Testing the harbor freight 50 pound spot blast kit

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[@joshonthetube]

When the paint is really flaky like that, the fastest thing i've found for relatively flat surfaces is a carbide scraper. takes it off pretty quick, then you can go back and get the rest with a wire cup on a grinder or whatever. Sand blasting is the best for little nooks and crannies and awkwardly shaped areas.

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Very true, I was mostly just testing the thing out

[@velvetypotato711]

If he had a professional sand blasting setup with 100 gallon tank and 25cfm 3 stage pump, it wouldn't matter the blaster would take off the flakes like butter. But this spot blaster on a residential compressor is going to take a lot longer

[@paulpipitone8357]

Just a thought power wash first Then use a tarp to catch the media and obliviously proper PPE The unit is too small for that size machine but for spot cleaning it will work well.

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yes it is small, I was mostly just seeing if it worked

[@eastcoastken]

It definitely works. You demonstrated that very well for showing it with no prep work. For what you paid for it to maybe touch up a trailer that got the paint scratched off to repaint that spot or hit a spot in an engine bay a grinder won't reach to ground a wire, this will be perfect for you.

[@steveswy1057]

Is very consistent with how mine worked right out of the box

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Iv since got rid of mine, it was way to messy but did work

[@ramonriveraroman4170]

It looks like it doesn't do much of a big area but we'll work nice in touching up small areas hard to reach that the sander or wire wheel can't get to.

[@sunshinegypsea]

Would this small machine work for like an old vintage glider, patio furniture? Ty

[@B.r.i.a.n.1]

The black bag is medium. Most of the reviews have said it's best with fine grit, red bag. I bought it for trailer rims, too hard to get the tightbspots with a grinder

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yes the finer the media the better it works for sure

[@jimfath]

What kind of compressor did you use? The CFM rating will dictate how much material you can throw.

[@jpsimon206]

The paper clip trick and playground sand is the way to go. I've used this exact machine on several occasions. Forgive the analogy, but if you take a paperclip and make it into your best imitation of an IUD, and get that in the t valve on the base, you can use dirt cheap playground sand and get a much better, faster result

[@Sxvaqe-_-]

U have video?

[@abuahmad67]

U need a respirator if you use sand , because of the silica dust. On commercial projects I've seen them use grinded walnut shells .

[@alexanderzayas8213]

What kind compressor did you use? Nice video.

[@Clarkson350]

That ain’t gonna change the world. I could see the portable blaster for outdoor rust and touch up work

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

It does a ok job but sure makes a mess and is kind of slow, I’m going to try it once more with some different media

[@larrycroft470]

Adam you must use grinder or drill with wire wheel first before sandblasting...i dunno the quality of that thing...hard to tell

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yes I would use a grinder first, I was just trying the thing out

[@tommycollier9172]

It might be ok for small parts, I will check back with you next year to see if you Finished

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

It’s for small parts for sure, I would never use something like that to do a whole machine, it’s just the crustiest piece of metal I had close by at the time

[@macpakinga1271]

Yah at last first time ever hookd up. 🤗😂Thank you for sharing. Lol the bucket thing is called a hopper container

[@jpsimon206]

I don't know if you have a gravel driveway anywhere, but cold slag was used to gravel them for about 40 years everywhere around here and I'm right on the sound. My old place across the street had the driveway about 1/3 of a mile that was in poor shape when I bought the place. I put down 8 yd of 5/8 but I had it tilled into the slag before I crowned and compacted it. I'm normally pretty environmentally minded, but that place was in deep rainforest. If I had used gravel alone, it would take 10 yd to the year and 100 hours of Labor. But I guess we are saving the world by shipping it to China on giant diesel powered tankers?

[@15JDMRuckus]

How big of a compressor are you using

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

80 gallon

[@stevenblinn2032]

Do you think this would remove paint from the underside of a wood banister or spindles with ground walnut?

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

I’m not sure, I have almost no experience on doing things with wood

[@jeffrme]

NO, it will ruin the wood.

[@Jos5333]

@@jeffrme depends on what grit you use. If you use it to air gum probably not.

[@greetingnation]

Please would you list what medium did you use

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

It was the black diamond stuff that harbor freight sells I believe

[@general23cmp]

What psi did you use? I think this unit is rated for lower pressure which may make it pulse less.

[@HammondOfTexas0]

I bought and returned one of these because I couldn't get it to draw anything through it. Maybe I didn't have it setup correctly as I was using the same media. I don't recall what pressure I used as it was long enough ago.

