abrasive attachment for a pressure washer

[red423]

I see over Northern Tool they got an attachment lets you use a sand media with your PW, anyone tried one of these and had any luck??? I love that baking soda link who'd a thought??? but the same principle is use on a sand attachment on a PW, anybody use one yet???? thnks red423

 

[Txpowdercoater]

i dunno but I'd bet that dude eats nozzles like candy

 

[ole4]

Saw this thread a while ago and bought one from northern tools. Sat in the box for quite a while till today when I used it to blast a old rupp roadster frame. Worked awesome with lots less mess than the pressure pot blaster. I did not have to suit up and strain my air compressor. Just put on goggles and went at it cleaned it off just great although you do get a slight brown tint of rust from the water. There is still some cleanup but nowhere the mess of the pressure blaster and if I do it over the lawn the only cleanup would have been me. One issue I had was the hose attachment to the nozzle was pointing down and when you shut the water off releasing the trigger a few drops of water fall into the hose and it starts clogging until enough dry media goes thru to dry it. Next time I will point it up and that will eliminate the issue. Thanks for mentioning this as I really like this unit.

 

[rmm727]

Thanks, been waiting a long time to hear a review of this. Now I can go get one.

 

[ole4]

here is the unit I used

 

[rmm727]

Thanks Ole

 

[mlanzoni]

Can you regulate the flow of media ? Do you have a link to the tool ?
Thanks.

 

[ole4]

General Pump High-Pressure Abrasive Blasting Kit — 3500 Max. PSI | Pressure Washer Hoses| Northern Tool + Equipment

You cant regulate the feed it is a siphon feed and works just great. Just have to keep the feed pipe pointed upward on the nozzle or a drop or two of water falls in when you stop the flow of water.

 

[Bobscooters]

dang sold my pressure washer recently :doah:

 

[Txpowdercoater]

also read where you can still use the pressure pot with the attachment and add 10-15# of air to pressure pot and it feeds media better than depending on the syphon feed.
I guess I will have to go and buy one now that we have a real world review.:thumbsup:

 

[ole4]

I used the finer grit black beauty and it went thru the bag pretty quick. only issue with it was I had the abrasive feed tube (where the hose attaches to the nozzletube) pointing downward. When I let go of the trigger a drop or two of water would get into there and now with wet media it would clog and take a bit of shaking to clear and start feeding. the fix is to make sure the tube is pointing upwards.

 

[mlanzoni]

Any guess on how much (lbs.) of media it would take to blast a typical mini bike, frame, swing arm, and forks ? I'm guessing the used media is not recoverable and useable (?).

 

[ole4]

You are correct not reusable. I used a bag of black beauty to blast a rupp roadster 2 frame and a swingarm. not a whole lot left. If the forks had to be done may take a little over a bag. This was the first time using it and it was loaded with paint, worked much better than my pressure pot blaster from the standpoint that I did not have to suit up and did not spread a cloud of dust all over creation. If you do It on a garbage pail over the lawn (the way I did it ) there is no cleanup. Just have to keep the frame from blowing off. I used it with a 2.5 GPM 2800 LB blaster.

 

[mlanzoni]

ole4, thank you very much for the useful information. It sounds like using this is a lot better, easier, and quicker than using paint stripper and a power washer.