Soda blasting works a treat on Aluminum. It will make cast Aluminum look like new and won't damage anodized finishes. You can clean a bank of motorcycle carburetors without taking the assembly apart. The advantage of soda is it will dissolve in water and wash away unlike glass or silicon abrasives.
I just cleaned the inside of a couple rims with a product called M-Shine I put it on with a sponge then light scrubbed with scotch Brite and let it sit about 15 minutes washed it off and it took all but the very heavy pitting, I bought it from ChemX they also have a nice spray on wipe off polish called awesome sauce it goes on easy and doesnt streak.@@PxssyGalore
@@PxssyGalorecorrosion isn't really going to "clean up" especially on wheels since most aluminum wheels (any that will corrode) is piss poor cast and that's putting it lightly! You'll need to attack it with a course abrasive, fill it with TIG or body work it with filter then paint. Acid is NOT a good idea to rid corrosion, it is a good cleaner when applied correctly (especially if brake pad replacement was very neglected when the metal dust embeds itself onto the wheel. If left for too long it can and will eat through the finish and expedite corrosion tenfold!
Probably too late for the poster, but I bought a portable spray tanning tent off of Amazon (just noticed they have portable paint booths that might be better). Takes about 1 minute to set up and 4 minutes to take down. Fits in a 3"x 20" bag when not using. Captures about +80% of that expensive baking soda (at 50 bucks for a 50lb bag where I live.) After I am done blasting, I shake all the baking soda onto the floor of the tent and then when I have everything out of the tent, I roll it over to collect all of the baking soda. Next is a shop vac that has all of the dirt cleaned out of it. I suck up the baking soda with it, even vacuuming what spilled out of the tent onto the drive while blasting. I then empty the contents of the vacuum through a sand blasting sifter into a 5 gal. bucket. Ready to use again. Hope this helps. Thanks for you video.
I am restoring an old car and am considering this type of setup...I don't have the room for any more cabinets and I simply cannot be dealing with toxic materials or hard to dispose of media...this seems like a perfect compromise. Thanks for posting!
Disposal depends on what you are blasting. Bulk blast media normally is required to be tested for lead or other heavy metals for determination of whether or not it requires haz-waste disposal costs.
A large volumn compressor with high CFM is the most important part for any of these soda/media blasting systems to work like this video portrays. If the air volumn can't keep up it's gonna take forever.
Soda is great it allso cures the metal preventing rust i did both my corvette frames and all metal ....I learned that when i did a frame with regular sand and when i left it for the next day it all ready had rust on it again with soda no rust formed . Stuff is great give it a try
I guess the soda doesn't have any rust particled and as it isn't as heavy it won't penetrate in to the metal. However if you live anywhere just a bit humid, the steel will rust either way...
Just come across this in my "feed" to watch LOL,.I have had one on my shelf in shop "just have it when I need it".......well after watching your vid went shop grab it and some soda...work pretty well on few things I tried it on very impressed..................work great on aluminum Looks new....did few things I made for my Harley and well came out great threw some primer on THANKS FOR SHARING God bless Jeff
I don’t know that I have ever seen soda blasting used to remove rust and scale… but your results show why. However, it did so much better than what I have always been told.
Soda is not an ideal blast media for rust, but for light rust it works well enough for what I needed. All I wanted to do was knock off the loose rust so the hubs would hold paint. Good enough for me. Thanks for watching
@@fishonkayakadventureThese are wheel hubs for a trailer. He’s probably not trying to get it down to bare metal. He’s going to paint them and put them back on.
I have used Harbor Freight soda blaster on a Vintage Travel Trailer and it worked great. It took sometime because I didn't have a big enough air compressor but the soda blaster worked fine. No damage to the aluminum and I removed at least two layers of heavy thick old paint. It just takes sometime if you have several layers of paint like I had.
@Eduardo-vv6lm 8.6 @90 is Good. But it's probably 8.6 @45. If you have a good high cfm compressor mounted to small tank just get a additional tank. When I did roofing i had a 4 gallon on the ground ran to another 4 gallon tank on roof and could run 5+ guns steadily no problem..
I don't know about using baking soda, but I can tell you first hand that the soda blast medium sold a HF will absolutely kill your grass, so you might want to keep that in mind. I am impressed with how well this works, great video!
A gallon or two of Evapor-Rust would clean that just as well as blasting. Just pour, dip part and wait a few hours and your parts will come out looking brand spanking NEW!!!😃 Great video! Inspirational for future large projects!
