Correct blasting media.....

Hello all,

I am in the process of restoring an old frame that I have laying around. It was painted with baked on enamel, what media would I use to clean off the paint?

Please let me know.
Thanks.
-Chris

What equipment are you using? If you have a good-sized sand-blasting rig then any of the available media should work from dried sand to the more abrasive fly ash. If you've got a smaller home shop set-up I'd stick with dried sand (comes in 50# bags; you don't want the stuff from an aggregate yard that's been sitting in the open gathering moisture).

I used #5 sand to blast my truck. Did a good job. Richards equipmen is where I got my sand. Rental places should also have something.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index....ewtopic&t=14126&highlight=getting+ready+paint

I cheated and tried some white play sand from lowes last time, Cheap and worked well enough for me. May not be the industry standard but didn't have any problems..

Play sand. Lots of larger chuncks, will work in a pinch but hard on the metal

the heavier (denser) it is, and, more angular, the faster cutting..........
Commercially, I use black beauty (copper slag) for that, or, garnet, although, the latter is pretty expensive.....although, either can be screened and re-used
regular, washed 20/30 grit is good for throw away.
I use a 1/8" nominal nozzle, 100 PSI, which requires about 100 cu. ft./min.
Good luck,
Henry

Play sand will work fine. You need a big compressor to work well, though.

Thanks for the help.
-Chris