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Originally Posted by dcriss
Do I need to modify my current blast cabinet or just put the Soda blast media in?
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Soda is a one time use media (although if not to dirty I have used it two and three times - the more you use it the more dust you get). You need a deliver system for the soda which amounts to a hopper with a valve at the bottom and a siphon hose that runs up to the gun. The bottom of the cabinet is open. The used soda and debris flows out the bottom and into a bucket.
This is the short version. You may find some diagrams or pictures doing a Google search. My cabinet is made by ABS and was set up for soda from the mfg.
http://www.abs-products.com/blast-cabinets/soda-blasters.shtml
edit: I had not been to their site before now - I think the site is new. The machine in the video is the model machine I have. I bought it off the floor at a trade show about 6 years ago. I had never heard of soda blasting but the first time I saw it I knew this was the answer and bought it on the spot. No one around here had heard of the process at that time. Now virtually every NASCAR shop has them. I don't know about his claim of running it with a 3hp compressor. I think it will take more, but 5 horse might get it done.
Also, don't discount the job that the small hand held blaster will do. The ABS guy told me about them the day I bought my machine. McMaster Carr has them.