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StuB

04-06-2005 11:24:53




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I have heard of this only recently, what is it about? Supposedly safe to do on an intact tractor? That appeals to me. Is the process used in existing blasters? Is it a cost comparable (or close) to sand?

Any sites on this?




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Eric Stevens

06-15-2005 23:20:44




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 Re: soda blasting in reply to StuB, 04-06-2005 11:24:53  
I used to do a lot of high and ultra high pressure washing. In the doing so I delt with NLB salesmen. Anyway, a gentleman brought an old car into them because he didn't want it sandblaste which would destroy the finish of the metal. They used high pressure water and ground walnut shells. Just a thought



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WISDAVE

04-13-2005 11:23:55




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 Re: soda blasting in reply to StuB, 04-06-2005 11:24:53  
Soda is about $.50 per lb. in 50 lb bags. kinda pricey, the blasters work good, but our problem was it left a residue. We used it to clean tooling in a factory. We used just enough water to hold the dust down. When the soda water mix dried into crystals it left a residue in every crack and crevice, then you had to clean it out by hand.

We went to a dry ice blaster, a more expensive unit, but for a factory, cheaper in labor since you don't have any residue left to clean out.

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RustyFarmall

04-07-2005 06:30:35




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 Re: soda blasting in reply to StuB, 04-06-2005 11:24:53  
Same thing as any other blasting media, only the soda is less aggresive, therefore safer for use on sheetmetal. I still would not want to use it on an intact tractor.



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JoeK

04-22-2005 19:11:04




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 Re: soda blasting in reply to RustyFarmall, 04-07-2005 06:30:35  
"Safer" from enviromental standpoint also.Used for bridges,marine applications,where other media could pollute waters,also the fine particles have little mass,inertia..don't travel far before loosing velocity and settling.Also unlike glass/slag/silica/oxide media,relatively harmless to humans/animals.



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