Sandblasting.....Raleigh area

etjeep

etjeep

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Where do you take something that needs sandblasting in the Raleigh area?

The something I have is AMC exhaust manifolds. No flaking, just as nice coat of rust but they have too many nooks and crannies to wire brush. I plan to paint them.
 
Thats very cool. To be honest, I'd like to wait and see if anyone who knows a place a little closer to the Raleigh area posts up. Thanks.
 
i worked at a paint/powder coat shop for a little while a few summers back and they would do sandblasting. i'm not even sure if they're still in business but it's called top-coat inc. and it's off glenwood ave. going out towards airport area. if you're coming out of raleigh you would turn right where that biker's blvd. place is
 
OK, I know where the bike shop is. Have to keep my eyes open for paint shop. Thanks. I work fairly close to there.
 
you can buy a sandblaster gun w/ a nozzle and pickup hose @ wal mart for $15, its good for little things like you're doing. Just wear heavy clothes, gloves, and a motocycle helmet
 
If you feel like making a trip to WF. Your welcome to use my sand blasting cabinet. Swing by Northern Tool and grab a bag of black abrasive media and a 6 pack of beer and have at it...

Just have to listen to my air compressor and vacume run....
 
Thanks Mike and everyone who responded. I think I have someone who I will be endebted to for helping me out on this one. I'll let you know if things change.
 
Flipper said:
you can buy a sandblaster gun w/ a nozzle and pickup hose @ wal mart for $15, its good for little things like you're doing. Just wear heavy clothes, gloves, and a motocycle helmet
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Good well intentioned point. I probably would not want to do this without an enclosure, but the thought is good. $15 isn't bad price for something that you might use occassionally. The cheap cabinets at Northern were like $150. Lets say you could make one out of plywood (say a $30 sheet) and some plexy ($20), cut some holes and use welding gloves, your still talking $65 plus media. Then again, its probly like most other tool justificatiions, you would use it more if you had it handy.
 
Hey,

it sounds like you may have a source lined up but i thought i'd mention the shop i work at has a sandblasting cabinet. would be glad to help ya out. we're just off of glenwood, by carmax.

Global Performance Motorsports
8628 Barefoot Industrial Rd
Raleigh, NC 27617
(919)-784-0411

happy trails,
bigmac
 
Big mac and everyone thanks. I just took it to Carquest on Germantown road in Raleigh. I had 4 of the hollow air injection bolts broken off in the cast iron manifold (2 that were just plugged for the longest time and 2 that I freshly twisted off this weekend). I needed a machine shop to drill them out, so I just had them blasted while there and it was only $20. They came out real shiny! Just need to put some paint on um (starting new thread for Manifold paint)
 
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