I’ve been hoping you’d eventually get some kind of media blasting cabinet. They are a major timesaver, especially for we OCD clean freaks. Thank you, Sarah. 👍👍👍
that cabinet is the exact same one I have and it's straight from Harbor Freight. it was not originally a vapor blasting cabinet. it was a normal, dry media blaster. someone just modified it
Recommend a blasting company around southern AZ? I need a couple engine parts blasted, I dont want to buy a whole set up for four pieces, and not have a use for it again.
You likely know this but every single glass bead must be removed. Any beads that make it into the engine internals (rods, crank, bearings, cam) will cause damage and great sorrow
Sarah, go to the internet and find a hydrophobic iPad screen protector, and slap that bad boy on the inside of the glass! You should be able to keep visibility much better!
Change out the media between ferrous and nonferrous metals.The ferrous metals will pollute the media with rustable partials if you bast aluminum whit it it will imbed into the surface, that will discolor the aluminum over time.
I have the same cabinet and the black cap on the left side is for a shop vac which takes the vapor away so you can see better. I also replaced the plexiglass with glass and a better nozzle. The cabinet leaks unless you seal it better, I did that when I built it. There is a boat windshield wiper on amazon I put on my side by side that would work on the cabinet. I also use either rain-x or ceramic spray to keep the glass clear. The cabinet is harbor freight. I am also a retired USAF crew chief , F-4,A-7 and F-16. I retired from the 162nd across the street. I enjoy your humor and tech knowledge.
Yeah. This unit is made by Central Pneumatic and sold at Harbor Freight for $230. Here in Phoenix. I hope Sarah got some extras to go along with it to pay $400 for a used one.
Hints... Don't blast straight down (90*), try it more of a 45. Grab a wide strip of flashing, bend it into a big arc and screw it to the inside of the door. It'll deflect the slurry from hitting the seal at the bottom. Was going to mention that you pressure is too high, but you got it! High pressure just explodes the glass beads when they hit.
We have a professionally built vapor blaster where I work. It runs about 30% media to 70% water. It also uses a small hose back into the reservoir to keep the water/media mix agitated which really helps with minimising blockages. It has a windshield wiper for the viewing screen with a constant clean water trickle and a clean water hose for rinsing parts inside the cabinet.
FYI, vapor blasting does a great job of cleaning old rubber parts and plastics too. I've had an industrial built blaster for about 8 years and NEVER regretted the cost. It's paid for itself during my motorcycle restorations! Glad to see you finally have one!
Yes! I'm sure Sarah will clean everything up immediately afterwards, but there's probably silica in the water that leaks out and if it dries up before cleaning it can leave dust around the shop maybe? I'm no expert but better safe than sorry, seal that cabinet 😀
CNC milling machines sometimes have rotational windows. Its just a glass disk that spins really fast and the inertia wipes the fluid outwards. These windows are really resilient and slim to mount.
tip from experience with the same unit, seal all the seams of the cabinet, not just mine but most of what i hear is that they like to leak a little bit (may not be enough to bother you but it bothered me)
If I owned that, a week from now everything in my garage, house, shed, and possibly the shed itself would have been through it and I'd be looking for my next candidate as an excuse to use it. "Surely the kettle will be alright, after......yeah AND it'll look nice. Yeah it'll be fine." I'd get £400 worth of value back from that in about 3 days I reckon. Haha.
Absolutely true! Having a water slurry is great - there's no dust to breathe. But I wouldn't want to breathe that vapor anyway. FWIW, it looks like it may have been converted from an old sandblasting unit.
Might be worth making a vent to prevent the cabinet from pressurising (leading to leaks). An oil bath oil filter on the vent will catch any particles that are blown out.
I've seen people use a water repellent spray on the windshield when the wipers were not working. I guess it would work on the glass of your new fav machine too. Shan't keep you any longer. Toodle pip for now.
@@michaelcase8574 Your plan is still cunning, sir. We just have to find an easier way to move the magnetic squeegee... Possibly only a human with a 3rd arm should do the vapor blasting. Or perhaps a parrot or monkey could be trained to swaggle it back and forth for us while we work.
