aldi blaster kit...poor results

[steveo3002]

finnaly tried the aldi blaster kit , was hoping to clean up this rocker cover but no lol



pretty much a waste of money , prob just enough to clean up some bolt heads if needed

[Deleted]

Nitromors do a better job! I used it on a few rocker covers now and it's ace

[steveo3002]

most of that is bare alloy though...wanted to freshen the surface

[lewist123]

Got your message mate.

I will fish my gun out in a minute and take a few pics of what I use.

Lewis

[leigh]

I had similar results myself - i was only trying to knock a few flakey bits of paint off a light ring, didnt happen. I've had a great result with the impact gun, cut-off wheel, die-grinder, spraying gear and drill so i cant complain! I've spent 20euro on worse hookers!

[steveo3002]

just trying to suss if its the gun cus i don't mind getting another ebay special

you like the cut off wheel? it that with the aldi compressor too, mines a bit pants

[accord83]

I agree, my Aldi spot blaster is about as effective as Clearasil, maybe that's what it's for, spots, their other kit all works fine.

[stuey]

all joking aside isnt that what its for? to blast small rust spots? my experience of these is that the are for blasting stone chips... they arent really made for media blasting large areas.

[slater]

Exactly, nothing to do with it being from aldi your just trying to use it for something its not ment for.

[Adam]

'Spot blaster'

[donttellhimpike]

go back afew pages on the general board ,theres a thread showing how to make a soda blaster out of the aldi gear , this is more designed for what ou are doing , see if you can find it

[mikemai47]

Like he said it's a spot blaster, also you need a lot of air to grit blast and for the baking powder set up, Clarks say 3hp motor thats 12ish cfm to run their small blast gun efficiently.

[IDY]

Mar 27, 2009 21:32:00 GMT donttellhimpike said:

go back afew pages on the general board ,theres a thread showing how to make a soda blaster out of the aldi gear , this is more designed for what ou are doing , see if you can find it

I book marked the web page that the thread was about - Click Here

[steveo3002]

considering grit didnt touch the rocker cover i cant see soda doing much

so if i buy an alternative gun could i do small items at home , or do i need a massivve compressor still

[Deleted]

maybe adding a second air reciever inline, you would ahvce to wait for it to charge and blast in spurts rather than continuously but would give you more air for short periods of time

[lewist123]

Right well this is a pic of my gun





I use kiln dried sharp sand from B&Q



The compressor is a 2.5 hp 50ltr resevoiur



I don't have many pics of before and after but this is the result of a one second burst at about 9 inchs range, on an ally head



and here is some paint that i was stipping of some weller steels.

will find the pic in a sec

[lewist123]

Can't find the pic at this second

But you have to run the gun and compressor at FULL whack, and take short breaks to allow the compressor to catch up

Lewis

[steveo3002]

hmmm thats the kinda results i was expecting..i had to have the nozzle almost touching to make any effect

what kinda pressure are we talking about with yours at full whack?

cheers for the pics

[dave21478]

The aldi gun will never do big areas of paint and rust removal etc no matter what compressor you use, its designed for cleaning up tiny spots on surfaces as part of a paint repair system for touching in stone-chips and small scratches etc. We used to have a few of them at a previous job I had and they were useless for anything other than a concentrated blast on an area about the size of a 1p piece. Even then, its quite a gentle action.

[steveo3002]

dave..does a gun exist that would do a reasonble sized area on my small compressor

got my cover done this morning at a proper place...his glass beads wouldnt shift the black paint and he had to crack out the big boy blaster to shift it