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Quote from: mike the bike on November 20, 2017, 05:23:26 PMNever heard of ice blasting, I've just googled it. Most intriguing I must say.You call it vapour blasting.Works great.
Never heard of ice blasting, I've just googled it. Most intriguing I must say.
I know marginally less than the square root of nothing about engineering but I love the internet. Vapour blasting, also known as wet blasting or liquid honing uses water and an abrasive medium blasted at the component. I think that these are very small glass or plastic beads. The water buffers and lubricates the particles on impact allowing fine finishes to be produced without damaging the component. I was going to use that until I was directed towards ‘Ice Blasting’, which uses dry ice that evaporates on contact taking the muck with it (it says in the blurb) and leaves no residue to block oil-ways etc. I was happy with that until I read Triggers entry about acid baths and ovens to get oil out of metal, so now I am doing more research. Thanks for the input though as it is the only way that the job will get done. My first entry asked if anyone knew of companies for cleaning and painting that can be recommended in south-east England. The request still stands, although if they are that rare I will consider going further afield.
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on November 21, 2017, 03:04:55 PMQuote from: mike the bike on November 20, 2017, 05:23:26 PMNever heard of ice blasting, I've just googled it. Most intriguing I must say.You call it vapour blasting.Works great.Vapour blasting is glass bead and water ice blasting is dried ice
Quote from: Trigger on November 21, 2017, 05:49:42 PMI gave him the worst head known to manWell Graham I never knew you swung that way, does Julie know?
I gave him the worst head known to man