@r0ckworthy Some very interesting ideas for further research. We will have to test each hypothesis to it's conclusion to come up with a workable theory and can proceed from there. I shall give it my full attention.
Sarah. Try using Rain X on glass. It works well to shed water. I use it for windshield on a motor yacht that gets hit hard with wave spray and especially if a wiper quits. Available at parts stores. Excellent video of the blast cab.
I drive a tour bus for a living and had the wipers go out once. I stopped and put Rain X on my side of the windshield and it worked even better than the wipers did when they worked. amazing stuff.
Rainex on the inside of the dry glass before use will bead the spray and make it easier to see. A side draft blower over the glass would blow the beads away.
Ceracote is cheaper than powder coating. Have a look at that for sealing up your blasted bits. To flush the hose . drop the pump into a bucket of clean water and blast, when you finish. It'll give the cabinet a washdown inside as well.
Since you have to squat down. Can you put the cabinet higher, bucket still on the ground and get the hose more vertical so the beads would drop down when done?
Awesome find on this Sarah!!! Seen several other people mention RainX on the glass, it will help so much. Also build a u shaped stand out of pressure treated 4x4's or 6X6's. I used 6x6's for mine and it is at the perfect height and not have to bend over to use the cabinet. I know you will use this like crazy.
I was just thinking a couple coats of Rain-X might be useful, at least until a wiper is installed. (Always happy to watch through to the end, happier still when F-bombs get ::squeaky::-ing edited out (thinking of your younger viewers, for they are legion).
In our company we use a similar machine, but we use dry glass-sand/pearls for polish stainless steel or clean rusty and dirty metal parts. Inside the cabin there is only dust, then you can see better through the plastic-window while working. The glass-pearls came in 25kg bags. For big metal parts we use professional blast machines and the medium is metal grains. Important is, that the blasting medium is softer than the editing parts. Perhaps it´s better to blast with dry medium an after that you clean the parts with water? Greets from germany.
Just curious with the surface finish. Will the finish attract future soiling. I know sand does. I know that walnuts don't, and I'm assuming glass beads are somewhere in between? Neato purchase.
Please be careful. The valve cover has baffles for the oil. If that powder that you are blasting with stays in there, that could destroy the entire engine. So after you are done. You should remove the baffles and clean them. From all the sand or glass media. Probably, you will have to drill and tap them to get them Bach to position .
I was a machinist for 33 years, and I used a dry bead blaster many times. This is the first time I've seen one that does it wet. What is the idea behind the difference?
I spent 100’s of hours using 1 of these years ago, DO NOT FIT A WIPER! it trashes screens, look up turbo visor, basically a clear spinning disc between work and screen is what we had, mounted it up on the guts of an old drill, you could mount a gopro behind it too, defo must do is Jack it up so your comfy, we set up a collection bucket so you can pressure wash (water) small parts, ive also seen clean water squirted/sprayed on the screen like u did 14:00 by a copper brake pipe with holes in before to keep screen clear, you can go fullon into filters n water reuse etc but thats a deep rabbithole….
I’ve seen vapor blasters before, but never the finished pieces having been cleaned. That is an amazing piece of hardware. I’m impressed with the look of the parts that were cleaned. Who needs new?
Having an attention span is never a problem with the way you run your video's! Thinking on the problem with the window in the cabinet clogging up with water and glass slurry... In lieu of a wiper, would ceramic coating it help?
Like said below, you need to hit the part at an angle, but also from further away (like at least 4 inches). It's even more important with glass beads! 😉
You may try the finest glass media grit. Usually, aluminum is bright and shinny after vapor blasting. Or, spray it with C series Shimering Aluminum Cerakote
A magnetic fish tank cleaner might be of use for cleaning the glass. Modify it a little and you could build a wiper mechanism on the outside of the vapour blaster unit.
Na worries about Silicosis, with glass bead. The glass fusing process changes the structure. You were also correct about the wet stream; reducing risk, as well. Silicosis is def an issue, with sand. Gotta be super careful.
Dust in the wind. Smoke on the water. We are but a vapor, here for a little while. Turns out the sands of time can be used to turn back the clock. Sweet purchase, Sarah! This is going to be used often, maybe even just for fun. Does it work on potatoes?
