Stumbled across this and immediately thought of you guys. assuming necessary precautions
http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/ (http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/)
I once made something similar with a friend of mine who was restoring an old Buick and needed to blast some smaller parts. We found and old fire extinguisher, like a 1960's-1970's model which had a threaded and removable handle/trigger assembly. We filled it about 1/4 with baking soda, and then drilled and tapped a hole just below the trigger valve and installed a schrader valve (yea like a tire valve). Then we just hooked it up to the compressor and filled it up with air. It worked like a champ! only downside was that it ran out very quickly, so definitely for small parts.
I soda blasted a puch moped frame, 20 lbs of soda from hf, got in trouble with the significant other as that much soda killed the grass (2 years ago, still, no grass on 20sqf), clean frame and best weed controll in one
Only thing I dont like about soda is the dust and refilling of my soda blaster every 2 minutes
Quote from: illenium on March 24, 2014, 09:18:26 PM
I soda blasted a puch moped frame, 20 lbs of soda from hf, got in trouble with the significant other as that much soda killed the grass (2 years ago, still, no grass on 20sqf), clean frame and best weed controll in one
Only thing I dont like about soda is the dust and refilling of my soda blaster every 2 minutes
Ha! This.....this is what I warn everybody about when it comes to soda blasting. I have a muddy spot next to the garage still as well.
Quote from: Big Rich on March 25, 2014, 07:39:18 AM
Quote from: illenium on March 24, 2014, 09:18:26 PM
I soda blasted a puch moped frame, 20 lbs of soda from hf, got in trouble with the significant other as that much soda killed the grass (2 years ago, still, no grass on 20sqf), clean frame and best weed controll in one
Only thing I dont like about soda is the dust and refilling of my soda blaster every 2 minutes
Ha! This.....this is what I warn everybody about when it comes to soda blasting. I have a muddy spot next to the garage still as well.
So I can clean my carbs and some other misc stuff and kill the weeds next to my shed I've been fighting with all at once?
Wheres the downside again?
Quote from: kensully on March 25, 2014, 12:42:14 PM
Quote from: Big Rich on March 25, 2014, 07:39:18 AM
Quote from: illenium on March 24, 2014, 09:18:26 PM
I soda blasted a puch moped frame, 20 lbs of soda from hf, got in trouble with the significant other as that much soda killed the grass (2 years ago, still, no grass on 20sqf), clean frame and best weed controll in one
Only thing I dont like about soda is the dust and refilling of my soda blaster every 2 minutes
Ha! This.....this is what I warn everybody about when it comes to soda blasting. I have a muddy spot next to the garage still as well.
So I can clean my carbs and some other misc stuff and kill the weeds next to my shed I've been fighting with all at once?
Wheres the downside again?
you will kill the weeds behind the shed for good and on a windy day maybe even more :icon_mrgreen:
If i had to clean another carp, I would go this route and sip a beer instead of getting soda all over me and in my lungs :cheers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRksbn8T-qU
what the heck..I'll get one of these cleaner now and will post how they work...always wanted one, finally an excuse :woohoo:
that supersonic thing works. i used 50/50 water/simple green, an hour later that carb is pretty clean. only problem is it doesnt
submerge on the harbor freight one, it aint big enough for the gs500 carb, gotta flip them and repeat treatment. Long story short, soda blasting is faster, supersonic is less of a hassle :thumb:
I use the sonic cleaner. It cleans inside the small ports where soda won't.
Sonic also good to clean bullet casings and even your greasy hands.
I'm not sure if you guys have a dollar tree store around but I get the LA totally awesome orange, purple power and general cleaner from there. @ a $1.08 ea no better bang for the buck in my eyes. used to use the cleaners after diluting them and soak parts from carbs and manifolds when working on cars, that stuff works like a champ. little bit of a scrub on grungy oils but otherwise great.