17 minutes and 17 seconds of my life that I will never get back and I wouldn't want to Absolutely brilliant and why I love YT and people like you Thank You sir!
Absolutely wonderful build!!!!..I just sourced all of the parts to build a vapor honing setup like yours..really awesome!!!!..Thanks for sharing with all of us...I still have to find a windshield washer for my build..-John
Tremendously useful post.. I've seen American youtubers do the same project, but your post made things so much clearer, plus the links to the necessary hardware all being available to us in the UK.
Really glad you found it useful. I couldn't believe how easy it was to put together once I got started. Others I have seen seem to make it far more complicated. Good luck.
Have been thinking of a VB cabinet for a while, you've encouraged me to build one. I'm sure once I have it, everything will be put through and I'll wonder how I managed without! Really enjoy your variety of posting and the manner of your delivery. Thanks, keep it up. Looking forward to future Bonnie vids.
Thanks for your kind words. We basically make videos of what we are doing, sometimes they work out great, others aren't so interesting. I knew this vapour blasting would be interesting. I couldn't believe how easy it was to set up a basic rig. Good luck with yours.
What an excellent video. So clearly explained and all the bits needed listed out. I've just spent £450 having all my ally bits for my GT750 vapour blasted. Wish I'd seen this first as i might have given it a go myslef. I'll remember this for the next project. This channel is becoming one of my favourites. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for the feedback. Really pleased you enjoy the content. £450 would have given you a great set up, but isn't that always the way. Have fun with your GT! ;)
thanks for publishing this. An excellent video. I am definitely going to build one for the cleaning of my C15 engine cases and parts prior to her rebuild. Thanks so much you are without doubt my new Lunmad. All the best - Cambridge England
Thanks for the comment. I have a long way to go to walk in Lunmads shoes, but thanks for the compliment. Get your vapour blaster built now. You won't look back.
@ depends on your screen material. I have glass as I prefer it that way. If plastic, you’d have to test it. In my situation before every session, I apply some dawn soap or windshield washer fluid on the inner side of the pad. It helps keep the view clear and clean. I haven’t seen any scratches or markings yet. For plastic screens, best to check in a small area, or apply soap and test. Best of luck. Your uncensored moment caught me off guard and had me laughing in my work cubicle.
I will take a look at this. Putting some soap on the inside is a great idea to reduce the surface tension. A little spray bottle that you can reach inside to spray it off was suggested by somebody else, which I might also try.
Great point! But a bit of stirring is all thats required. Just to break it up initially. Once you have the pump in the agitation pipe keeps it well mixed.
You can blast anything, I used the same set up with Iron Silicate to get the rust off some cast iron calipers. You can adjust what type of grit you have for anything, including plastics. With steel though remember you are using water, so if you don't get it dry when you have finished you will have flash rust on the peice very quickly.
I have blasted with a 50l compressor before. The downside is that you need to pause to let the compressor catch up every couple of minutes or so. This is a pain, but if you are only doing a few things now and again you can live with it. I now use a Wolf 150l Compressor, which seems to give me enough air for continuous use. Hope this helps.
I'm using a 150ltr compressor, which does mean you can run for longer, but I have used a 50 before for normal blasting, just having to stop and lit it fill a few times to keep going. If you aren't doing a lot it isn't too bad.
TBH The compressor kicks in quite quickly, but there seems to be enough pressure as it is running to keep blasting continuously. I think if you want to blast just from stored air you would need a very large tank. I just wear headphones to drown out the noise.
@@SPANNERRASH Thanks very much, I'm keen to avoid too much noise from the compressor annoying the neighbours, I guess I'll have to investigate quietening it somehow. Cheers
I am using a Wolf 150l Compressor, this one ebay.us/aXqh1m I assume most people wanting to try this will already have a compressor, although my Wolf one has 14cfm if you were using a smaller compressor you could stop every few minutes to let the compressor recharge. It would take longer, but you would still be able to make useful progress with that kind of a set up. I hope this helps.
