical tube plasment and taping the sand line, as well. A guy could also tape over the bucket top with a plastic covering to discourage sand wetting and clogging. My powerwasher is 3000 psi ,so I,m looking forward to getting to my truck .thanks guy .

Rucker made two good points, keep the sand feeder tube vertical, and as June Fletcher mentioned, duct tape it on the top of the wand to minimize blockage.

I put the sand feet tube from the top it helps alot from getting water in the sand feed tube. I also used window screen to sift the sand in a bucket to separate the rocks

Keep the sand feed tube on top of the spray nozzle to prevent water from backflowing into the sand feed tube.

I’ve spread the bag of sand on my driveway to dry it out and then sift it through window screen over a 5 gallon bucket. Figuring out a way to fasten the pickup tube to the bottom of the bucket for a gravity feed would probably help a lot. And at that point, you would want to hang the bucket from a heavy tree branch or an overhead beam. Thanks for the great video and your emphasis on eye protection.

Nice work!

i have a unit that i put together myself. it's a harbor freight predator engine 212 CC and a 3,300 PSI 3 GPM triplex pump on a used pressure washer frame. it's decently strong. i think i may try this

I know this is an old video but white silica sand is basically quartz sand that is mined. The all purpose sand would have larger material mixed in. Might have better results with a graded silica sand. Would also depend on whats easiest to access where youre at. Running your all purpose sand through a screen is also a good idea like others said. Good video though, definitely looking into it for my projects.

I'm assuming it would be ok to use a medium grade soda as the media to use to clean a motorcycle engine? Thanks

Thanks for the video!

Great video thank you so much

Why doesnt surface rust form from the water?

My brand new electric power washer @ 2050 PSI 1.8 GPM kept clogging up and did not produce any vacuum. Plan A: gas powered washer with 3500 psi and higher flow rate. Plan B: pressure and gravity fed using an automatic tire inflator to keep the PSI of the garden sprayer at ~30-40psi. A&B: a larger nozzle to increase flow and reduce back pressure (I believe that is the root of the problem).

Best Electric Pressure Washer!!

I imagine that the first four square inches are great fun.

Since it's difficult for water to run uphill, try raising the bag off the ground. Maybe set the bag in a wheelbarrow.

Your daddy is a wise man. I'd follow his talking.

I got play sand at home depot and it is too wet out of the bag to use. I will have to spread it out on the driveway to dry it first! What a pin in the sand.

Since you know rocks and tiny dibriey wii clog the unit why not be more selective in the type of sand used, a cleaner variety might be playsand which has laready been screeded for small stones and debries. Also a more secure container for the sand with disbursement from the bottom would be more effective and less problamatic!

wonder what would happen if you already had a small sand blaster from HF and just suppy air to sand tank while having pressure washer hooked up to apparatus

hi. which is the minimun pressure of water required for wetblasting? i do not know which model of pressure washer to buy. thanks in advance

Elevate the sand as much as possible, water back feeding will be less problematic.

If you screen the sand first you wouldn't have a problem with it going through the tube. And I know that for a fact because that's what I did and I didn't have anymore problems with the sand coming out the end

Try a Rubbermaid tote with a hole in the lid for the sand!

Nice demo. Editing could have cut out about 5 minutes of time and still had great content. Keep up the good work.

Is a 1900 psi Pressure washer have enough pressure to use? We be tried everything and the sand is Not going thru tube unless i held up hose in air!

You can keep the water from getting into the tube by duct-taping it on top of the rod. Also, use pool filter sand. not all purpose--less likely to clog.

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You should be using glass bead..you can reuse will not clog wet or dry

I honestly don't think that sandblasting that panel would ever get hot enough to warp that metal but stranger things have happened.

Imagine shooting a shotgun at close range to a painted surface using various shot media. The first shell was filled with rubber shot. The second shell was filled with aluminum shot. The third was filled with steel shot. So, playground sand will help clean, but it will take a lot of it (rubber shot). The aluminum shot is better, but it is still relatively soft (silica sand). By the way, when you think of silica dust, think of asbestos. Asbestosis, and Silicosis are similar in the fact that both cause scar tissue inside the lungs that can't be undone. Silica sand is not the only hazard here; grinding, cutting, or chipping concrete, masonry, brick, or cinder block can create harmful dusts. Now to the steel shot - coal slag is the most economical hard shot media. The mineral itself is dirt cheap; but there are costs associated with it to verify its silica content (usually less than 1%), then bag it, then ship it across the states. Black Be..., I mean coal slag is not cheap, but neither is it (usually) worth recycling. Abrasives by Hardness (MOHS) Plastic 3.0 - 4.0 Walnut 3.0 - 4.0 Glass Bead 5.5 - 6.0 Silica Sand 5 - 6 Crushed Glass 5.5 - 7 Coal Slag 6.0 - 7.5 Olivine 6.5 - 7.5 Staurolite 7.0 - 7.5 Garnet 7.0 - 7.5

I'm a little confused on how the sand feeds through the tube I have an electric pressure washer would that work for it

Not enough flow rate in that washer,I've a old 5000 psi Honda that my friend borrowed for his cheap ass amazon blaster,he said my washer did his job 5 times faster then his 2800 one,that was cruel slow!! Still did the job though

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I know it's called SANDblasting, but you're not meant to use literal sand. That's why you had such a struggle. Proper blasting media comes in grades (similar to sandpaper grits) and different materials (steel, glass, plastic, ceramic to name a few). You'll have better, more consistent results and an overall more positive experience if you use the correct materials.

“That way the water won’t tarnish the metal.” Unless you don’t count rust, I guess.

Does not work used playground sand then sifted through screen, no luck tried several times, dry sifted sand no luck, going to try silica sand next if that don't work it's going back

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And then he looked down the barrel....

You really shouldn't be using straight up sand...the panels are gonna rust from the salt content in it in no time, you may not see it but it'll blow out under your fresh paint job quicker than it should.

Glass Bead all day long buddy....... My 4.2GPM pressure washer RIPS any shit off....

no matter what, sieve your sand

Thanks for the video that was great. I won't be buying one of those. thank you

The mess it creates, a wet sand blasting is not even worth it. Overall, its fun to do something in your backyard, if one has the "time" to kill 🙂

Sift your sand through a window screen first to keep from getting those bullshit clogs.

Lots of complaining

5 mins before you even started . Wake up and get the gear ready first

JUNK

What a waste of time, could have preped both panels in the time before your first clog

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Too much talking

more babbling any anything lol.............. He did so many things wrong in this video almost amusing!