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Ive been using #2 quartz for years... but now the silica is known for respiratory problems so they put a warning statement on the bag but continue to sell it for sandblasting. I found some Garnet abrasive that they are sampling for me but Id need to find a supplier if I like it. Keith > On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 21:46, Keith Park wrote: > > Had a blast today.... sandblasted the Crates whole engine compartment! All > > day with my little syphon blaster... Nuts! its done though and the rear > > apron does indeed look like Swiss cheeze. I was thinking of mig welding > > them up but having a neophyte welder fill in all those holes on such thin > > metal... well you get the picture, and isnt a good one! Im thinking of a > > repair that is less invasive but should be just as permanent. I wont get > > into it till I know it works but if you know me... it involves RTV! > > Ill put more pictures up soon... the new bumper mount sections are > > welded in place (thanks to Neil Mast and his Pink light saber (aka. > > sawzall))!! When replacing rusty sections its a godsend to have good > > replacements! BTW... is mig welding supposed to be this easy and fast? > > Granted my welds wont win any beauty awards yet but WOW! IF its this easy > > to weld up a car... and its easy to cut one up.... > > > > Oh Boy! I better turn some more lights on in the garage! > > > > Keith > > > > BTW... does everybody elses sandblasting sand say "Dont use for > > Sandblasting"? > > > My sand blasting sand came from my local DIY store, and is know as > "Fine" plaster sand. $1.98 for 40 lbs. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > '05 KIA Sorento SUV > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >