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  1. 12th February 2007, 03:27 PM #1
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    Sandblaster sand and grit Where do you get it

    Ok i have a sandblaster and ready to sand down my white eight spokes and my trailer ready for painting. But i have a problem . Where do you get the sand for the sandblaster,
    I am in Cleveland , Brisbane and can't find any tool shop that does it.
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    Have a look at

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    wrong side of brissy mr ladas :P
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    The beach??
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    wrong side of brissy mr ladas :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigJon View Post
    The beach??

    i thought that and was on the way to pick so up when someone pointed out that it has to be finer than that .
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    you should be able to buy bags of garnet from hadware or tool supply places i would have thought...
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    Do not under any circumstances use beach sand in a sand blaster. This presents serious health risks to both the operator and anyone in the area. Beach sand (in Australia anyway) is almost always silica. When it impacts with the work or the nozzle at high speed very small pieces of all sizes break off, and if breathed in they can lodge in the lungs and cause the disease known as silicosis, which is progressive and eventually fatal. Beach sand itself is safe because it is in too large a grains to get anywhere near the lungs. The problem is largely the chemical composition - most other materials either dissolve into the bloodstream or are inert, and although these can cause problems if you breath enough, but silica does not dissolve but does cause scarring of the lung tissue which continues to increase over time without any more silica getting in. It is only particles in a certain size range that are a problem - smaller they just pass straight into the blood, larger they don't get as far as the lungs, and and you cough them up.

    I have found you can get safe grit (of various types) for sandblasting from tool hire places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    I have found you can get safe grit (of various types) for sandblasting from tool hire places.

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    Have one of them around the corner from me so will go and ask
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    Isnt it called media blasting now? I thought the moved away from sand to something else
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