Hey everyone.....thought I'd post a brief update on my blaster thread.
I have a buddy who worked at the cape for many years (rocketland as they call it

) and he has a fair amount of experience doing body work and such. He had this little metal blaster can that I borrowed just to try out and it really worked good - for small applications, which is what I have a lot of.
Here's what his can looks like...it's disassembled in the pic, obviously but you get the idea.
So I think I will order
one of these from Amazon because the reviews are pretty good. Will keep the thread posted.
Couple other details....I used white sand from a bag that is used to top dress pavers and poured it into several containers and left it in the sun to fully dry out before using. That made all the difference in the world. Also, I ended up buying a used power washer from CL to do my steps and it basically did the job I needed.