Just a can of the spray does it really. It’s gel so does the job great. Only issue as flash rust happens so after you wash it off so have to be ready for epoxy primer
Not totally stripping like bead blasting, but it is impressive as a neutral environment media. Would probably be very safe on plastics and aluminum parts or plating that needs to be preserved. I've used salt before, and this seems to be one step up in the soft cleaner products.
Ground walnut shell is considered to be a soft abrasive. It is often used to strip paint from aluminum on aircraft. It is hard and abrasive enough to remove the paint, but soft enough so that it won't damage the thin aluminum sheet. It is also used on plastics and zinc parts. And of course, it would do no harm to the local environment.
I have a blast cabinet with glass media as an abrasive. I also have this handheld blaster like the one you are using. I heard about sada blasters but have never used baking soda. I did not realize you can blast with baking soda. Next time you are at Harbor Freight, buy one of those media blasting hoods. They are fastened to a hard hat and work great along with the use of a good respirator they also sell. That cheap paper respirator is not a good choice when blasting.
If you build yourself some plywood short walls with a little catch basin (even an old bit of eaves trough) you can recover a bunch of the soda, filter it with a seive (and magnet if doing a bunch of car parts) and re-use it further saving on cost.
The soda blast media they sell right alongside that blaster unit at Harbor Freight is far chunkier, and I suspect "just a wee bit" more effective than baking soda for making cookies.
@@thegeneralist7598 $50 for 50lbs is about on par with the Walmart Great Value baking soda per pound. A little bit more, but if it's more effective then it would be worth it.
How much compressed air do you need? I mean pressure and cfm? I have old 5 slot aluminum wheels I need to clean and buff, this looks like a good first step!
@@bobsbarnworkshop I think so, just try and keep pressure over 100psi for best results. Basically if you are removing the paint or cleaning and if it is working for you, don't worry about the pressure.
Explanation: Not good at sandblasting, but extremely well at rust/dirt blasting to clean parts while keeping the original finish intact. I use sugar, it'll eat up all the crude in the wheel wells, all over the coilovers...yet not hurt the rubber coating, paint, zinc coatings on hardware.
...then there is the electrolysis method using a commercial grade vinegar solution...ideal for antique cast iron/steel auto parts detached from vehicle under detailed restoration shown in this interesting video...then there is a primer rust converter follow-up made from a formula of fish oil/military green primer...then match final paint color to O.E.M specs
...Henry Ford said in the earlier days of the Model T: "[You can have any color you want as long as it is black...]" LOL ...yes, meant to say that "military primer" is Zinc Chromate, and "Wally-World Mart" stocks it in the self-contained spray cans. I also have had life-long issues and wear OSHA- approved PPE...and there is also the powder coating method requiring a professional paint booth/ experienced technician
Well. Looks like next time I go to HF imma get a sand blaster like that. Because I haven’t yet because the sand isn’t cheap but baking soda worked amazingly and you can get a big bag for cheap
Though I've never smoked I've had lifelong lung issues with asthma and bronchitis. Sand even in a sandblasting cabinet with leaks you cannot see can cause sever lung damage to everyone called Silicosis, so I have been looking for safer alternatives such as walnut and baking soda like this so thanks. You still must wear proper PPE to avoid breathing in all blasting and the toxic material it's removing and making airborne.
not everything is about you, if you had bothered to read the title its soda blasting, not sand. there is no sodacosis because any inhaled will disolve in the mucus and be expelled naturally. dont be so egocentric its not all about you
Yes; good reminders & valuable points here for anyone who values their health! It can be easy to forget or ignore what seems benign. Young people especially take note: abuses to the body can add up overtime. So smart to do the simple preventions now and save on possible long term suffering. Naturally, factors will likely increase or decrease overall risks (ambient fresh air flow, duration and frequency of exposure to hazardous particulates, person’s health predisposition). With all factors being equal, it seems baking soda is healthier than the silica in sand. But great advice to consider the material you are removing and blowing into your space.
@@ft-hz2mk show us on the dolly where his comment hurt you? Not everything is about you either....prolly some little mouthy punk who thinks he is a tough guy...... you go there keyboard warrior.....safe behind your keypad...... thanks for the laugh boy
@@ft-hz2mkyou should have read the original comment before being so self righteous. Original poster said “this is a good alternative to sand because of his lung problems and he expressed thanks for the idea”. Reading comprehension, because not everything is about you! You’re a narcissist.
Impressive. I have no rusty hubs, but periodically use a wire wheel with an electric drill to clean my cast iron BBQ grates. This looks better, though perhaps more messy?
This might work great to clean a pool with built up calcium. It will mess with the pH a bit but that's easy to fix. Clearing out a bunch of old sand is not!
