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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 21 Oct 2009 18:33 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, eatmorepies <jspamn(a)olineone.net> typed >Hello > >My new sandblast cabinet has arrived but the black grit I bought at the >Stafford Show is too aggressive for aluminium. A friend suggested very dry >sea sand instead. > >Any thoughts? I have read that ground walnut shells are the "soft" medium of choice. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" If I said what's on my mind, you'd turn and walk away.
From: geoff on 21 Oct 2009 18:39 In message <7k86foF35hst1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, eatmorepies <jspamn(a)olineone.net> writes >Hello > >My new sandblast cabinet has arrived but the black grit I bought at the >Stafford Show is too aggressive for aluminium. A friend suggested very dry >sea sand instead. > >Any thoughts? > Are you willing to pay for the right stuff ? Glass beads is what IWHT you want I use 150-250 grade glass beads for cleaning up aluminium The company I used to use has gone out of business, I'll have to look up the new company I use tomorrow, but I buy 60kg at a time - its going to cost more than a tenner -- geoff
From: Scraggy on 22 Oct 2009 03:09 steve auvache wrote: > They do say knowledge is a dangerous thing and I do recall being quite > relieved that I didn't have to breathe the air around Holborn when the > CIA bombed the tube on seven seven though. heh. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx
From: eatmorepies on 22 Oct 2009 15:24 "geoff" <raden(a)kateda.org> wrote in message news:YpclsCay243KFwrt(a)demon.co.uk... > In message <7k86foF35hst1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, eatmorepies > <jspamn(a)olineone.net> writes >>Hello >> >>My new sandblast cabinet has arrived but the black grit I bought at the >>Stafford Show is too aggressive for aluminium. A friend suggested very dry >>sea sand instead. >> >>Any thoughts? >> > Are you willing to pay for the right stuff ? > > Glass beads is what IWHT you want > > I use 150-250 grade glass beads for cleaning up aluminium > I've ordered 25kg of those very glass beads - my aluminium will look splendid. John
From: Lady Nina on 22 Oct 2009 15:37
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:11:53 +0100, "Chas" <Me(a)Home> wrote: >Take it in deep, you need to >really feel that sillicosis take hold. He's hardly mining for gold. -- Lady Nina |