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I'm looking into a new sandblaster. I have one of those siphon ones from sears and it does not work very well. I'm looking at the ones tractor supply has. What do you guy's use?

I purchased a gravity feed from Eastwood a couple years back....holds 90 or 100 lbs if I remember correctly. Does ok for smaller jobs outside but the big pieces I take to a friend of mine who is set up for it. The Eastwood does good for what I think it was intended to do. I think the cost then was $100 and it comes on wheels etc. .....just info!

I think the biggest item that you need for
sandblasting is the compressor tank. You need
something that puts out a lot of volumn. I
spent a couple of hundred dollars on a unit
from Northern for the blaster and about $300
for a compressor from Sears. I burned up the
Sears unit pretty quick. What I have is good
for very small jobs. If your only going to
sandblast one large project, its cheaper to
tear everything down and pay someone to do
the blasting for you. If your going to do it,
buy the biggest compressor and tank you can
afford. Cecil.........

Compressor is next on the shopping list but I have to wait till work picks up again in the spring. My S**rs oil less compressor is dieing a slow death. Hopfully it will last till spring. The next project to be sand blasted will be sent out for sure. Way to time consuming to do it myself.