I plan to redo my trailer deck and was thinking about taking care of the rust on the trailer frame then primer it before install the new deck. I saw a sand blaster and it needs a big compressor…the cost of the blaster and the big compressor don’t warrant the motivation as I will only use one time only. If the blaster you are using can take care of the rust…I am excited. I am an amateur so the frame doesn’t have to be perfect…just needs to take the most critical part off. Hope I can get your input. Thanks
This blaster will work for you needs a 20 gallon compressor and use sand to get rid of rust. The hubs in this video are still filthy and paint would peel if you paint them. You want clean metal and that's a Grey color not black.
Soda doesn't take the rust off as good as sand, but it won't etch glass or chrome. I had to completely redo the surface of a Corvette that was soda blasted by the customer.
@@jeremymcauliff8485 Yeah that particular blast gun is hungry, around 7.0 cfm. It has a flow control, you could prob close it up a bit and reduce is the air demand a bit, but media won't be as strong.
I found US Minerals Black Diamond Blasting Abrasive 50 lb Red - 3060 for $9.99 beating the retail price of baking soda at $1.00 per pound at a Target store.
Sup man! Can you tell me the approx grit of soda basting? I mean regular sand blast is like 240grit. Someome tell me Soda blasting is alot alot smoother, thx!
I have a few Raptor Liner bed liner spray guns that a very similar to this. The barrel isn’t as tapered as the one in the video. Think I’ll experiment a little.
Many times the baking soda is blasted and smashed into such a fine powder its no good to reuse. It starts out granular like sugar or salt but smaller and ends up like baby powder. You would only create a dust cannon with reused baking soda. Like drywall dust, good for nothing.
@@Kevinhobbytime 35 years ago I worked in a machine shop did lots of blasting . No matter what the blast medium used it all becomes power eventually its just a matter of how much use you get out of it.
@@danielbackley9301 right, but using glass or baking soda turns to powder much faster than walnut or aluminum oxide. Ive never been able to reuse any baking soda media, not even once, its pretty much dust the first time its used.
Soda blasting diecast aluminum may not necessarily be effective if intergranular corrosion has occured...may experiment on this with automotive bell housings... Thank you for your demonstration...we are also Harbor Freight patrons on a fixed income budget...but my hubby has aircraft standards experience about dissimilar metal corrosion
My thoughts exactly! Seems it was, at minimum, a 75-gallon tank would be required. A pancake compressor wouldn't give you much spray time between fill-ups.
@@paulsmith9341 came here to say the same thing. Made me sad watching him blast the jumping spider and the praying mantis eggs, although I will say I didn't realize those egg clusters were so tough!
I think I might try this on a np435 transmission I bought at recycling center. I paid $75 for the transmission in which I really just wanted the bell housing but it also came with a np205 transfer case. The transmission was full of water and seized up I was gonna sand blast it but this seems like it would be less harmful to the gears.
Looks pretty good. I've got one of their 50# syphon blasters. A bag of play sand goes a long way. I need a better compressor though. Looks like you have plenty of air.
You already know this im sure, DO NOT USE PLAYSAND. It is a sure fire way to get silicosis. An irreversible lung disease that WILL cause you to suffocate slowly on your own bodily fluids. You wont even know it happened until its to late.
I have new pool and after two years it's starting to show some calcium buildup on the tiles. So after seeing this video I was thinking instead of using the bead media so many use I could try and see if using baking soda would be better. It would dissolve into the pool water. Not sure if anyone has any experience with this but I would like to hear any feedback from anyone with any pros and cons or just your thoughts?
@@Ozarkwild For small parts what do you think is the minimum air compressor CFM without spending 90% of your time waiting for the air compressor to refill?
I would love to see you build a Lazy Susan table so that when you did that stuff you could do it easier and faster because you don’t have to stop to keep the thing spinning That’s my two cents I appreciate your videos I’m glad I subscribed keep putting out great content thank you we know Bryant Merced California
What would you guesstimate for an effective distance? I'm thinking I might try one of these on a fiberglass shop ceiling that's covered in diesel soot, but hoping I won't have to do it in half inch strips lol.
Full restoration should dictate new bearings which usually come with matched lapped races...lug nut studs should be chased with appropriate pitch die-threader...alternative thourough rust removal is the vinegar/electrolysis soak...THEN neutralize with baking soda...powder-coating is more permanent rust proofing from returning...paint will errode over time...yes, for budget-minded is a good way for a temporary quick fix for a resale trailer...antique hubs deserve the best longer term value- added treatment
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@@sotm6078 Not sure how that happened. I updated the link th-cam.com/video/iDwnizI61xs/w-d-xo.html
How many PSI do u set ur compressor to?
