I bought this sandblaster from Home Depot 15 years ago to restore a table saw flooded in Hurricane Katrina. In the years since, I used it effectively to clean everything from bandsaws to tire rims to BBQ pits. A few comments: 1. It makes a mess. The pressurized air blows the abrasive everywhere, at least in your clothes and all over the room and everything in it. Without a hood, you may expect abrasive to fill your ears, nose, hair, shoes, and shirt. At an absolute minimum, wear a respirator to avoid breathing the dust. In the end, I built a sandblasting cabinet to confine the spray and collect and recycle the abrasive. 2. The ceramic nozzles don't last very long, and it's a nuisance. I believe Campbell Hausfeld once supplied a long-lasting metal nozzle but no longer. 3. My efforts to remove moisture from the air stream have generally failed. I bought a long tube in-line dryer from Sherwin Williams, but it didn't last long. The moisture causes clogging. When the gun clogs, I dismantle and clean the gun and sometimes wait for the saturated system to dry. It's probably best to blast on low humidity days. 4. For want of another abrasive, I always used sand. Swimming pool filter sand worked best. It is dry and pre-screened to a suitable size. Sand pulverizes as it abrades the stock. It produces lots of dust. Do not breathe it. 5. As noted, this is a good and useful tool. I know of no tool that does what it does as well as it does.
Water should be drained from the compressor before and after every use and if ur using the compressor daily like all day long for a business you should have an automatic drain solenoid which automatically drains every half hour or whatever time you set it to. Should have a big dryer coming off the compressor and if ur using a blast cabinet put another dryer right on the cabinet where air line goes in and then get a small in-line filter/dryer just the little filter looking dryer that’s like the size of a roll of electrical tape if you do this you will have the best chance at the gun flowing great and not having to shake the gun and clean it out all the time. Also make sure there are no leaking in the gun if you have a leak in the nozzle like where the tip screws on if you have a leak it will not suck up the media you won’t hear the leak because it’s a vacuum leak and only will leak when using it so you would never hear it. If ur compressor has a pressure regulator try lowering the psi down and trying it at different pressures as it might work better at different pressures nobody ever does this and it makes a huge difference it all depends on what kinda media you’re using, the gun and size nozzle but as long as ur sure the air is dry as can be play around with the pressure and nozzle size and you will find out that a certain psi works best with the media you’re using. If ur compressor is just like a 30 gallon that’s in ur garage at home u don’t need to have a dryer on the compressor and on the blast cabinet and a filter on the gun just one dryer on the compressor and a good filter/dryer on the gun is fine. But if u have a compressor with lines plumbed all over the garage and have some equipment hooked up to the air lines then you absolutely should have a dryer coming right off the compressor then another smaller dryer on the cabinet and other equipment because water will form in the lines plumbed and also every line you have plumbed should be at a slight angle with a drain for instance if you have a line plumbed on one side of ur garage at the end of that line furthest away from the compressor should be an inch or so lower then where the line goes into ur compressor so the water can drain to the end of the line and at the end there should be a T fitting with a piece of pipe that goes a good 5in or so straight down with a valve on the bottom of it and the top side should be the coupler to connect the air line to whatever ur using so that 5in of pipe on the bottom is a trap for water and also any dirt or metal so it doesn’t go into ur air tools and this should be drained regularly. If you have lines plumbed into ur garage/shop but dont have them ran with a slight angle to catch water you will likely have problems and if you don’t drain regularly you will have problems but if you do it like this correctly you will have a much better experience. Also make sure you don’t have any air leaks so ur compressor isn’t running any longer then it needs to because the more it runs the more water will be in the system. The more abrasive a media is the faster you will wear out the tips/nozzles and the gun itself. If u have a cabinet so ur re-using the media the media will get contaminated with rust, dirt, oil and whatever else ur removing so if the sandblaster isn’t working very well it’s very possible you just need to change the media and if ur blasting some engine parts or anything that has grease and/or oil u should clean the oil and grease off the parts to avoid the grease contaminating the cabinet not just the media once it gets into the cabinet ur gonna have to clean everything out the gun, hoses, all inside the cabinet. I know this is a very long comment but it’s good information that nobody every talks about. Oh one last thing that’s not really related but if you have any compressed air powered equipment like a tire machine it’s a good idea to put an automatic oiler in-line with the piece of equipment, my tire machine