Trans Am#5

Anyone know of any besides Imperial Blasting in South Holland?
Thanks.

xpndbl3

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what parts do you need blasted and i'll let you know if the booth i have is large enough.

Trans Am#5

Thanks....the rear off my '79 is what I'm looking to get done.

xpndbl3

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definately don't have one that large. you could always buy a blaster and use it outside for the rear. They're pretty cheap at home depot, otherwise maybe try LoKo Coatings in worth IL, but they're more of a powdercoat company so who knows? i juse wire wheeled mine and spray bombed it with rustoleum semi-gloss black and was happy with how it came out for a $15 job.

Trans Am#5

Thats my last resort....I may go that route.

jay92,85,79

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if u want u can bring it over here and use my sand blaster. but has to be done out side.I have a pretty good one. I sandblasted the hole cowl on my chevelle with it.,Don't waste your cash on one of them homedepot ones. The cheap ones that has the gun and a hose they suck. I even bought one of them ones it has the red metal bucket with the hose at the bottom.for like 100 bucks. Took it right back did not work worth a sh.

Trans Am#5

What kind of blaster do you have Jay?

jay92,85,79

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Its from matco. Its not all that big but will get it done. what i do is take the jar off and i have a hose that goes into a bucket. The thing sucks up so much that it uses it up to fast with that jar thing.

Trans Am#5

Jay thanks for the offer but I may just get one myself. Where did you get that one if I may ask?

jay92,85,79

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go on matco tools web site.Under body shop tools u will see them there. They have some other ones to. But i don't know how good they work.

Trans Am#5

Thanks Jay. I'll order one tomorrow. I didn't realize they were so cheap. I take it this will be very messy to do the rear end. How long do you think it should take me to do the rear?

Thanks for offering yours too. This way, I don't have to lug mine over and inconvenience you.

jay92,85,79

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Very messy. I use to make a little booth out of plastic. But only down side to that is.It gets so dam dusty inside it u can,t really see what u are doing. So i try to do all my sand blasting out side. I did the hole cowl on my chevelle in about 2 hours ( 3 coats of paint) If u have a good compressor i would say about hour or so.What i did was went up to menards and bought that cheap one with the hose and the metal tube. cut the hose inhlf.And hooked it up to that one. That way u don't have to stop to refill it every 5 mins.

Trans Am#5

Great....thanks. I have a benchtop blaster and I hate it. Same as you just said. It gets so cloudy in there that I have no idea what parts I've missed. I'm ordering that one tomorrow and we'll see what happens. I'd love to do it outside but I don't have any grassy or dirt area where I could....just concrete and I'd imagine that'd be real bad.

jay92,85,79

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i sweep it up and reuse lol. I'm cheap

10gunman

hey jay can u provide me with a part # I'm trying to do my rear end to but I don't know how much a shop will charge me and since u are all doing it ur self I thought I could too.

Trans Am#5

It's on Matcos website:
http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/to...select=&page=2

CANISTER BLASTER

• A portable, lightweight unit for small-scale jobs
• Fill the plastic quart container with dry abrasive material, connect air line to gun, sand, deburr, etch, polish, or clean
• Built-in material control valve regulates the flow
• Double duty as a solution sprayer





Part#: SB8 Price: $41.90

Trans Am#5

Imperial Blasting wants $110 to do my rear and this is considerably cheaper. I'll buy the gun and see how it goes.

10gunman

ok so I ordered mine too now what kind of material to use and how not to use the little bottle so I won't have 2 fill it up 100 times while I'm doing something

jay92,85,79

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I use the sand that menards has.Its a little bit finer than that black beauty. I'll take a pic of how i have mine set up tommrow.Keep in mind that sand blaster does work good. But still takes some time. Also I have a 6hp 60 g comprssor i have to stop every 10 mins or so to let it fill back up.

10gunman

ok I'll wait for the photos then thanks.

10gunman

hey transam 5 did u get ur sand blaster yet I just wanted to know how it works also did u get a photo of how jay has it set up he said he was going to post it here but still nothing. also he mentioned some menards sand but I don't know what sand he used if anyone u or jay has any info please let me know thanks.

Trans Am#5

Mine came today. A buddy has some sand he is giving away so I'll be picking that up this weekend. Thats when I'll give it a try.

jay92,85,79

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go do it right now

jay92,85,79

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Here u go. That metal rod part that the hose is hooked up to. I think u need one like that there are 2 tubes in there one sucks up the sand and the other i think is to let air in.

10gunman

hey thanks for the photo I appreciate it got a couple of questions for u does it matter what kind of tubes/hoses I use to use with the bucket also can u tell me what kind of sand u bought and what size thing to use on the pistol/gun thanks again.

Trans Am#5

I found a very cheap shop also if anyones interested. I dropped the rear end off to them and they said $45. Imperial wanted $110! I figure I'll let them give it a shot and wait for warmer weather to try my Matco gun. The only hitch with them is that it is usually a 3 week turnaround. I am in no hurry and for what I'm paying....it's a steal! This is waaaaay cheaper than anyone else. I called 6 different places BTW.

Johnson Truck Service
453 Commercial Ave.
Calumet City, Illinois 60409

708-891-8543

Lee or Barbara

Trans Am#5

In case anyones familiar with Pepino's on Sibley, they are right behind 'em.

jay92,85,79

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mmmmmmmmmmmm Pepino's thats all i have to say

Trans Am#5

Fortunately, it was lunch time when I dropped it off

jay92,85,79

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yeah thats really the wrong time to go unless u wanna wait out in the cold.

SOX 19

Thats why I phone ahead!