How many CFM? Looks like a lot.
With an operating pressure of 90-150 PSI with a recommended CFM of 7-12@@kevinmcgannon1630
Soda blasting works a treat on Aluminum. It will make cast Aluminum look like new and won't damage anodized finishes. You can clean a bank of motorcycle carburetors without taking the assembly apart. The advantage of soda is it will dissolve in water and wash away unlike glass or silicon abrasives.
Thanks good advice
Does it work on corroded aluminum vehicle rims? I know acid is supposed to clean aluminum well but who wants to work with that stuff?
I just cleaned the inside of a couple rims with a product called M-Shine I put it on with a sponge then light scrubbed with scotch Brite and let it sit about 15 minutes washed it off and it took all but the very heavy pitting, I bought it from ChemX they also have a nice spray on wipe off polish called awesome sauce it goes on easy and doesnt streak.@@PxssyGalore
@@PxssyGaloretry walnut shells or corn cob pieces, used for polishing brass shells cases, in reloading
@@PxssyGalorecorrosion isn't really going to "clean up" especially on wheels since most aluminum wheels (any that will corrode) is piss poor cast and that's putting it lightly!
You'll need to attack it with a course abrasive, fill it with TIG or body work it with filter then paint. Acid is NOT a good idea to rid corrosion, it is a good cleaner when applied correctly (especially if brake pad replacement was very neglected when the metal dust embeds itself onto the wheel. If left for too long it can and will eat through the finish and expedite corrosion tenfold!
Probably too late for the poster, but I bought a portable spray tanning tent off of Amazon (just noticed they have portable paint booths that might be better). Takes about 1 minute to set up and 4 minutes to take down. Fits in a 3"x 20" bag when not using. Captures about +80% of that expensive baking soda (at 50 bucks for a 50lb bag where I live.) After I am done blasting, I shake all the baking soda onto the floor of the tent and then when I have everything out of the tent, I roll it over to collect all of the baking soda. Next is a shop vac that has all of the dirt cleaned out of it. I suck up the baking soda with it, even vacuuming what spilled out of the tent onto the drive while blasting. I then empty the contents of the vacuum through a sand blasting sifter into a 5 gal. bucket. Ready to use again. Hope this helps. Thanks for you video.
I am restoring an old car and am considering this type of setup...I don't have the room for any more cabinets and I simply cannot be dealing with toxic materials or hard to dispose of media...this seems like a perfect compromise. Thanks for posting!
Disposal depends on what you are blasting. Bulk blast media normally is required to be tested for lead or other heavy metals for determination of whether or not it requires haz-waste disposal costs.
Make sure to wear a resperator and goggles. This is a health disaster
If you can afford it, get a dry ice blaster! No mess and has A LOT of usage ESPECIALLY automotive!
A large volumn compressor with high CFM is the most important part for any of these soda/media blasting systems to work like this video portrays. If the air volumn can't keep up it's gonna take forever.
Soda is great it allso cures the metal preventing rust i did both my corvette frames and all metal ....I learned that when i did a frame with regular sand and when i left it for the next day it all ready had rust on it again with soda no rust formed . Stuff is great give it a try
Thank you for the comment. I need to use this on my 59’ Apache.
I guess the soda doesn't have any rust particled and as it isn't as heavy it won't penetrate in to the metal. However if you live anywhere just a bit humid, the steel will rust either way...
Just come across this in my "feed" to watch LOL,.I have had one on my shelf in shop "just have it when I need it".......well after watching your vid went shop grab it and some soda...work pretty well on few things I tried it on very impressed..................work great on aluminum Looks new....did few things I made for my Harley and well came out great threw some primer on
THANKS FOR SHARING God bless
Jeff
I have used the same setup and purchased the soda from Harbor freight, it worked pretty well and was cheap for a large bag
How many cfm are you using?
I don’t know that I have ever seen soda blasting used to remove rust and scale… but your results show why. However, it did so much better than what I have always been told.
Soda is not an ideal blast media for rust, but for light rust it works well enough for what I needed. All I wanted to do was knock off the loose rust so the hubs would hold paint. Good enough for me. Thanks for watching
Astonishing
unless you can clearly see raw metal, it's not really removing all of the surface contaminates
@@fishonkayakadventuredoesn't need to if you seal it properly after!
@@fishonkayakadventureThese are wheel hubs for a trailer. He’s probably not trying to get it down to bare metal. He’s going to paint them and put them back on.
