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From: geoff on 22 Oct 2009 17:03 In message <YpclsCay243KFwrt(a)demon.co.uk>, geoff <raden(a)kateda.org> writes >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 > Airblast Ltd in Peterborough 01778 560650 -- geoff
From: eatmorepies on 22 Oct 2009 18:26 >>> >>>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 My 25 kg bag of glass beads is �32 delivered to Mid Wales (next day delivery with excellent comms from an eBay blokey in Bilston) - I make that about 40 hours blasting which will do my KLE 500 several times over. John
From: Chas on 22 Oct 2009 19:08 "Lady Nina" <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:13d1e555p8dua8q25tkfb2pvk24njv2bb0(a)4ax.com... > 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 You've done a quick search on sillicosis & discovered that it mainly affects gold miners?
From: Chas on 22 Oct 2009 19:09 "Lady Nina" <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:13d1e555p8dua8q25tkfb2pvk24njv2bb0(a)4ax.com... > 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 You've done a quick search on sillicosis & discovered that it mainly affects gold miners?
From: Chas on 22 Oct 2009 19:18
"eatmorepies" <jspamn(a)olineone.net> wrote in message news:7kbprrF38gkdgU1(a)mid.individual.net... > I've ordered 25kg of those very glass beads - my aluminium will look splendid. > > John Excellant choice,and hopefully you'll get to live a long & healthy life. Please don't put anything in that cabinet that you want to keep untill you've done an exhausting session of tests with differant grades at varying pressures, you can blast it off but you can't blast it back on. |