I did say I assumed most people who want to try this will probably already have a compressor. I have a Wolf 150l Compressor, this one ebay.us/aXqh1m It has 14 CFM so I am quite lucky that it supports this quite well. I have blasted using a 50l compressor in the past. It is a bit of a pain having to stop to let it charge up, but you can still get quite a lot done. I hope this helps.
I am using a Wolf 150l Compressor, which is rated at 14CFM. It does start up quite quickly while you are blasting, but the flow seems to be maintained at a pressure that allows you to keep blasting continuously.
I did say I would assume most people who would watch this will already have a compressor. If it is a standard 50l or so then it is a given that you would have to work in short bursts, allowing it to recharge regularly, but this would be true if you were doing standard sand blasting too. I am using a Wolf 150l compressor, which seems to cope quite well. I hope this helps.
17 minutes and 17 seconds of my life that I will never get back and I wouldn't want to
Absolutely brilliant and why I love YT and people like you
Thank You sir!
I wasn't sure where this was going :) Thanks, I am really pleased you enjoyed it.
@@SPANNERRASH Me either but then I laughed when it went to the positive...lol
Absolutely wonderful build!!!!..I just sourced all of the parts to build a vapor honing setup like yours..really awesome!!!!..Thanks for sharing with all of us...I still have to find a windshield washer for my build..-John
Tremendously useful post.. I've seen American youtubers do the same project, but your post made things so much clearer, plus the links to the necessary hardware all being available to us in the UK.
Really glad you found it useful. I couldn't believe how easy it was to put together once I got started. Others I have seen seem to make it far more complicated. Good luck.
Have been thinking of a VB cabinet for a while, you've encouraged me to build one. I'm sure once I have it, everything will be put through and I'll wonder how I managed without!
Really enjoy your variety of posting and the manner of your delivery. Thanks, keep it up.
Looking forward to future Bonnie vids.
Thanks for your kind words. We basically make videos of what we are doing, sometimes they work out great, others aren't so interesting. I knew this vapour blasting would be interesting. I couldn't believe how easy it was to set up a basic rig. Good luck with yours.
What an excellent video. So clearly explained and all the bits needed listed out. I've just spent £450 having all my ally bits for my GT750 vapour blasted. Wish I'd seen this first as i might have given it a go myslef. I'll remember this for the next project. This channel is becoming one of my favourites. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for the feedback. Really pleased you enjoy the content. £450 would have given you a great set up, but isn't that always the way. Have fun with your GT! ;)
That's a lovely finish. I might have to think about what I can do with my little blasting cabinet now!
Go for it! It is very satisfying.
thanks for publishing this. An excellent video. I am definitely going to build one for the cleaning of my C15 engine cases and parts prior to her rebuild. Thanks so much you are without doubt my new Lunmad. All the best - Cambridge England
Thanks for the comment. I have a long way to go to walk in Lunmads shoes, but thanks for the compliment. Get your vapour blaster built now. You won't look back.
I'm keen to build one of these.
Don't hold back, it is a game changer!
At 14:09 what you can do is get the magnetic fish tank cleaners. This helped a bunch when I needed to clean the screen in situ.
Sounds like a plan. But doesn't it trap the grit on the leading edge, and if does doesn't this scrathc the screen? Thanks for the suggestion thought.
@ depends on your screen material. I have glass as I prefer it that way. If plastic, you’d have to test it.
In my situation before every session, I apply some dawn soap or windshield washer fluid on the inner side of the pad. It helps keep the view clear and clean.
I haven’t seen any scratches or markings yet. For plastic screens, best to check in a small area, or apply soap and test.
Best of luck. Your uncensored moment caught me off guard and had me laughing in my work cubicle.
I will take a look at this. Putting some soap on the inside is a great idea to reduce the surface tension. A little spray bottle that you can reach inside to spray it off was suggested by somebody else, which I might also try.