Don’t forget the added benefits of curing your engine of indigestion and removing unpleasant orders
Just make sure it burps ....otherwise
I have used Harbor Freight soda blaster on a Vintage Travel Trailer and it worked great. It took sometime because I didn't have a big enough air compressor but the soda blaster worked fine. No damage to the aluminum and I removed at least two layers of heavy thick old paint. It just takes sometime if you have several layers of paint like I had.
I have a 30 gallon 8.6 cfm donyou think is enough to clean some rust of my car frame
Supposedly needs 90 psi.
@Eduardo-vv6lm 8.6 @90 is Good. But it's probably 8.6 @45.
If you have a good high cfm compressor mounted to small tank just get a additional tank. When I did roofing i had a 4 gallon on the ground ran to another 4 gallon tank on roof and could run 5+ guns steadily no problem..
WOW!! I never thought about using baking soda.
Cleans carburator parts really well.
I don't know why this is so satisfying to watch.
Thanx for vid, I got same gun.Harbor Freight is my place to shop for tools bro, it’s my sacs fifth avenue bro .
I don't know about using baking soda, but I can tell you first hand that the soda blast medium sold a HF will absolutely kill your grass, so you might want to keep that in mind. I am impressed with how well this works, great video!
All baking soda will...it messes with the ph
A gallon or two of Evapor-Rust would clean that just as well as blasting. Just pour, dip part and wait a few hours and your parts will come out looking brand spanking NEW!!!😃
Great video! Inspirational for future large projects!
Exactly. The the blasting will remove the loose, scaly rust and the rust remover will take care of the rest.@weaponofchoice-tc7qs
Just a can of the spray does it really. It’s gel so does the job great. Only issue as flash rust happens so after you wash it off so have to be ready for epoxy primer
Baking soda is less polluting, I am sure. If you don't have a lot to do, this might be good enough .
Cool Praying Mantis ootheca (egg cluster) at 5:19. On a related note, I have used regular baking soda with the same blaster and it worked great!
Thanks! Good to know. That cluster was hard as a rock
Well done great job i didn't expect you to do two rear hubs and a half on one full on one fill of baking soda.
Not totally stripping like bead blasting, but it is impressive as a neutral environment media. Would probably be very safe on plastics and aluminum parts or plating that needs to be preserved. I've used salt before, and this seems to be one step up in the soft cleaner products.
Ground walnut shell is considered to be a soft abrasive. It is often used to strip paint from aluminum on aircraft. It is hard and abrasive enough to remove the paint, but soft enough so that it won't damage the thin aluminum sheet. It is also used on plastics and zinc parts. And of course, it would do no harm to the local environment.
I have a blast cabinet with glass media as an abrasive. I also have this handheld blaster like the one you are using. I heard about sada blasters but have never used baking soda. I did not realize you can blast with baking soda. Next time you are at Harbor Freight, buy one of those media blasting hoods. They are fastened to a hard hat and work great along with the use of a good respirator they also sell. That cheap paper respirator is not a good choice when blasting.
This will work perfect on my cast aluminum brackets on my 5.7 vortec engine I am rebuilding. Thanks
In order for baking soda to work you need a compressor that produces a lot of CFM @90 psi. A little 4-5 cfm unit will not work.
4-5cfm compressor will work. You just have to stop every few passes and give the compressor time to catch up. It's slow and annoying, but will work.
Well done. I think that did a fine job for the price.
Bought one. Connected to my compressor. Filled with industrial grade walnut shells. Nothing but air came out! SENT IT BACK!!
If you build yourself some plywood short walls with a little catch basin (even an old bit of eaves trough) you can recover a bunch of the soda, filter it with a seive (and magnet if doing a bunch of car parts) and re-use it further saving on cost.
Great idea 👍
The soda blast media they sell right alongside that blaster unit at Harbor Freight is far chunkier, and I suspect "just a wee bit" more effective than baking soda for making cookies.
I would agree
No doubt!
But at $50 plus dollars
@@thegeneralist7598 $50 for 50lbs is about on par with the Walmart Great Value baking soda per pound. A little bit more, but if it's more effective then it would be worth it.
Exactly what compressor are you using with this blaster please?
Thankyou very useful video a pleasure to watch thanks for taking the time putting this together.
Pretty impressive results.
Great video. Just wondering how much soda was used for the one drum and what air pressure you were using?
Looks great, thank you for sharing it. I will have to get one from Harbor Freight.
How much compressed air do you need? I mean pressure and cfm? I have old 5 slot aluminum wheels I need to clean and buff, this looks like a good first step!
