Thread: Cheap tools that work well, what have you got ?

Originally Posted by rijidij

We all know there's a lot of crappy cheap rubbish when it comes to tools, but occasionally you get something cheap that actually works well.
I'm not talking about things that need to be good quality, such as a torque wrench for example, more about tools that are non critical, or a bit of a gimmick.

Here's a few I've tried lately....................

This is an attachment for a pressure washer that mixes sand, or other blasting media, with the water to make it abrasive.


Wet Blaster

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I found it works really well on alloy parts because it's not too aggressive.
Before blasting this side cover plate looked the same as the gearbox that it's sitting on.
It only took a few minutes to get it looking like this.
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Works well on surface rust.
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It didn't do as well with the paint on this Defender panel,
it took a few minutes to do just this small patch back to bare metal.
But, I reckon with a better quality blasting media it would work better.
I was just using some brickie sand that I had. I sifted it through some fly wire.
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It used quite a bit of sand, so I installed a valve to regulate the flow.
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You should never use silica sand - i.e. brickies sand as a blasting medium (unless using water as the carrier not air). It is a very effective way of getting silicosis with even short term exposure for both the operator and anyone downwind. Silicosis is a form of permanent lung damage that is progressive and fatal.

Originally Posted by bsperka

I use a cheap obd tool to clear the 3 amigos when they appear. So not completely incompatible.

Which app do you use?