is completely powered by air and even if ur air system is as dry as can be u will still have some moisture in the lines and that will over time ruin ur equipment I have an automatic inline air oiler that I’m pretty sure I got from harborFreight it holds like a pint of air tool oil and it has a little adjustment so u can have more or less oil being used and if I didn’t have that oiler my tire machine would never be getting any oil, I actually got the tire machine from a shop because it moved slow and didn’t have alot of power and a few foot switches that were bad and some other small issues, the foot switches all had problems they are like 400 bucks each but I was able to put new o-rings in them and it fixed them, I took apart the air motor apart and cleaned it all up it was dirty and the veins were worn from never having oil so I cleaned it all up witch scotch brite pads and it was better by far but still not a ton of power but after I put the oiler in line with the machine after about 10 minutes of use the oil got into the motor and it’s very strong, if it runs out of oil I can tell because it will not have as much power just that little bit of oil helps seal the veins in the pump motor and if u have said tool like an impact gun that doesn’t have a lot of power try putting some oil in it and if it has power after the oil u know it’s worn out but keep it oiled and it might last a while longer u can try to scotch brite cylinder where the veins seal to take glaze off and put new veins in it too but likely it’s probably not worth putting in new veins because the cylinder is usually worn even if u don’t see wear which u usually can’t see any wear if taking the glaze off doesn’t help u prolly need new veins and housing (cylinder). You don’t want to put an automatic oiler for the entire air system because you don’t want oil to get into the sandblasting cabinet or if ur painting u don’t want that either. Well I hope this information helps out some people.
I have an 8 gallon compressor from walmart and I use a tractor supply siphon sand gun and it works just as well as the industrial one I used to use. Black sand is the way to go
Works... but good for very small areas., or places you cant get into with a grinder. Hose will clog up easy .` I cut 2 feet off the hose and it worked much better with less clogging . May be a good replacement gun for some cabinets.
You need the max flo air fittings to get more air flow thru the gun. I take a quick clamp to hold the tube in the sand bucket. Aggravation when the tube keeps being pulled out of the sand.
how do i know if my tip should use medium or fine grit. I have a campbell hausfeld 2120 also gun has another number RE109 is that the tip size? Black Diamond
I'll give it a try. I have an axle housing that I need to blast and a frame. I'll play around with this much more on those projects. So far I haven't been accumulating any moisture past my first filter in my air system. Needless to say that's a great sign. I'll get a better idea whether the desiccant filter is needed after I paint the car I used this in. If i'm still moisture free then I should be fine without it.
Haha just not enough of these uninformed tutorial videos out there.. " here's this thing I don't know what to call it that I don't remember how much I paid for it, blah blah blah" lolol never gets old😁
You get better results by holding the gun away from your work at least 2". Nice job turning your garage into a giant dusty sand blaster to breath that delicious dust.......... That being said..... it is what it is.......
I'm looking for a cheap blaster to blast my mini trucks frame. how has it worked so far for you on your bigger projects? I don't want to take 2 days to blast a huge project. thanks man!
Smorz Productions what you're looking for doesn't exist. Unless you plan on doing more work like this just shop for places to do it for you. There is no cheap blaster for a job of that scale.
all I'm really looking for is something to do the inside of my frame where I can't get a grinder into. thanks for the fast reply! what have you successfully used this for?
Hi mate Nice vid! I'm gona build a DIY siphon sand blaster like yours. I have only a question. There are two dents on the metal tube end. Are these only to secure the rubber hose in it? Thank you! :)
Mmm somethings not right..i see you took a long time just to clean..that little spot and to be using a black diamond media..should be working faster and more clean
That won't help. Tarping off the area is about the only thing that will make a difference. This stuff flies everywhere! I had media a good 15 feet away or more.
I bought this sandblaster from Home Depot 15 years ago to restore a table saw flooded in Hurricane Katrina. In the years since, I used it effectively to clean everything from bandsaws to tire rims to BBQ pits. A few comments:
1. It makes a mess. The pressurized air blows the abrasive everywhere, at least in your clothes and all over the room and everything in it. Without a hood, you may expect abrasive to fill your ears, nose, hair, shoes, and shirt. At an absolute minimum, wear a respirator to avoid breathing the dust. In the end, I built a sandblasting cabinet to confine the spray and collect and recycle the abrasive.
2. The ceramic nozzles don't last very long, and it's a nuisance. I believe Campbell Hausfeld once supplied a long-lasting metal nozzle but no longer.