Very interesting and informative. Perhaps a cheap mixing paddle to put in a cordless drill would held with agitation at the start 👍
Great point! But a bit of stirring is all thats required. Just to break it up initially. Once you have the pump in the agitation pipe keeps it well mixed.
Great video. Super useful.
Glad you think so!
great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it
Doesn't vapour blasting produce a great finish, thank's for putting it all together for us, all I need now is a project, thank you
It is a great step forward in getting a good finish. And very satisfying to do.
You could rig a water spray onto the glass to clean it, it wouldn’t take much water to clear it, just a quick squirt.
Yes, good idea. There are quite a few upgrades I have in mind, keeping the screen clear is one of them, but I didn't want to get side tracked.
Hopefully not a dumb question, but would you find vb more useful in a small space than a sandblaster?
Where did you get that cabinet from? Thanks.
It is a pretty standard eBay one. There is a link to one in the description, they seem to have changed the colour, though! :)
Can you blast other materials like steel
You can blast anything, I used the same set up with Iron Silicate to get the rust off some cast iron calipers. You can adjust what type of grit you have for anything, including plastics. With steel though remember you are using water, so if you don't get it dry when you have finished you will have flash rust on the peice very quickly.
Tell me please about your compressor. How many liters per minute makes?
I'm using a Wolf 150l Compressor. It is rated at 14 CFM. It pretty much allows continuous blasting, but you do have to listen to it running :)
what is the minimum size of the compresso tank you need for blasting ? (I've got a 50 L tank on my compressor)
I have blasted with a 50l compressor before. The downside is that you need to pause to let the compressor catch up every couple of minutes or so. This is a pain, but if you are only doing a few things now and again you can live with it. I now use a Wolf 150l Compressor, which seems to give me enough air for continuous use. Hope this helps.
what size compressor are you using. I dont think mine is man enough. receiver is only 50L as well
I'm using a 150ltr compressor, which does mean you can run for longer, but I have used a 50 before for normal blasting, just having to stop and lit it fill a few times to keep going. If you aren't doing a lot it isn't too bad.
How long can you blast before the compressor kicks in with a 150ltr tank?
TBH The compressor kicks in quite quickly, but there seems to be enough pressure as it is running to keep blasting continuously. I think if you want to blast just from stored air you would need a very large tank. I just wear headphones to drown out the noise.
@@SPANNERRASH Thanks very much, I'm keen to avoid too much noise from the compressor annoying the neighbours, I guess I'll have to investigate quietening it somehow. Cheers
you didn't mention anything about compressor, how much CFM is minimum
I am using a Wolf 150l Compressor, this one ebay.us/aXqh1m
I assume most people wanting to try this will already have a compressor, although my Wolf one has 14cfm if you were using a smaller compressor you could stop every few minutes to let the compressor recharge. It would take longer, but you would still be able to make useful progress with that kind of a set up.
I hope this helps.
I did say I assumed most people who want to try this will probably already have a compressor.
I have a Wolf 150l Compressor, this one ebay.us/aXqh1m
It has 14 CFM so I am quite lucky that it supports this quite well. I have blasted using a 50l compressor in the past. It is a bit of a pain having to stop to let it charge up, but you can still get quite a lot done.
I hope this helps.
I am using a Wolf 150l Compressor, which is rated at 14CFM. It does start up quite quickly while you are blasting, but the flow seems to be maintained at a pressure that allows you to keep blasting continuously.
By far the most important and expensive part is the compressor, which you didnt show and barely mentioned...!!
I did say I would assume most people who would watch this will already have a compressor. If it is a standard 50l or so then it is a given that you would have to work in short bursts, allowing it to recharge regularly, but this would be true if you were doing standard sand blasting too. I am using a Wolf 150l compressor, which seems to cope quite well. I hope this helps.
Your hubs are worn. If you use them they will continually break spokes. Notice the groves beside the holes - they shouldn't be there.
Thanks for the advice. It will be interesting to find out! :)