Grit Blasters?
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Hi Guys, After a little advice of anyone who has had grit blaster experiance.

I an about to repaint the inside of the boot area and also the inside of the car. There are a few small areas of surface rust where the paint has been quite thin.

I been thinking about getting a gritblasting gun to take these areas back to bare metal.

I have been looking at the ones in machine mart as they seem quite good value for money.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000510003

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p...04&r=2015&g=103

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p...05&r=2015&g=103

These are the three I have seen, currently I think the third one is most suitable?

Will these be any good?

Would they dent the body panels,

Which grit should I be using?

Thanks guys!

I have tried one of these guns before, I didn't get on with it TBH.

However, the twist-knot wire brushes you can buy that fit on an angle grinder are a great bit of kit for getting rusty bits off.

i've got a spot blast gun and also a cabinet. both of which i love (bar the mess!!)

My gun was just a cheap one but seems to do the job. nothing can beat it on awkward castings etc.

If your only doing small bits of panel near the seams then i'd say go for it.

just beware you need a huge reservior to use these things effectively or a huge compressor, they use something like 14cfm, but realistically more. Personally im sending my car off to the blasters next month.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

forgot that bit!

i've got a 200litre 3hp compressor and that struggles really for even a small gun. its manageable but i wouldnt want anything smaller. problem is anything bigger HP wise usually means 3 phase.

you can get grit-blast pots from the back of practical classics, a good price from what i recall, but dont know what the compressor requirement is?

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