3. My efforts to remove moisture from the air stream have generally failed. I bought a long tube in-line dryer from Sherwin Williams, but it didn't last long. The moisture causes clogging. When the gun clogs, I dismantle and clean the gun and sometimes wait for the saturated system to dry. It's probably best to blast on low humidity days.
4. For want of another abrasive, I always used sand. Swimming pool filter sand worked best. It is dry and pre-screened to a suitable size. Sand pulverizes as it abrades the stock. It produces lots of dust. Do not breathe it.
5. As noted, this is a good and useful tool. I know of no tool that does what it does as well as it does.
Water should be drained from the compressor before and after every use and if ur using the compressor daily like all day long for a business you should have an automatic drain solenoid which automatically drains every half hour or whatever time you set it to. Should have a big dryer coming off the compressor and if ur using a blast cabinet put another dryer right on the cabinet where air line goes in and then get a small in-line filter/dryer just the little filter looking dryer that’s like the size of a roll of electrical tape if you do this you will have the best chance at the gun flowing great and not having to shake the gun and clean it out all the time. Also make sure there are no leaking in the gun if you have a leak in the nozzle like where the tip screws on if you have a leak it will not suck up the media you won’t hear the leak because it’s a vacuum leak and only will leak when using it so you would never hear it. If ur compressor has a pressure regulator try lowering the psi down and trying it at different pressures as it might work better at different pressures nobody ever does this and it makes a huge difference it all depends on what kinda media you’re using, the gun and size nozzle but as long as ur sure the air is dry as can be play around with the pressure and nozzle size and you will find out that a certain psi works best with the media you’re using. If ur compressor is just like a 30 gallon that’s in ur garage at home u don’t need to have a dryer on the compressor and on the blast cabinet and a filter on the gun just one dryer on the compressor and a good filter/dryer on the gun is fine. But if u have a compressor with lines plumbed all over the garage and have some equipment hooked up to the air lines then you absolutely should have a dryer coming right off the compressor then another smaller dryer on the cabinet and other equipment because water will form in the lines plumbed and also every line you have plumbed should be at a slight angle with a drain for instance if you have a line plumbed on one side of ur garage at the end of that line furthest away from the compressor should be an inch or so lower then where the line goes into ur compressor so the water can drain to the end of the line and at the end there should be a T fitting with a piece of pipe that goes a good 5in or so straight down with a valve on the bottom of it and the top side should be the coupler to connect the air line to whatever ur using so that 5in of pipe on the bottom is a trap for water and also any dirt or metal so it doesn’t go into ur air tools and this should be drained regularly. If you have lines plumbed into ur garage/shop but dont have them ran with a slight angle to catch water you will likely have problems and if you don’t drain regularly you will have problems but if you do it like this correctly you will have a much better experience. Also make sure you don’t have any air leaks so ur compressor isn’t running any longer then it needs to because the more it runs the more water will be in the system. The more abrasive a media is the faster you will wear out the tips/nozzles and the gun itself. If u have a cabinet so ur re-using the media the media will get contaminated with rust, dirt, oil and whatever else ur removing so if the sandblaster isn’t working very well it’s very possible you just need to change the media and if ur blasting some engine parts or anything that has grease and/or oil u should clean the oil and grease off the parts to avoid the grease contaminating the cabinet not just the media once it gets into the cabinet ur gonna have to clean everything out the gun, hoses, all inside the cabinet. I know this is a very long comment but it’s good information that nobody every talks about. Oh one last thing that’s not really related but if you have any compressed air powered equipment like a tire machine it’s a good idea to put an automatic oiler in-line with the piece of equipment, my tire machine is completely powered by air and even if ur air system is as dry as can be u will still have some moisture in the lines and that will over time ruin ur equipment I have an automatic inline air oiler that I’m pretty sure I got from harborFreight it holds like a pint of air tool oil and it has a little adjustment so u can have more or less oil being used and if I didn’t have that oiler my tire machine would never be getting any oil, I actually got the tire machine from a shop because it moved slow and didn’t have alot of power and a few foot switches that were bad and some other small issues, the foot switches all had problems they are like 400 bucks each but I was able to put new o-rings in them and it fixed them, I took apart the air motor apart and cleaned it all up it was dirty and the veins were worn from never having oil so I cleaned it all up witch scotch brite pads and it was better by far but still not a ton of power but after I put the oiler in line with the machine after about 10 minutes of use the oil got into the motor and it’s very strong, if it runs out of oil I can tell because it will not have as much power just that little bit of oil helps seal the veins in the pump motor and if u have said tool like an impact gun that doesn’t have a lot of power try putting some oil in it and if it has power after the oil u know it’s worn out but keep it oiled and it might last a while longer u can try to scotch brite cylinder where the veins seal to take glaze off and put new veins in it too but likely it’s probably not worth putting in new veins because the cylinder is usually worn even if u don’t see wear which u usually can’t see any wear if taking the glaze off doesn’t help u prolly need new veins and housing (cylinder). You don’t want to put an automatic oiler for the entire air system because you don’t want oil to get into the sandblasting cabinet or if ur painting u don’t want that either. Well I hope this information helps out some people.