Sarah, easy way to clear the feed hose is, while your hands are in the machine take your left gloved hand and place it over the spray nozzle (blocking flow) and give a squeez of the trigger or two then continue cleaning the parts.
Not sure what the environment around the blaster is like during and after use but maybe an extraction fan close to it would remove excess vapour and particles from the air if that’s a concern.
throw in a hand water squighi"yeeeeeah......" and have it in the partsblaster to remove the water and glas coth with rainex clearveiw to keep the window clear.
I’ve been hoping you’d eventually get some kind of media blasting cabinet. They are a major timesaver, especially for we OCD clean freaks. Thank you, Sarah. 👍👍👍
Try polishing the inside mirror and then treating it with rain X
Inside part of the window is what I meant
The ultimate OCD machine
@@calosgonzalez7157 YES! Rain X is a great suggestion, I'm sure it would help lots!
Smart person I have the exact same polisher and it works great
I sha'n't miss any of your videos, Sarah. 🙂
Great job on the video folks! Thanks for making it.
Seeing how you saved on the vapor blaster you might wanna spring for an engine stand.😉
that cabinet is the exact same one I have and it's straight from Harbor Freight. it was not originally a vapor blasting cabinet. it was a normal, dry media blaster. someone just modified it
Sarah: this cabinet produced great-looking results but I want to know if you think it is as effective as a sand blaster/bead blaster?
Recommend a blasting company around southern AZ? I need a couple engine parts blasted, I dont want to buy a whole set up for four pieces, and not have a use for it again.
You likely know this but every single glass bead must be removed. Any beads that make it into the engine internals (rods, crank, bearings, cam) will cause damage and great sorrow
Sarah, go to the internet and find a hydrophobic iPad screen protector, and slap that bad boy on the inside of the glass! You should be able to keep visibility much better!
Come for the detailed car reviews. Stay for the OCD.
Is that Captain Factory Placard from the USS Enterprize?
Change out the media between ferrous and nonferrous metals.The ferrous metals will pollute the media with rustable partials if you bast aluminum whit it it will imbed into the surface, that will discolor the aluminum over time.
You can add a magnet in the slurry to attract the ferrous metal
I have the same cabinet and the black cap on the left side is for a shop vac which takes the vapor away so you can see better. I also replaced the plexiglass with glass and a better nozzle. The cabinet leaks unless you seal it better, I did that when I built it. There is a boat windshield wiper on amazon I put on my side by side that would work on the cabinet. I also use either rain-x or ceramic spray to keep the glass clear. The cabinet is harbor freight. I am also a retired USAF crew chief , F-4,A-7 and F-16. I retired from the 162nd across the street. I enjoy your humor and tech knowledge.
Yeah. This unit is made by Central Pneumatic and sold at Harbor Freight for $230. Here in Phoenix. I hope Sarah got some extras to go along with it to pay $400 for a used one.
I predict this new machine will be getting a lot of use!
Absolutely, it’ll probably be in a lot of videos.
I am sure you are aware, but really clean x3 any engine part before assembly.
Hints...
Don't blast straight down (90*), try it more of a 45.
Grab a wide strip of flashing, bend it into a big arc and screw it to the inside of the door. It'll deflect the slurry from hitting the seal at the bottom.
Was going to mention that you pressure is too high, but you got it! High pressure just explodes the glass beads when they hit.
Good idea
Kinda like painting eh?
We have a professionally built vapor blaster where I work. It runs about 30% media to 70% water. It also uses a small hose back into the reservoir to keep the water/media mix agitated which really helps with minimising blockages. It has a windshield wiper for the viewing screen with a constant clean water trickle and a clean water hose for rinsing parts inside the cabinet.
How much did yours cost? I’m afraid to ask, because since I’m asking you for the record, I probably couldn’t afford it! 😮
what brand
Add a few drops of Jet Dry (yes, the dishwasher stuff) or other surfactant. It makes the water "wetter".
FYI, vapor blasting does a great job of cleaning old rubber parts and plastics too. I've had an industrial built blaster for about 8 years and NEVER regretted the cost. It's paid for itself during my motorcycle restorations! Glad to see you finally have one!