Need enough to keep the pressure up. Mine is a 40 gallon I think. I shoot at 90 to 150 psi. Anything below 90 and it’s too weak
@@Ozarkwild thanks
@@Ozarkwild I just got the 5hp, 60 gal Sanborn compressor, I bought used, hooked up recently, that should provide enough air??!!
@@bobsbarnworkshop I think so, just try and keep pressure over 100psi for best results. Basically if you are removing the paint or cleaning and if it is working for you, don't worry about the pressure.
Might want to add an air dryer in the line to keep out excess moisture which can form in the air compressor tank.
Explanation: Not good at sandblasting, but extremely well at rust/dirt blasting to clean parts while keeping the original finish intact. I use sugar, it'll eat up all the crude in the wheel wells, all over the coilovers...yet not hurt the rubber coating, paint, zinc coatings on hardware.
...then there is the electrolysis
method using
a commercial
grade vinegar
solution...ideal
for antique cast iron/steel auto parts detached from vehicle under
detailed restoration shown in this interesting video...then there is a primer rust converter
follow-up
made from a formula of
fish oil/military green
primer...then match final paint color to O.E.M
specs
...Henry Ford said in the earlier days of the Model T:
"[You can have any color you want as long as it is black...]" LOL
...yes, meant to say that "military primer"
is Zinc Chromate,
and "Wally-World Mart" stocks it
in the self-contained
spray cans.
I also have had
life-long issues and wear OSHA-
approved
PPE...and there is also
the
powder coating method requiring a
professional
paint booth/
experienced
technician
LDS/retired
A.S.E. Technician
@@angieshaw8877LDS?
Well. Looks like next time I go to HF imma get a sand blaster like that. Because I haven’t yet because the sand isn’t cheap but baking soda worked amazingly and you can get a big bag for cheap
So gratifying to watch. How long would each box of soda last you? Was it enough for an entire hub?
Thank you. It took about 2 small boxes per hub. About 50 cent per box, so a $1 per hub.
That really seemed to work well considering it's iron. I was not expecting that, I'm looking to do aluminum. What were you using for a compressor?
You must have a large compressor for that to be effective.
A very impressive video. Only one problem, baking soda in England is very expensive. small tub 70pence. Can sand be used?
@@SloopyDog sand can be toxic, if used in blasting. Look it up. Thanks for watching
Nice!!!! This video just gained you another subscriber!
Though I've never smoked I've had lifelong lung issues with asthma and bronchitis. Sand even in a sandblasting cabinet with leaks you cannot see can cause sever lung damage to everyone called Silicosis, so I have been looking for safer alternatives such as walnut and baking soda like this so thanks. You still must wear proper PPE to avoid breathing in all blasting and the toxic material it's removing and making airborne.
not everything is about you, if you had bothered to read the title its soda blasting, not sand. there is no sodacosis because any inhaled will disolve in the mucus and be expelled naturally. dont be so egocentric its not all about you
Yes; good reminders & valuable points here for anyone who values their health! It can be easy to forget or ignore what seems benign. Young people especially take note: abuses to the body can add up overtime. So smart to do the simple preventions now and save on possible long term suffering.
Naturally, factors will likely increase or decrease overall risks (ambient fresh air flow, duration and frequency of exposure to hazardous particulates, person’s health predisposition).
With all factors being equal, it seems baking soda is healthier than the silica in sand. But great advice to consider the material you are removing and blowing into your space.
@@ft-hz2mk show us on the dolly where his comment hurt you?
Not everything is about you either....prolly some little mouthy punk who thinks he is a tough guy......
you go there keyboard warrior.....safe behind your keypad......
thanks for the laugh boy
@@ft-hz2mkyou should have read the original comment before being so self righteous. Original poster said “this is a good alternative to sand because of his lung problems and he expressed thanks for the idea”. Reading comprehension, because not everything is about you! You’re a narcissist.
@@Kevinhobbytimeway to mansplain...
J/k
I didn't even know I needed this!
Impressive. I have no rusty hubs, but periodically use a wire wheel with an electric drill to clean my cast iron BBQ grates. This looks better, though perhaps more messy?
Messy, yep. But first rain it will all be gone :)
@@OzarkwildAND MUCH SAFER THAN A WIRE WHEEL THAT CAN POSSIBLY LEAVE SMALL WIRES …😮😊
What a difference, money well spent🤑
And low impact for sheet metal🙂
This might work great to clean a pool with built up calcium. It will mess with the pH a bit but that's easy to fix. Clearing out a bunch of old sand is not!
I see the result looks great what is it you are using baking soda and compressed air is the water in mix to ? 😊
Thankyou very useful video. Thanks for putting this video together very useful will be buying one.
