Well I'm on a b**ch session here, I've been trying to sandblast my control arms and springs and sway bar and a couple other little things and I've tried 2 different goggles that suck! I spent $10 on one and $2 on the other. The $10 is supposedly scratchproof/fogproof but that's a lie if I ever did hear one. I can't see outta these things cause they fog so bad. I'd have to wipe em out every 10mins or less. Any solution?

Would a sandblasting shop carry better goggles or full face mask? If I don't use a dust mask I they don't fog but I did that for an hour and regretted it the next day.
Thanks for any insight or help...

This my sound funny, but try anti-fog from rain-x it works in sandblasting hoods should do the trick for goggles to.

Try a full face shield. It will help keep you from eating sand. Welding shops will have them.

You can also use an arc/mig welding helmet with a clear lens.

The problem with both of these is that if you are doing a lot of work the sand will form on your head and dribble down your face.

There are hoods that are canvas and have a small viewing window. Nice to keep you clean but warm in the summer.

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what I ended up doing is getting a full face shield and covering the front with clear shelf paper (I think I actually used clear packing tape) to cover the lense in strips so that I could peel one off if it became to hard to see out of (kinda like we do on our race car windshield). I also wear a ban-dana over the dust mask to help keep it from fogging up.
I have tried a full hood but it gets far to hot to use for any length of time.

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TONY
67 CAMARO R/S CLONE, 355/turbo 350, 200hp NOS,12 bolt,etc...

I bought one of those plastic storage bins, the largest one I could find, that you use to store all your crap in. It's almost clear so more light gets in, and the top is clear. I cut two small holes in the side just big enough to get my hands and the gun inside and cut a clear piece of lexan to replace the top.
The lexan is going to get trashed sooner or later so I'll need to replace it again. But this worked for me on parts as big as a wheel and even the steering column.

I know.... cheap and nasty but it works, keeps the yard/driveway clean and only cost me about $15 total.



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Joe
HwyStar@Rochester.rr.com
'97 Blazer
'69 former basket-case

I like Joe's idea. The neighbor's probably think I'm an alien from outerspace when I put my sandblasting attire on. Do you know where I can get a tub big enough to put my whole car in? Just kidding. but I'll be buying a clear tub to do the small stuff. Thanks for the idea.

All right Joe!!! Ingenious...

I'd still have to do the sway bar in the backyard but it's a good idea! Too bad, I don't think they make clear ones 4 foot long.

Maybe I'll even glue plastic shoulder gloves to the holes like they use for glass blasting and drill out a couple holes for the hoses.

I think a blasting cabinent would be ideal for all this type of work. I recently finished my front end. I did all the work on my Eastwood bench top unit. It works excellant.
My brother used it to blast his Porsche914 rims in it.
I am thinkings of fabricating an addition to blast larger pieces.

CAUTION!! You really NEED a respirator or mask of some sort. A hazard of sandblasting is something called "SILICA POISONING" if you breath enough sand dust.

Call me retarded, but I thought that sandblasters were in contained areas, like a parts bin or somthing where you stuck your hands through gloves and grabbed the sandblaster, at least thats what we have at the shop at my work. but I dont think its sand, they have silica glass beads and other media to chose from.

Jeeeeepers YES!!! YOU NEED TO WEAR A MASK!!!

Aside from the silica, there is a good chance over the course of a resto you will be blasting something that when put into the air and inhaled, will kill you. Some stuff can do it in short order.

Call Sears and order their Special Automotive catalog. When it comes in, get a pal with a power miter saw and a table saw and build a blasting cabinet for yourself. This is the coolest damn thing in the world for the small stuff. You can also re-use your materials, (glass bead, crushed walnut...) The work that you are doing right now should be done with glass bead, in a perfect world.

For big ugly outside work, use the regular blaster. Get the hood that has tear-offs. Some hoods have a little batt.operated fan in them too. Sounds kinda crazy until you've been under the hood for a while in the heat.

Note: Use the blaster outside if there is no danger from the materials you are striping off. Also, if that is the case, go to Home Depot and get clean sand. The stuff that your kids would play with in a sand box. It's cheap and it is natural. When you see it in your yard, it's just sand. Not crushed walnut, glass bead, or Black Magic. It's just sand.

If you take any advice, please where a mask. I'd like to hear about your resto work in future years.


Rick O'Loughlin
Amherst, NH
'69 RS-SS

My Mark I blasting cabinet was a very large cardboard box, lined with thick plastic sheeting. I used masking tape to seal it and make the top flip up. Taped a piece of window pane glass in the lid. Made some holes to get my hands in. Took a spare camaro blower motor with cage and made a little box (like a squirlcage), ran it off a 12v batt and I was good to go. I used a regular Sears blaster and a 5 gal spackle container to screen and reuse media.

Worked great for many years, had to replace the glass and retape some seams. The blower worked well to reduce the dust in the box. You can use some of the wife's old pantyhose to filter the dust.

It bit the dust when I had to move (twice) and the cardboard got a little damp from the basement.

I plan to build a Mark II out of plywood and 2X4s, but I'll still use the window pane and the Camaro blower motor!

Kevin

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69' SS-350 ragtop, M20, 3.55 posi. Totally Disassembled & in boxes (I'm working on it!)
69' Hugger Orange Z-21 ragtop 327/PG, Driver

I wear one of those cheap masks you get in the paint department at Home Depot, and that's where I get the sand also. It's clean and real fine. The tub thing works good for some stuff but now I want a bigger one, so I'm just gonna do a plywood unit with the little blower on it next time. It's cheap.



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Joe
HwyStar@Rochester.rr.com
'97 Blazer
'69 former basket-case

I WAS USING A MASK!...LoL...you think I'm a lunatic?...well sometimes I guess. I was trying to stop the goggles from fogging every 5 mins but after a half hour with just my hand covering my mouth, hurt my lungs! I do have a painters dust mask. And wouldn't do it without after that!

About a blower motor 'n' blasting box, try hooking up a shopvac to the upper part to suck out the dust.
Wouldn't the blasting mess up plate glass pretty bad though? Or is it pretty scratch free?

The plate glass was on the top looking down, so the glass was hit on the rebound. It did fog over time, but I just got another piece. I had a bunch of old storm window glass laying around. Kevin

Harbor freight sells a sand blasting hood which goes over an included hardhat. The hardhat gives you some air space and there are vent holes built into it.
There is a plastic window to see out of and it's just a flat plastic piece you can change easily.
You could T your air hose off and supply a little air into the hood for more ventilation. I'd filter it though.
David

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67Stock,

Sorry, didn't mean to imply you were a chowder head. I was concerned with your immediate health, not wordsmithing.

Rick
'69 RS-SS


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No worries Scoop I am a chowderhead. My lungs do hurt, feels like I took up smoking again. And I did wear one of those dust masks but i don't think they do a very good job.

Thank God I'm done though!

[This message has been edited by 67stock (edited 04-02-2001).]