[@uptownsfinest1598]

can it be used for etching glass ?

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

I’m not sure, I don’t really know anything about that to offer a opinion

[@cwickgo9]

Yes, I've used mine to etch bottles

[@trevorcharves2514]

Nothing comes out of mine, anyone know if it takes a specific air pressure?

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Mine works at most pressures but With bigger media my hose has a tendency to clog

[@zurgge]

Just got one from harbor freight. Works at higher psi, but my coarse walnut media clogs is almost instantly. I can use a small media, but still clogs. Kinda an annoying tool at time haha

[@coricorgi2801]

Nothing came out of mine either. Then I discovered the nozzle inside the gun was assembled backwards. The small hole in the internal nozzle needs to go forward right over the media input. It's the small hole that creates the necessary vacuum. My 4 gallon, 2.6 scfm @ 90 psi, 2 HP Campbell Hausfeld compressor now has no problem pulling the media up ( Harbor Freight 80 grit glass beads ).

[@bernardvonderheide1268]

Yes small projects for sand blasting

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yup

[@Musickfreakbrown]

I bet if you used gravity I. Your favor by putting it up higher it would work better too

[@craigtate5930]

talk about a bad ass grinder... normally I am not one to bring up safety matters, but might consider some serious breathing protection for operating something like this...

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yeah for sure

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

Well I am in the market for a sandblaster right now I have an old Red Flyer wagon I want to redo and this looks so slow it would take me 8 months to do just the body of the wagon thank you for the video

[@edfrancis165]

You just need to use a wire wheel of on a grinder, and you'd be done stripping the machine in a flash!!

[@jpsimon206]

It's all about shifting your attitude. I'm sure there's some place in your town where ladies pay $50 a pop for the same thing, they just call it exfoliation, haha. Like you know that Himalayan sea salt that is pink and sells for 30 x of normal salt? So is a base element on the periodic chart, it's not possible for it to taste different. People are happily paying 30 x for dirty Rusty salt, haha

[@MagicMikesDetailing]

Would dry ice work with this??

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

I’m not sure, I have not done much with dry ice so I don’t know what it would take to get it small enough to go through the hose

[@thomasbates1779]

I started with play sand in medium. At $6 per bag. Now it comes damp and will not drop into the air line. So in a big roasting pan and the oven at 250 for one hour Also I had to shift it out because small pebbles block the gun. Once that was done it worked great. A bag of medium is $40 and sand was $6. A little labor was fine by me. I

[@scotthornhill8762]

What screen size or items do you use to shift the sand for the desired particulate size?

[@thomasbates1779]

@@scotthornhill8762 It was a 6 imch kitchen strainer I found at Walmart. $4. It pulled out just enough to make it flow. But getting the dampness out was just as important. At $6 per bag a Home Depot for me personally was ok

[@cecilveley5722]

Cool, ya, that’s bout it

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Indeed, I got rid of the thing, it makes a huge mess

[@richardschaffling9882]

I find the air pressure they say is not enough

[@tubingpro]

1000lbs. of media and 3 months later... It's done 😩

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Iv had two now, the second one has lasted a lot longer than the first even though they look identical

[@larioskot9138]

That would take forever…

[@blueline308]

You sound like Mr. Garrison's boyfriend from South Park.

[@robertmunoz7543]

If the spray pattern is that narrow that's gonna take all day?😳 Jman

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yes, it’s best used for hard to reach areas that are hard to get to with a grinder

[@jaimeramirez-zt9dd]

No offense grab a spatula and scrape the flakes

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Yeah for sure, this was just a rough test but pre scrapping would be best

[@marcodorado8806]

I would recommend actually that nobody by this thing I just bought mine it doesn't really work like you would think it works mine actually doesn't spray shit out of it at all and Harbor Freight will not return the walnuts that I bought or this piece of shit media blaster it makes absolutely no vacuum suction for you can pull the trigger on that gun and it'll blow 200 PSI write out the gun I even filled the hose up with the Walnut shells that they recommended for the damn thing and it's still don't work what a waste of $80

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

There units are hit or miss from one to another, after using this thing for a hour I am not a fan of the huge mess it makes

[@kd-ge2ys]

Hi, good.

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Thank you for watching

[@macpakinga1271]

Harbor freight is a hopper container. I thought it was a compressor 😠 I bought 1 😠😠😠😠. Add showd the hopper not the compressor. 😠😠😠

[@heydonray]

Pretty pointless “review”.