Awesome. Just one question? Will the baking soda damage the blaster gun in any way. ?
No, not at all. Maybe hours of use could wear the tip a bit but not damage it
Thanks
I plan to redo my trailer deck and was thinking about taking care of the rust on the trailer frame then primer it before install the new deck.
I saw a sand blaster and it needs a big compressor…the cost of the blaster and the big compressor don’t warrant the motivation as I will only use one time only.
If the blaster you are using can take care of the rust…I am excited.
I am an amateur so the frame doesn’t have to be perfect…just needs to take the most critical part off.
Hope I can get your input.
Thanks
This blaster will work for you needs a 20 gallon compressor and use sand to get rid of rust. The hubs in this video are still filthy and paint would peel if you paint them. You want clean metal and that's a Grey color not black.
Hey bud, you can rent compressors at most construction rental yards. That my negate a large portion of the overall cost. Good luck and stay motivated.
I keep thinking of the cleanup
Soda doesn't take the rust off as good as sand, but it won't etch glass or chrome. I had to completely redo the surface of a Corvette that was soda blasted by the customer.
Could not tell from the shot early in the video. What PSI and CFM does this blaster require?
90 at minimum on this gun, I was running around 120 in the video
Thanks for the reply. Guessing my compressor will not deliver enough cfm. Mine will do 5.2 scfm at 40 psi and 4.0 scfm at 90 psi.
@@jeremymcauliff8485 Yeah that particular blast gun is hungry, around 7.0 cfm. It has a flow control, you could prob close it up a bit and reduce is the air demand a bit, but media won't be as strong.
I've used walnut shells through mine. Works well enough but the hopper runs out fairly quickly.
TH-cam recommended this video.
Never heard of soda blasting. Curious how it works removing paint from wood
Looks like it works better than the crappy sandblaster I bought.
What psi you have the compressor at ?
Cool vid
Good question I'd like to know too. I'm guessing at least 110psi.
@@wayno23yes, he said a minimum of 100 but he used 125-150.
@MuthaDucka1 ok thanks 👍
I found US Minerals Black Diamond Blasting Abrasive 50 lb Red - 3060 for $9.99 beating the retail price of baking soda at $1.00 per pound at a Target store.
Sup man! Can you tell me the approx grit of soda basting? I mean regular sand blast is like 240grit. Someome tell me Soda blasting is alot alot smoother, thx!
I'm really not sure man. I used regular household backing soda for the test.
the interwebs say roughly 3000 grit polish
I have a few Raptor Liner bed liner spray guns that a very similar to this. The barrel isn’t as tapered as the one in the video. Think I’ll experiment a little.
wondering if you blasted the hub while at the bottom of a garbage can, perhaps the baking soda could be recovered for later use.
Or maybe using a large tub? Might be able to recover some, most is lost to the wind from my experience
Many times the baking soda is blasted and smashed into such a fine powder its no good to reuse. It starts out granular like sugar or salt but smaller and ends up like baby powder. You would only create a dust cannon with reused baking soda. Like drywall dust, good for nothing.
@@Kevinhobbytime 35 years ago I worked in a machine shop did lots of blasting . No matter what the blast medium used it all becomes power eventually its just a matter of how much use you get out of it.
@@danielbackley9301 right, but using glass or baking soda turns to powder much faster than walnut or aluminum oxide. Ive never been able to reuse any baking soda media, not even once, its pretty much dust the first time its used.
Good to know but the cost is $29.95 now in Laurinburg nc
That seems to work very well. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Pour the soda through a sifter to crush lumps. 😮 2:22
Soda blasting diecast aluminum may not necessarily be effective
if intergranular corrosion has occured...may experiment on this with automotive bell housings...
Thank you for your demonstration...we are also Harbor Freight patrons on a fixed income budget...but my hubby has aircraft standards experience about dissimilar metal corrosion
Washing soda might work a little better, it's coarser grained and a little more aggressive chemically against grease (for washing parts later).
What size gallon compressor did you use?
My thoughts exactly! Seems it was, at minimum, a 75-gallon tank would be required. A pancake compressor wouldn't give you much spray time between fill-ups.
A big sob
Had to be a big one.
If I remember correctly that thing you scraped off with a pocket knife is a Praying Mantis egg cluster.😮
@@paulsmith9341 came here to say the same thing. Made me sad watching him blast the jumping spider and the praying mantis eggs, although I will say I didn't realize those egg clusters were so tough!
Excellent work. Can you tell me the compressor pressure setting for this job_ Thank you.
