Hello Victor. Thank you for posting a high quality video highlighting how simple this can be. It is very informative, and shows that the simple bucket approach works very effectively and makes the media (grit) change super easy and inexpensive. No complicated bin/filter/recovery systems and the cabinet stays dry between uses so it won't be prone to rusting. Clearly a case of K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) being the best way. Thanks again and keep up the valuable videos!
Thanks for commenting, Imstu 2, I watched a bunch of videos on vapor honing and picked the parts from each that made the most sense to me for keeping it simple to assemble and lowest in cost.
Hello friend, Agreed, my head was spinning with the unnecessary complexity of some designs while researching how I would build mine. There is always room for improvement of my current setup but It's simple enough as is that anyone can put one together. Best of luck with your restoration projects.
Thank you for the demo. I was thinking of a way to put a screen at the bottom of the bucket and put a cut-off valve on the recirculating hose so that you could just switch the recirculating hose off and let the media slowly fall out. Not sure if that would work or not. Would allow you to use a 'clean bucket' to rinse the inside of the cabinet between grits as well. Thanks again for the ideas.
Hi Conradk65, Thank you for commenting. It would be great to figure out a way to get clean water back from the same water & media source. I use a hose that I have close to the cabinet to wash off parts and the inside of the cabinet. Let me know what works for you. Cheers!
I think I'd just buy three Home Depot pails wit the lids for the fine, medium and course material. Store the two with lids on when I'm not using that media. Great video, thanks.
Hello Jesse, Thank you for commenting! The three buckets with lids for media storage and reservoir is a great idea. I'm glad to you were able to extract value for your viewing time. Cheers
Hi Skid Corp, thank you for commenting. The only limiting factor that I've run into using the Harbor Freight cabinet is it's size. very large parts can be tricky to maneuver. I did an intake manifold for 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse in it and it was tight. If your plan is to work on cylinder heads I would look for a bigger cabinet. Everything else pump, bucket, regulator, foot pedal, nozzle, check valve, compressor and related fittings that I use will transfer to a larger cabinet. I'm planning on building a larger cabinet that will fit my 17" wheels tires and all. I'll create a video of it. Best of luck with your build.
What is the media size you are using to clean engine part. ? And 180 to 300 ish ?? Will like to have a shinny finish . Y do have the vapor gun from arnold
Hello Pierre, thank you for commenting. Check out this valve cover video ruclips.net/video/OvEFrWb1PWI/видео.html to see if this is the look you are envisioning. Abrasives used in the video: 80 Grit Glass Bead - www.harborfreight.com/50-lbs-glass-bead-80-grit-abrasive-media-61874.html 170 - 325 US Sieve (extra fine glass bead) - www.grainger.com/product/BALLOTINI-Glass-Beads-Blast-Media-6ZC13 Best of luck with your project!
Hello Michal, Thank you for commenting. This is the exact pedal I use it's part of a bundle that includes an air gun for the Eastwood sand blast cabinet. I had no use for the air gun but needed the air pedal which has a huge orifice and can accept 1/2 inch fittings. www.eastwood.com/eastwood-blast-cabinet-foot-pedal-and-gun.html Best of luck with your setup!
Hello Lane, Thank you for commenting. The glass film is treated with RainX on the inside to make the water bead and roll off. The outside glass that I look through is treated with RainX anti-fog. I also have a shopvac attached to the cabinet to draw out the water mist. If visibility gets real bad I simply reflect some of the blast water using my glove to wash off the glass. It works well for a simple budget hobby shop. If I was going to use it in a commercial setting I would add some kind of a wiper system. Best of luck with your projects!
Hi Bluestripes1, thank you for commenting. I clean out my media when I switch it to a different grit. If you are cleaning a lot of oily parts that oil will float to the top of the water. Oil absorbing sheets will get the oil off the surface of that water. The glass bead media will last a quite awhile if you keep the air pressure below 60 psi. I run my wet dry vacuum without a filter and vent it's exhaust outside. Some of the fine media will end up in the vacuum tank after several hours of blasting. I simply recover that media when it gets to about a cup worth, but it takes days of blasting before I have to do it. I hope I answered your questions clearly. Best of luck!
@@vbared Thanks Victor, If you were going to try to clean up some dirty old aluminum with traces of paint and corrosion in only two steps (changing media only once), what grits would you use?
Hello DreGetBandz, thank you for commenting. The cabinet itself is a standard Harbor Freight 40lb sandblasting unit. To make it suitable for wet blasting it must be sealed properly. I watched all of the Harbor Freight video's from Ray's Garage's channel. He did a great job making these videos. He uses the cabinet for dry blasting but wet will also work. You won't need the metering valve part at all if you are going to use it wet. Links are below. ruclips.net/video/A1dyE3bBG3Y/видео.html ruclips.net/video/79eC5laRQRM/видео.html ruclips.net/video/fw6jUAo29UE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/89d6poWa_64/видео.html Best of luck with your projects!
Hello Yad Style, Thank you for commenting. The following link is to the exact pump I'm using. www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Water-Submersible-Pump-Stainless-Steel-Silver-Clear-Dirty-Pool-Pond-Drain/353072228123?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338718717&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Best of luck with your build!
