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I have used this on 3 homes over 6 years ago, homes are still original color and no growth at all, however I burnt up 3 gracos and one spraytech using it. This year I burnt up another graco using it on very large project. Best stuff I have ever seen but probably wont use it again because its way to hard on equiptment. Owner says sprayers are not what they used to be, unfortunately, I disagree and wont use it again.

Nice Job I already bid it high hoping he would call someone else but now he really wants it done! lol, figures, I cant get enough time this year before the snow falls so If anyone is interested Ill give ya all the info including the bid price. This is a blasting job and restaining. Nice price tag!

Dennis, 1. Soda will not touch rust 2. Soda is great for boat hulls and theres money in it, as long as you purcased a good soda pot so your media is used efficiently. 3. depending on the appraissed value of the home it could require a mortgage. Soda pots are very specific in design and with a purpose for it. Dont think you can get a cheap pot and make money soda blasting. 4. you need a 185 compressor minimum. 5. expect to invest 20k to get mobile and remember your blowing out $30-$40 bags of soda compared to $5 bags of black beauty some of your competition will be using (for the rust spots). 6. Works good on wood, practice to get the lowest pressure possible. 7. Im getting *****ed at being on the computer, so gotta go, but there are many more items to discuss feel free to pm me.

I have cleaned up 2 tons of media with a shovel and garbage bags in about 3 hours, thats nothing. Sounds like a great gig, I'll have to look into that stuff.

Are your intentions to use soda blasting for cleaning tile and grout? This is an extremely dusty process. you can lower the dust with water injection nozzles, but I would hardly think that process would be desired in home either. My choice for that application would be steam, or dry ice. I personally know 3 soda blasters in the Green Bay area, you might check with them to see if they are using that process for that application.

I would like to know what nozzles everyone uses and for what medias? Compressor sizes and nozzle sizes? What brand of compressor and hows your fuel economy, and does your fuel economy change with different nozzles? Also I am looking for a wide fan to use for blasting corn cob on the log homes if any one has a link to one it would be appreciated. None of my distributors carry them. I do have a fan nozzle but im only getting a 2" swath out of it. I also have a bazooka nozzle that rairly gets used because the media coming out is too far sparse. the other nozzle I use is a Jet nozzle with the holes in it, I was told that this was suppose to speed the media up as it exits the nozzle and then one of my distributors said that it actually slows it down and if you want a more concentrated pattern you can cover the holes with your hands. Any comments?

Excellent explanation ****.!

Here is a cob blast we did this year with interesting effects. This preservative soaked into the wood so far that 20/40 cob wouldn't pull it off the grain. We then prepared for actually blasting again with a 4070 grit glass and started a corner with fantastic results when the homeowner stopped us and asked us to put a sample of the finish on. Once we did that he fell in love and had us continue the staining. Said it looked "burnt" and he couldn't pay someone to do that. We finished up the job and he gave a 2.5k tip. Lol, just when you think your doing it wrong, a nice payday it turns out to be! I split the tip with my crew, needless to say it made them more than happy. I will post the finished pics in a couple days. Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Ill resize those blasting pics tomarrow, they are little large.

Then a neighbor asked if we could hit this before we left the area. Turned out to be a nice addition.

Ha Ha seriously that was a childish reply, I guess I should say no shes not you are. lol She ran Alaska man. She probably ran against a polar bear and a seal. Obviously the bear ate the seal and she supports the anwr drilling so the bear said f*#k it Im outta here. lol.

I think shes a perfect choice for him to show everybody that he is truly a politician at heart. He will do whatever it takes to get elected, then it don't matter anymore. I wonder if anyone will ask her, What qualifies you to be the VP?

Its a winning ticket, thats what I think.

why aren't you going to soda blast?

would love the lead, Beth, pm me with the info. Thats right next door

I need someone to remove paint from a cedar shake house, she called me because we blast, she's not found of caustic chemicals for pw but I think you could convince her otherwise. Call me for her lead info.

We use a spraytech 2155 but I sure wish we had gotten the graco 390

hey Stacey nice to have you here I have checked out your site before, very nice! As far as the 800# goes, we also average less than 50# /hr. however a typical frame off resto with rust has taken us 2 days before just assuming 8 hr days gives us that 16 bag total. we use the natrium 260 which is a great soda pure. Not all cars are like that for us a simple outside strip will only take 4-6 hrs. But like I said we've never done boat hulls, I found its a much different paint that comes out like a snap. We just did a 20' for 650 took 2 hrs. Nice to have you aboard.

These guys have done their homework on wood preservatives, although, they are all camparing it to woodguard. Some of these labels distinctively say combustible, among other pretty scary terms. Blairstown Distributors Inc.

Heres my opinion, presidency is a four year term, four years ago in my life I was broke, drinking heavily, and going no where. Then a woman came into my life, actually one I cared about. In four years she took me from 20k a year income into a 80k+ bought a house, had a child, expanded business and what ever else she tells me, lol. All just by staying on my ass and keeping me in line. Im willing to give a woman a try here too.

Beth I would love to go, especially in my area theres no one to talk with personally about blasting, no one does it up here. We are swamped with it and at this stage uncomfortable leaving my rig in the hands of unsupervised crew. I have vacation planned for next october in Kissimmee Florida for my family and I and maybe we could swing through Georgia (I believe) and talk with him. Would love to hear how it goes!

Rich, thats a H258 HO-LP from Harmon Distributing. Thanks all for the kind words.

Not much new in blasting threads so ill add some pics to ponder. Heres some corn cob at work removing sikkens.

ahh, nice to have discussion, but thats a negative ghost rider, contact manufacturer and speak with one of their technical support guys. Wisconsin here, had many attempts at cold weather applications, product sits on surface and in the spring you can still take a cloth to it and wipe it off the surface,no penetration at all. Warm weather = Wood cells expand and allow penetrating chems. to enter. Basically I avoid any extreme temps above 90 or below 45 has proven safe for me.

I have never soda blasted a boat hull before, but I can tell you that I go through roughly 800 pounds on a car at .50 a pound cost plus labor. A typical car will run around 1000, to 1200. I would have to put your boat at around 2500 to 3000 with labor.