soda blasting

[bobthebuilder]

Hi, Guys, Do any of you wizards have any first hand knowledge of Soda Blasting for cleaning alloy on the bike, have got together all the bits but wondered if any one else had tried it and had any  tips, This is all part of the ongoing KO restoration.  Hears hoping

Jock. Bobthebuilder.

[K2-K6]

Oooooh don't know about that, but it is alkaline isn't it? so should have some positive effect of corrosion and inhibit a furry recoating afterwards.

Don't know if that will impact of eventual re-coating of pieces.

[bobthebuilder]

Well hoping to get started on it next week will give you an update when I get some done. Cheers 

[Sprunghub]

I've seen various illustrated write up's on it in the 'comics'.....looks very useful for smaller items....air-compressor & a 'drawn-feed' into the path of the air providing the abrasive.  As I recall they used 'off-the -shelf' Arm & Hammer 'soda' ?

[Seamus]

I guess that you have read this article

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

But if not, it may help.

Cheers

Seamus

[K2-K6]

That's a really good explanation of it, can you do your teeth while you're at it?

Looks like it will be ideal for quite a lot of bike components.

Also all the work place air nozels like that we had were removed by the elves of safety to reduce nozel pressure being dangerous!!! I guess they'll not even let us have compressed air at all in our bright new safe future.

[bobthebuilder]

Hi Guys, Well followed all instructions hired compressor, bought the soda, what a let down!!!!!, marks out of 10-5. me thinks I was expecting to much, mark it down to experience but would not recommend the hassle, live and learn.
Jock.

[hector2800]

We recently had a dry ice blaster at work as a demo that seemed really effective. It did need a huge compressor however and the dry ice was astronomically expensive. Hire was about