I have an 8 gallon compressor from walmart and I use a tractor supply siphon sand gun and it works just as well as the industrial one I used to use. Black sand is the way to go
My blue beads moisture catcher has both ends made out of cast metal and the flow arrow direction is from the male threads to the female threads.
Silica pellets is used for shipping to absorb moisture when merchandise is shipping over water or seaways.
I was yelling it at my phone when he was struggling for the words. Haha
Works... but good for very small areas., or places you cant get into with a grinder. Hose will clog up easy .` I cut 2 feet off the hose and it worked much better with less clogging . May be a good replacement gun for some cabinets.
Exactly! The length of the hose for travel has a lot to do with performance....
You need the max flo air fittings to get more air flow thru the gun. I take a quick clamp to hold the tube in the sand bucket. Aggravation when the tube keeps being pulled out of the sand.
another video with this device suggested cutting the sifin hose to half its length. he used a small compressor and it worked very well.
how do i know if my tip should use medium or fine grit. I have a campbell hausfeld 2120 also gun has another number RE109 is that the tip size? Black Diamond
Try it without that dessicant filter. They are really restrictive. It will work much better.
I'll give it a try. I have an axle housing that I need to blast and a frame. I'll play around with this much more on those projects. So far I haven't been accumulating any moisture past my first filter in my air system. Needless to say that's a great sign. I'll get a better idea whether the desiccant filter is needed after I paint the car I used this in. If i'm still moisture free then I should be fine without it.
Air oil separator instead? Collects oil and water, but they are rather large.
And not only that, I would bet a desiccant filter that small is not going to last long at all behind a sandblasting gun.
Thanks for the review 👍🏽
Haha just not enough of these uninformed tutorial videos out there.. " here's this thing I don't know what to call it that I don't remember how much I paid for it, blah blah blah" lolol never gets old😁
Let's see your videos.
You get better results by holding the gun away from your work at least 2". Nice job turning your garage into a giant dusty sand blaster to breath that delicious dust.......... That being said..... it is what it is.......
Does this blasting gun only work with hard media or can it also be used with baking soda ?
I honestly don't know.
Juan Torres Baking soda can work with a siphon gun, but you might have a lot of stoppage
Where did u buy the abrasive
I'm looking for a cheap blaster to blast my mini trucks frame. how has it worked so far for you on your bigger projects? I don't want to take 2 days to blast a huge project. thanks man!
Smorz Productions what you're looking for doesn't exist. Unless you plan on doing more work like this just shop for places to do it for you. There is no cheap blaster for a job of that scale.
all I'm really looking for is something to do the inside of my frame where I can't get a grinder into. thanks for the fast reply! what have you successfully used this for?
Smorz Productions I only used it once on an 8"x8" area of a car.
Smorz Productions I'm looking for the same. What did you end up using?
They just slap those things together you have to adjust your gun to get proper feed.
Hi mate Nice vid! I'm gona build a DIY siphon sand blaster like yours. I have only a question. There are two dents on the metal tube end. Are these only to secure the rubber hose in it? Thank you! :)
From where do you get the send , thank you
tractor supply
Mmm somethings not right..i see you took a long time just to clean..that little spot and to be using a black diamond media..should be working faster and more clean
I bought this same gun and it is the same. Does anyone know why?
Would it wise if doing it indoors, to have a big shop vac close to the work surface to pick up the media?
That won't help. Tarping off the area is about the only thing that will make a difference. This stuff flies everywhere! I had media a good 15 feet away or more.
Thank you sir
You do know what it cost to buy, so why piss around pretending it's a mystery
Stavros
Hose falls apart in less than a year.