Awesome piece of kit, good to see your recycling good equipment Sarah, don't worry I always watch all of your videos 👍👍
Thank You Scientific Sarah for being overly cautious with your health. Nice machine.
Yes! I'm sure Sarah will clean everything up immediately afterwards, but there's probably silica in the water that leaks out and if it dries up before cleaning it can leave dust around the shop maybe? I'm no expert but better safe than sorry, seal that cabinet 😀
I like the Beavis and Butthead laugh when looking into the pets washer with the added light. Nice.
Parts not pets. Fkn Steve Jobs.
Hey Sarah just a thought. Perhaps you can keep a small shower squeegee in the cabinet and wipe the glass when needed. Love your vids! 👍🏻
Most cost effective solution
Could you use Rain-X on the view window to keep material from building up and inhibiting your vision?
CNC milling machines sometimes have rotational windows. Its just a glass disk that spins really fast and the inertia wipes the fluid outwards.
These windows are really resilient and slim to mount.
I can’t wait to see the OCD opportunities on upcoming builds!
Always entertaining! What a fun video! Great addition to your shop.
Thank you for teaching me stuff
Beautifully dressed for an engine teardown, style & science in harmony 😮
Plus the appropriate level of innuendo in the title of the video.
tip from experience with the same unit, seal all the seams of the cabinet, not just mine but most of what i hear is that they like to leak a little bit (may not be enough to bother you but it bothered me)
If I owned that, a week from now everything in my garage, house, shed, and possibly the shed itself would have been through it and I'd be looking for my next candidate as an excuse to use it. "Surely the kettle will be alright, after......yeah AND it'll look nice. Yeah it'll be fine." I'd get £400 worth of value back from that in about 3 days I reckon. Haha.
Sarah gets a new machine to clean stuff and proceeds to... clean it.
When it comes to silicosis, nothing is overkill.
Except this uses 80 grit glass beads suspended in water and silicosis is due to long term inhalation of fine silica dust isn't it?
Absolutely true! Having a water slurry is great - there's no dust to breathe. But I wouldn't want to breathe that vapor anyway. FWIW, it looks like it may have been converted from an old sandblasting unit.
@@capt_beefheart4159 ya, definitely looks to be an HF blast cabinet. Looks identical to mine.
Overkill is my favorite kind of kill.
There is no dust. The only emission is water vapor which can be controlled
Thanks for the video Sarah and Angel 🌻🐧
I wonder if coating the inside of the vewing glass with some hydrophobic product would help.
Really your content is more sensible than that supercar blondie whatever
Working class > Trust fund baby
Money well spent! Recommended for clean freaks with OCD the world over!
You never fail to provide a quality and informative video.
Might be worth making a vent to prevent the cabinet from pressurising (leading to leaks).
An oil bath oil filter on the vent will catch any particles that are blown out.
The bottom is a drain for media and water, no pressure.
I offer free vapor blasting to the local community.
Since the giant Sarah has to bend to use the cabinet put some bricks under the feet. Save your back, it's a pretty one.
I've seen people use a water repellent spray on the windshield when the wipers were not working. I guess it would work on the glass of your new fav machine too. Shan't keep you any longer. Toodle pip for now.
You should keep a little squeegee in your blaster to clean off the window.
You can use a magnetic aquarium glass cleaner to keep the glass free from water without opening the Gass door.
Intresting. Although since both of her hands have to be inside the cabinet, she'd have to move the magnetic aquarium squeegie with her face :)
@@r0ckworthy You have expertly found the flaw in my cunning plan! LOL
@@michaelcase8574 Your plan is still cunning, sir. We just have to find an easier way to move the magnetic squeegee... Possibly only a human with a 3rd arm should do the vapor blasting. Or perhaps a parrot or monkey could be trained to swaggle it back and forth for us while we work.
@r0ckworthy Some very interesting ideas for further research. We will have to test each hypothesis to it's conclusion to come up with a workable theory and can proceed from there.
I shall give it my full attention.
Sarah. Try using Rain X on glass.
It works well to shed water.
I use it for windshield on a motor yacht that gets hit hard with wave spray and especially if a wiper quits.
Available at parts stores.
Excellent video of the blast cab.
I just use Zymol. As long you work it til streaks gone, works perfect for months.
AquaPel...
