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VanDiesel99

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  1. I have a 16 foot trailer with some rust on the frame and wheels. I was going to purchase wet sand blast kit(fits the tip of the gun) which draws sand into the spray water. Just curious if I blast this trailer if it is going to flash rust, or if there is a chem I can put in it to keep it from flash rusting? Also what is a good place to find a blaster kit, 5gpm 3000 psi max. I feel like this is too much metal to hand dry.

    sandblaster, sand blaster

    Has an industrial and a regular heavy duty. It seems as if the industrial will fan out a little more, which is necessary I think.. Ideas?


  2. Got a call from a metal fabricator who has an old coal boiler room he plans on converting to something else. He plans on using block filler on the block walls and epoxy on the floor. There is a layer of soot from the coal on everything. What would be the best cleaner for paint prep? From past experience I am figuring a butyl base like Gutter Shock(RPC), would be best. I thought I would ask and see if there were different suggestions.


  3. 3/8 will create a pressure drop in high flow machines. Question is whether the psi drop is worth dragging a larger/more expensive hose around to compensate for. Plus using guns with oversized oriface so the gun doesn't restrict the flow. Plus do 3/8 fittings restrict it? If so you will have to find 1/2" QC's. I got a 8gpm Hydrotek and I bought specific nozzles for my surface cleaner to match up with the max pressure for the flow. When I tried it they didn't spin very fast because the flow was being restricted. I simply bought smaller oriface surfacer nozzles and eliminated the problem. The psi/flow drop is not that much.


  4. For you guys who use permanently mounted lights on your rig, what kind of light did you go with? Does it put out enough light? Can it swivel? Is it rigid enough to survive through all the vibration of driving and washing? I had rigged a 1500 watt halogen set of lamps from lowes on the side of my water tank(no pics sorry). The problem was that it shook so much while I was driving that it wore the threads off the screws and basically just fell apart(not long after I installed it). It put out plenty of light and I could swivel the heads different directions and I was happy with it, but it just didn't last. I still have the switch and the power cord hooked up all I need to do is find some good lights to replace these. Suggestions?


  5. Heres a 911 call from a woman who is sitting in the Burger King drive thru and can't get her order corrected because they are cleaning the inside of the store. At first I thought it was someone mad because they were pressure washing the drive thru(which people do get very mad, at least at the Arby's that I do). Its completely ridiculous and funny.

    http://www.break.com/index/burger_king_911.html

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