coal sandblasting
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Topic: coal sandblasting
Posted By: blidtke
Subject: coal sandblasting
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2011 at 9:48pm
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watching american restoration anybody use coal chips to blast parts
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2011 at 9:58pm
what they use is coal sl*g, what is left after it is ground up and blown into boilers m you get sl*g, and fly-ash in the firebox, the sl*g is graded and used for blast material and for roofing shingle grit. ,
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Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 1:02am
Commonly known as "Black Beauty" or "Black Diamond".
Tractor Supply and Northern Tool carry 50# bags of Black Diamond for $7.99/bag.
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Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 6:23am
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Its being used for OSHA and EPA reasons. I hate the stuff. Pits the metal bad. Silica sand does way better job. BB is ok for semi trailers and the such but not our sensitive sheetmetal parts on tractors hehehhe.
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Posted By: Bee
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 7:22am
Plus premium playground sand only costs @3$ /50lbs. Breaks the clay up in my back yard also.
Soda would be the way to go if it wasn't so expensive. Rain just dissolves it!
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Bob, North Carolina
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Posted By: Ken(MI)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 7:26am
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It's fine for aggressive blasting, but for most tractor restoration work, garnet works the best, not much more than sand cost-wise, much safer, and cuts faster with similar finish results.
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Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 9:12am
I agree with the garnet.
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