Yep I was thinking Rain-X too. That would help a LOT.
Actually I was thinking auto grade ceramic coating
I drive a tour bus for a living and had the wipers go out once. I stopped and put Rain X on my side of the windshield and it worked even better than the wipers did when they worked. amazing stuff.
There are some hydrophobic products to put on the glass that will make water bead and run off. Might work well.
Rainex on the inside of the dry glass before use will bead the spray and make it easier to see. A side draft blower over the glass would blow the beads away.
It didn’t help, I did off camera but it has damage from the glass beads (previous use) and it made it look worse.
I shant use shant in a sentence today. There
I damn near shant my drawers.
I assume using a finer mesh glass bead media would do more polishing then the 80 you are using?
Ceracote is cheaper than powder coating. Have a look at that for sealing up your blasted bits. To flush the hose . drop the pump into a bucket of clean water and blast, when you finish. It'll give the cabinet a washdown inside as well.
As a temporary solution, you could throw a small squeegee inside until you can modify the blaster.
Try using hydrophobic film or coating on the inside viewing glass might help with visibility. 👍🏼
Since you have to squat down. Can you put the cabinet higher, bucket still on the ground and get the hose more vertical so the beads would drop down when done?
Figured you got a blasting cabinet. Didn’t think it would be the vapour style though.
Sarah, you don't need the helmet on when your parts are inside a cabinet, it's only when you're doing big outdoor jobs
Awesome find on this Sarah!!! Seen several other people mention RainX on the glass, it will help so much. Also build a u shaped stand out of pressure treated 4x4's or 6X6's. I used 6x6's for mine and it is at the perfect height and not have to bend over to use the cabinet. I know you will use this like crazy.
I was just thinking a couple coats of Rain-X might be useful, at least until a wiper is installed. (Always happy to watch through to the end, happier still when F-bombs get ::squeaky::-ing edited out (thinking of your younger viewers, for they are legion).
I put mine on casters. Raises it up and makes it mobile.
@@bigbaddaddio Have to be careful with a wiperblade. its glass bead and will abrade the glass window
In our company we use a similar machine, but we use dry glass-sand/pearls for polish stainless steel or clean rusty and dirty metal parts. Inside the cabin there is only dust, then you can see better through the plastic-window while working. The glass-pearls came in 25kg bags. For big metal parts we use professional blast machines and the medium is metal grains. Important is, that the blasting medium is softer than the editing parts. Perhaps it´s better to blast with dry medium an after that you clean the parts with water? Greets from germany.
Just curious with the surface finish. Will the finish attract future soiling. I know sand does. I know that walnuts don't, and I'm assuming glass beads are somewhere in between?
Neato purchase.
Looks like a modified Harbor Freight sandblasting cabinet. Probably the reason it leaks around the door.
Correct
Please be careful. The valve cover has baffles for the oil. If that powder that you are blasting with stays in there, that could destroy the entire engine. So after you are done. You should remove the baffles and clean them. From all the sand or glass media. Probably, you will have to drill and tap them to get them Bach to position .
I'm thinking the media eats the pump over time. But, Harbor Freight... Foot Switch for the Screen Rinse... Thx Sarah...
I am glad that you found a deal on a small cabinet prompting you to go for it sooner than later.
I was a machinist for 33 years, and I used a dry bead blaster many times. This is the first time I've seen one that does it wet. What is the idea behind the difference?
Hi Sarah. Try Rain-X water on the window. I use it on my car during winter and it helps out alot. Love how you keep your videos real and authentic. 👍🐧
I spent 100’s of hours using 1 of these years ago, DO NOT FIT A WIPER! it trashes screens, look up turbo visor, basically a clear spinning disc between work and screen is what we had, mounted it up on the guts of an old drill, you could mount a gopro behind it too, defo must do is Jack it up so your comfy, we set up a collection bucket so you can pressure wash (water) small parts, ive also seen clean water squirted/sprayed on the screen like u did 14:00 by a copper brake pipe with holes in before to keep screen clear, you can go fullon into filters n water reuse etc but thats a deep rabbithole….
Sarah will be buying stuff in the parts yard just to clean it
I’ve seen vapor blasters before, but never the finished pieces having been cleaned. That is an amazing piece of hardware. I’m impressed with the look of the parts that were cleaned. Who needs new?
