hi, finally broke down and bought myself a Skat-blast cabinet this week. (boy, the wire-brush cups and time I would have saved on my Model-A Ford if I'd gotten one 8 years ago! :-(
I'm curious, is there a general rule-of-thumb from experienced users on how much 'pre-cleaning' to do of parts? For example, would you take a rusty brake drum, or a greasy engine head, and just lay them in the cabinet and blast away? Or is it wise to either wire-brush loose-rust off first, or put a greasy part in the solvent tank and get most of the goo off first? That would be my guess, thinking the bead-material will flow better in the sieve by minimizing the greasy residue.
Also, TPTools has about six different types of blast media, and all sound great by themselves; any suggestions?
thanks!
I'm curious, is there a general rule-of-thumb from experienced users on how much 'pre-cleaning' to do of parts? For example, would you take a rusty brake drum, or a greasy engine head, and just lay them in the cabinet and blast away? Or is it wise to either wire-brush loose-rust off first, or put a greasy part in the solvent tank and get most of the goo off first? That would be my guess, thinking the bead-material will flow better in the sieve by minimizing the greasy residue.
Also, TPTools has about six different types of blast media, and all sound great by themselves; any suggestions?
thanks!
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