Baking soda blasting tool

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Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 18:53
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Someone posted this link on the ZL-OA site and i thought it looked like a good idea. I will be trying this one!

www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 18:57
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I've used it and it works well, I did a write up here:
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 19:03
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The car guys have been doing this for anumber of years. It might not strip paint as fast as ground glass or other grit, but it does not cause thin metal panels to distort.

Another good thing about it using the soda blasting is the residue is water soluble(except for the paint/rust removed).
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 19:05 - 20 Aug 2009 19:14
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I use it on a lot of Aluminum parts....especially engines. Cleans up with water and no worries like glass bead.

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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 19:19
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

20 Aug 2009 21:44
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Thats pretty cool. Horrible freight sells a soda blaster for 99 bucks and 50 pound bags of soda for 25 bucks.not too bad either.
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

22 Aug 2009 17:02
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thompsonmx100 wrote:
Thats pretty cool. Horrible freight sells a soda blaster for 99 bucks and 50 pound bags of soda for 25 bucks.not too bad either.

I get 50lb bags of baking soda at Agway for about $10-15.

That's a really cool & simple tool!

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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

24 Sep 2009 18:21
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Has anyone tried this with sand or glass bead? Are those medias too heavy? Does this work on paint? any way I'm trying it this weekend. I've got a master cylinder to strip I'm gonna build a cabinet out of a storage bin. I'll post pics if it works or if anyone is interested. or if anyone has any ideas on making the cabinet on the cheap please divulge.
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

25 Sep 2009 15:24
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I wonder if I could do my ELR frame with this stuff

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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

25 Sep 2009 17:21
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another good thing about it is it wont hurt rubber or glass,ive seen guys do car bodies without even removing the glass.only bad thing i can see is you have to get it all out of any hidden corners if it gets wet it can play hell on metal parts. B)
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

25 Sep 2009 19:04
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I made mine tonite. I took a rubbermaid box and cut holes in it to stick my arms through and a hole to stick the air line through. It works pretty good. I started on my master cylinder took the paint off surprisingly efficiently. I will take some pics tom. I'm gonna hot glue sweatshirt sleeves into the arm holes to keep it all in the box. Like a really cheap blast cabinet.
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Re: Baking soda blasting tool

25 Sep 2009 20:02
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get an old microwave and build your own cabinet for it B)
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