Re: Sandblasting Fuel Tank

Posted by Wardner on May 15, 2007 at 13:43:46 from (4.154.246.232):

In Reply to: Re: Sandblasting Fuel Tank posted by Andy Martin on May 15, 2007 at 13:13:43:

"occasional spark" ?

There is a torrent of sparks. Blast in the dark and you will see sparks similar to a grinding wheel. Sparks come out of the nozzel as well as at the surface.

Some stainless steel and all chrome will actually produce a corona around the point of impact. Titanium produces the best show. Big, fat, highly incandesent white tracers can fly 10 feet or more. Always wanted to get a photo of that but it is hard to blast and take photos at the same time. Not too good for the camera either.

I blasted hundreds of motorcycle tanks 30 years ago. Never a problem. They were all empty and dry.

I was once called out to blast a diesel tank that was still mounted and leaking at a seam on a 60 ton ledge truck at a job site. I didn't stick around to see how they repaired it.

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• Re: Sandblasting Fuel Tank Owen Aaland 14:25:05 05/16/07 (0)

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