This is like brand new - makes used parts look like they came out of the factory! 👍
Having an attention span is never a problem with the way you run your video's!
Thinking on the problem with the window in the cabinet clogging up with water and glass slurry... In lieu of a wiper, would ceramic coating it help?
Like said below, you need to hit the part at an angle, but also from further away (like at least 4 inches). It's even more important with glass beads! 😉
Now Sarah think about buying screw or vain compressor with chiller air dryer. Used one after maintenance/rebuild should be affordable.
Yeah thank you Sarah for a great new video
They do make a wiper for those. For CNC turning centers. I would guess $300.
You may try the finest glass media grit. Usually, aluminum is bright and shinny after vapor blasting. Or, spray it with C series Shimering Aluminum Cerakote
Potato Cam ... Gord (Gourd) Rec ... Spud HUD ... I see where you're going there.
A magnetic fish tank cleaner might be of use for cleaning the glass. Modify it a little and you could build a wiper mechanism on the outside of the vapour blaster unit.
Can’t wait to see the upgrades and work you do to this new tool. You’re already getting your money’s worth for sure!
The new parts cleaner looks fantastic. A huge timesaver.
Na worries about Silicosis, with glass bead. The glass fusing process changes the structure. You were also correct about the wet stream; reducing risk, as well. Silicosis is def an issue, with sand. Gotta be super careful.
I had the same cabinet. I switched to real tempered glass and it made a huge difference. Added LED lights
"I like that word 'shan't.' You should use it in a sentence." I shan't.
I don't know what your mask is doing with liquid blasting. Must be severe paranoid
Get a cheap squeegie, like for a shower, and put it inside the cabnet. you can use it to clear the glass window as needed while using the cabnet.
What in God's name could gunk up a throttle body like that? Pine sap? Dried eggs? Gorilla glue?
Well I be damned. Vapor blaster??? Never heard of such a thing. I was just about to buy a sand blaster until I saw this. Lucky you for finding a deal.
Dust in the wind. Smoke on the water. We are but a vapor, here for a little while. Turns out the sands of time can be used to turn back the clock. Sweet purchase, Sarah! This is going to be used often, maybe even just for fun. Does it work on potatoes?
Amazing find, wonder it’s not more popular diy, I think you as well as other viewers, have the same ideas about how to improve that on the cheap
Aloha Miss Sarah Hope you and Charlie are taking care of your backs. Take care.
What if you ceramic coated the inside of the viewing window? Wouldn't that help keep the water from building up on the window? Just a thought.
You think ceramic coating the inside of the glass would help the water flow off? As a quick work around.
Sarah, easy way to clear the feed hose is, while your hands are in the machine take your left gloved hand and place it over the spray nozzle (blocking flow) and give a squeez of the trigger or two then continue cleaning the parts.
Great episode. You need to keep the slurry mixing to prevent from settling and causing clogs
Not sure what the environment around the blaster is like during and after use but maybe an extraction fan close to it would remove excess vapour and particles from the air if that’s a concern.
Sarah... Do you wear that head-face shield thingy on dates? Asking for a friend...
Sarah, cut and mount a light in the top of the vapor blaster so it doesn’t block the view area. Silicone it in.
Could you remove the glass polish both sides relay well and treat the inside with a rainx type product to help the water not blur your window maybe???
Hasn’t that rocker cover got baffles in it? Won’t it now be full of media?
Purchase an old electric oven and make it into a powder coat baking oven. Powder coat those parts stuff would look great.
I have no more space for anything in my shop. It's already difficult moving cars around in here.
@@SarahnTuned You know in your heart he’s right but like you you said, having that dream shop would take more space than you have on hand!
throw in a hand water squighi"yeeeeeah......" and have it in the partsblaster to remove the water and glas coth with rainex clearveiw to keep the window clear.
I wonder if Rain-X would assist in your efforts to see better 🤔? Looking forward to seeing your upgrades.
Seeing that blaster, my brain immediately goes to how the pump on it survives with the constant stream of abrasive?
We have gathered to witness the cleaning of the car parts - miracle. Glad to have found the right bunch 👍