Re: Soda blasting

Posted by sgtslag on
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Put my new Blaster Gun to the test, this afternoon.  It removed surface rust, grime, grease, oxidation, and other crud from my Honda.  I went through a 2 lb. box of Arm & Hammer baking soda, but it did an amazing job on cleaning up my bike.  Can't wait until tomorrow, to try it out on my Voyager's grimy rims.  It did not, however, clean up the spokes, as I had hoped.

The small blaster gun I bought, has a reservoir which empties out within 60 seconds of use, but it was only $20.  The large, 25 lb. capacity soda blaster gun, costs $150.  Considering how little I will be using it, I think I will be satisfied with my limited investment.

I guess if you have an air compressor already, I would recommend you try the $20 gun, plus accessories for around $10, to try it out.  After that, proceed as you see fit. It really cleans up a bike, quickly, and easily.  My bike was mostly white, of course, afterwards.  I washed and dried it after I was done blasting it.  The chrome exhaust pipes really shone when they were dried.  I had melted a shoe sole onto the top, right, exhaust pipe, and washing did nothing to remove it.  The baking soda blasting removed upwards of 95% of the shoe sole!  It removed rust spots, all over the bike.  It really made it look great!  The curb appeal went way up, having removed a lot of minor crud all over the bike.  Cheers!