I've got a fairly good compressor (50 litre tank, 3hp twin cylinder pump and lots of pressure - 12 bar I think).

In Halfords they have a little shotblasting gun and wonder if it is any good for cleaning calipers etc?

Would I need anything else? Sand obviously, but what about a blast cabinet, or would I get away with using a cardboard/wooden box?

 

ive used a home system in the back garden
really youll need a cabinet otherwise the sand will go everywhere
it worked ok

 

my mate used an old wardrobe lol

but sealer all arround the joins and then perspex on top with 2 holes for your hand

he had a vacum cleaner attatched also so it sucked the stuff out lol

worked well

he used aluminium oxide i think

 

Glass bead for alloy

Alu oxide for other metals

Sand for glass


Just bought a shotblast cabinet with everything you need to get you going, including 20kg of glass bead, and 20kg of alu oxide Ł150 made by clarke, came from machine mart

 

we use glass beads for all stainless steel cause it aint got a cutting edge


ali oxide is ok for all other metals but if you got a lot of shit build up
then use some chilled iron use grade go7 its not to rough or fine