RE: Media blaster troubleshooting

[Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx>]

what donnie said about the tube being clogged is what i'm thinking. good luck,  jeff











--- On Sun, 7/18/10, Don Owen <d4owe9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Don Owen <d4owe9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Media blaster troubleshooting
> To: "Mopar Discussion Group" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 6:51 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Butch: I have a TIP unit that works pretty well, most of
> the time. Nevertheless, these
> 
> things are tempermental as H, that's for sure. See if you
> have some water in your air drier unit.
> 
> Moisture is enemy number one, for sure. You sure have
> enough pressure. How about the tip? The opening
> 
> may be too large or oblong and that can reduce pressure and
> spread out the spray too much.
> 
> Put a tennis ball in there and press the tip against it for
> a few bursts...that often clears out 
> 
> clogging and gets you going again (for awhile). If your
> media is too dirty, full of rust and scale, or
> 
> Heaven forbid, has some grease or oil in it, then your day
> is done for sure. You may want to change it which would also
> address moisture issues.
> 
> If you remove all the media, might as well take a second
> air line, remove the tip, and blow out the feed hose
> 
> in reverse. There may be something hung up in there.
> 
>  
> 
> The bottom line is, one thing may work one day, and not at
> all on the next day!
> 
> Best of Luck,
> 
> Donny, 64 Belvedere.
>  
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > From: waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Media blaster troubleshooting
> > Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:30:26 -0700
> > 
> > 
> > I bought a Northern Tool Media blast cabinet some
> months ago. It is way
> > smarter than me and it hurts to say you've been
> outsmarted by sand and
> > compressed air!. I have a large snap-on 7 HP 175 PSI
> 80 gallon compressor so
> > think I should have enough air. I'm trying to use 70
> grit aluminum oxide to
> > clean some wheels. The thing barely draws for awhile,
> then it will work like
> > magic for a couple of minutes, then back to nothing or
> next to nothing. I've
> > tried changing guns, running the media pickup tube in
> and out of the media.
> > Nothing seems to work for more than a couple of
> minutes. I have an air dryer
> > in line with the media cabinet.
> > 
> > If you've had some lessons learned with these things,
> please tell me what
> > you've found out through your use. This thing could
> easily end up in the
> > scrap yard, but I think it's probably something I'm
> just not understanding
> > about how to use it.
> > 
> > Thanks for any help. /Butch/ Ferndale, WA
> > 
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