90 psi minimum.
I think it would work better as a polisher/ Finisher. These needed harsher stripping first.
I think I might try this on a np435 transmission I bought at recycling center. I paid $75 for the transmission in which I really just wanted the bell housing but it also came with a np205 transfer case. The transmission was full of water and seized up I was gonna sand blast it but this seems like it would be less harmful to the gears.
It will clean it for sure, won’t remove hard rust, but also won’t damage anything. That bell housing alone is worth the $75! Thanks for watching.
How much of the baking soda did you use to clean those hubs? Did you have 1 min, 5 min,...... of spraying before reloading?
I like the results and much cheaper than glass beads or steel shot👍
How much psi do you have it set at?
Minimum 90psi (around 90-120psi)
And the size/capacity of the air compressor?
Looks pretty good. I've got one of their 50# syphon blasters. A bag of play sand goes a long way. I need a better compressor though. Looks like you have plenty of air.
You already know this im sure, DO NOT USE PLAYSAND. It is a sure fire way to get silicosis. An irreversible lung disease that WILL cause you to suffocate slowly on your own bodily fluids. You wont even know it happened until its to late.
Great video, did U put a ball inside tank? Cheers Graham
thanks for the awesome video! what is the reliability of the sprayer? does it get clogged or break easy?
Very reliable sprayer. Doesn’t clog as long as the media is clean and lump free
How many psi were you running here?
Nicely done.
I would sand blast cast iron and steel only soda bast aluminum and pot metals or very delicate sheet metal parts
I've heard of soda blasting but never seen it done till now. How do you adjust your compressor and what size compressor do you use?
I use Skippy peanut butter, comes out great
That Looks Perfect. Ready for paint.
Great vid! What’s the cfm on your compressor?
what air pressure did you have to your gun?
125 to 150 PSI. Gun is rated at 90... but it ran fine with higher PSI
is this goos for removing rust from automotive panels. Door panels, hood etc.
While you are blasting, the footage is sped up. So how long did it actually take you to do just one hub?
What pressure did you set it up to do this work?
I run around 120psi
@Ozarkwild thank you. I'm going to try this on my jeep doors
@@SeanGunz did you try it on your Jeep doors? I’ve got the same project to refurbish some 1/2 doors, and am considering using this for that.
Nice, great work, looks new.
I didn't know how much baking soda is but tractor supply seems blasting media cheap in 20lb bags
Thanks for the video. Note: Alternatives are: Borax powder, Sugar, Water Softener Salt, Sand, Powedered Cement, and Chainsaw Shavings.
Doesn't it start to flash rush even on the first side as you start to blast the other side. It's that quick right?
The soda actually prevents short term rust
I have new pool and after two years it's starting to show some calcium buildup on the tiles. So after seeing this video I was thinking instead of using the bead media so many use I could try and see if using baking soda would be better. It would dissolve into the pool water. Not sure if anyone has any experience with this but I would like to hear any feedback from anyone with any pros and cons or just your thoughts?
What psi please ?
90 will work. I run up to 120 when compressor is caught up
@Ozarkwild ok cool thanks.
@@Ozarkwild For small parts what do you think is the minimum air compressor CFM without spending 90% of your time waiting for the air compressor to refill?
I have one of those HF things and it never feeds no matter what media I use. Any suggestions? What air pressure are you using?
I would love to see you build a Lazy Susan table so that when you did that stuff you could do it easier and faster because you don’t have to stop to keep the thing spinning That’s my two cents I appreciate your videos I’m glad I subscribed keep putting out great content thank you we know Bryant Merced California
I like that idea. Thanks for watching!
Would this remove raptor paint on a car....blown away literally I am😊
What size air compressor were you using, & you should have ended the video with before & after pics but good vid
Hey just a heads up that brown thing you cut off in the video well it was a praying mantis egg sack
Thanks for that.. It was hard as a rock
What would you guesstimate for an effective distance? I'm thinking I might try one of these on a fiberglass shop ceiling that's covered in diesel soot, but hoping I won't have to do it in half inch strips lol.
Where was this video when I was hand scuffing my daughter's Civic grill that I was repainting!
How many boxes of soda did it take to do one brake drum?
Full restoration should dictate new bearings which usually come with matched lapped races...lug nut studs should be chased with
appropriate
pitch die-threader...alternative thourough rust removal is the vinegar/electrolysis
soak...THEN neutralize with baking soda...powder-coating is more permanent rust proofing from returning...paint will errode over time...yes, for budget-minded is a good way for a temporary quick fix for a resale trailer...antique hubs deserve the best longer term value-
added treatment