Shot blasting

[Chad]

Thanks Tony,

I'll look over it when I've more time. I'm running between the garage and the house measuring fairing bolts for the AT just now


Cheers

what you up to you wee dafty

[Traveller]

I Do im gonna have me a play

Sodium bicarbonate, about £12 for a 25kg bag from an animal feed merchant.

[hotbulb]

I might give that a try- I bought one of those Aldi guns a while ago but have never used it (and I have a 2.5 or 3 hp compressor). Will the soda blasting remove the white growth from neglected alloy ? (I've an old CG125 that's been sat in the garage for 15+ years,and the engine castings look very sad).

[Chad]

I might give that a try- I bought one of those Aldi guns a while ago but have never used it (and I have a 2.5 or 3 hp compressor). Will the soda blasting remove the white growth from neglected alloy ? (I've an old CG125 that's been sat in the garage for 15+ years,and the engine castings look very sad).

be carefull you might find no CG125 left when the dust clears

Sodium bicarbonate, about £12 for a 25kg bag from an animal feed merchant.

Thanks mate 25kg should keep me going for a while,,,having said that if vader heres about this i might need about 6 tonnes for his transalp

[Traveller]

I might give that a try- I bought one of those Aldi guns a while ago but have never used it (and I have a 2.5 or 3 hp compressor). Will the soda blasting remove the white growth from neglected alloy ? (I've an old CG125 that's been sat in the garage for 15+ years,and the engine castings look very sad).

Bead or vapour blasting will, Soda is less aggresive. If you have the air and gun then go for it, you get the idea as you use it. The only thing with a lower HP compressor is you have to wait thii the pressure builds up. The good thing about the Aldi gun is its specced up to work with low HP compressors so it seems to work well with the Soda.

[hotbulb]

be carefull you might find no CG125 left when the dust clears

If the soda's that good, perhaps I can use it for stone cleaning?
The CG is one of the old, proper Japanese-made ones, not the South American clones, so I'm hoping the Honda engineering will have survived. It coped with my considerable bulk commuting over our local "mountain" each day for years !

[outrunner]

Nah, my run to the pub does that for me

There's the answer John, just down a bottle of the Grouse and breathe on the Bmw, descale and pleasure done in one.


Andy.

[Chad]

There's the answer John, just down a bottle of the Grouse and breathe on the Bmw, descale and pleasure done in one.


Andy.

hmmm rust nails

[Traveller]

If the soda's that good, perhaps I can use it for stone cleaning?
The CG is one of the old, proper Japanese-made ones, not the South American clones, so I'm hoping the Honda engineering will have survived. It coped with my considerable bulk commuting over our local "mountain" each day for years !

Soda is used for non damaging removal of grafiti from walls etc.
If the weather was better I would take some photos of the kit and results but its too wild to mess around outside, hence my post count this week

[Chad]

Soda is used for non damaging removal of grafiti from walls etc.
If the weather was better I would take some photos of the kit and results but its too wild to mess around outside, hence my post count this week

AaaaaaHA !!! that explains you sudden rise to the 1k club