Hello Brady, thank you for commenting. Pump link: www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Water-Submersible-Pump-Stainless-Steel-Silver-Clear-Dirty-Pool-Pond-Drain/353072228123 Best of luck with your projects!
Hello Indah, thank you for commenting. Follow this link for the exact information for the pump I'm using. www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Submersible-Stainless-Steel-4300GPH-Dirty-Water-Pump-Pool-Pond-Flood-Drain-/353072228123?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
Hello The_fappening2020, Thank you for commenting. I stay around 3 to 3 1/2 cups of media in the 5 gallon bucket. Water is about 3/4 full. If blasting for a long time some of that water will be sucked into the vacuum system. If the bucket gets to about 1/2 full I'll add more water to get back to 3/4 full. Hope I answered your question clearly.
Hello Victor. Thank you for posting a high quality video highlighting how simple this can be. It is very informative, and shows that the simple bucket approach works very effectively and makes the media (grit) change super easy and inexpensive. No complicated bin/filter/recovery systems and the cabinet stays dry between uses so it won't be prone to rusting. Clearly a case of K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) being the best way. Thanks again and keep up the valuable videos!
Thanks for commenting, Imstu 2, I watched a bunch of videos on vapor honing and picked the parts from each that made the most sense to me for keeping it simple to assemble and lowest in cost.
Ive built one of these and your cabinet build it pretty straight forward like mine is. Ive seen quite a few on here that are way over complicated.
Hello friend, Agreed, my head was spinning with the unnecessary complexity of some designs while researching how I would build mine. There is always room for improvement of my current setup but It's simple enough as is that anyone can put one together.
Best of luck with your restoration projects.
Great video, very informative!
Thank you, Edison, more coming soon.
Thank you for the demo. I was thinking of a way to put a screen at the bottom of the bucket and put a cut-off valve on the recirculating hose so that you could just switch the recirculating hose off and let the media slowly fall out. Not sure if that would work or not. Would allow you to use a 'clean bucket' to rinse the inside of the cabinet between grits as well. Thanks again for the ideas.
Hi Conradk65, Thank you for commenting. It would be great to figure out a way to get clean water back from the same water & media source. I use a hose that I have close to the cabinet to wash off parts and the inside of the cabinet. Let me know what works for you.
Cheers!
I think I'd just buy three Home Depot pails wit the lids for the fine, medium and course material. Store the two with lids on when I'm not using that media. Great video, thanks.
Hello Jesse, Thank you for commenting! The three buckets with lids for media storage and reservoir is a great idea.
I'm glad to you were able to extract value for your viewing time.
Cheers
Disregard my previous questions!
Hi Beach&BoardFan, I was going to link this video. I'm glad you found it. Thank you for visiting this channel.
Does the hf cabinet do a good enough job for engine parts? Looking for an adorable setup. 👍
Hi Skid Corp, thank you for commenting. The only limiting factor that I've run into using the Harbor Freight cabinet is it's size. very large parts can be tricky to maneuver. I did an intake manifold for 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse in it and it was tight. If your plan is to work on cylinder heads I would look for a bigger cabinet. Everything else pump, bucket, regulator, foot pedal, nozzle, check valve, compressor and related fittings that I use will transfer to a larger cabinet.
I'm planning on building a larger cabinet that will fit my 17" wheels tires and all. I'll create a video of it.
Best of luck with your build.
What is the media size you are using to clean engine part. ? And 180 to 300 ish ?? Will like to have a shinny finish . Y do have the vapor gun from arnold
Hello Pierre, thank you for commenting. Check out this valve cover video ruclips.net/video/OvEFrWb1PWI/видео.html to see if this is the look you are envisioning.
Abrasives used in the video:
80 Grit Glass Bead - www.harborfreight.com/50-lbs-glass-bead-80-grit-abrasive-media-61874.html
170 - 325 US Sieve (extra fine glass bead) - www.grainger.com/product/BALLOTINI-Glass-Beads-Blast-Media-6ZC13
Best of luck with your project!
What kind of pneumatic air pedal do you have. Most of amazon ones are 1/4 but they say holes are a lot smaller and not good for vapor blasting. Thanks
Hello Michal, Thank you for commenting. This is the exact pedal I use it's part of a bundle that includes an air gun for the Eastwood sand blast cabinet. I had no use for the air gun but needed the air pedal which has a huge orifice and can accept 1/2 inch fittings.
www.eastwood.com/eastwood-blast-cabinet-foot-pedal-and-gun.html
Best of luck with your setup!
@@vbared make sense. Thank you
What do you use to keep the glass clean and visible
Hello Lane, Thank you for commenting. The glass film is treated with RainX on the inside to make the water bead and roll off. The outside glass that I look through is treated with RainX anti-fog. I also have a shopvac attached to the cabinet to draw out the water mist. If visibility gets real bad I simply reflect some of the blast water using my glove to wash off the glass. It works well for a simple budget hobby shop. If I was going to use it in a commercial setting I would add some kind of a wiper system.
Best of luck with your projects!
How long does the media last? is there a point where it gets too dirty and you must clean it? Or just clean when switching media?
Hi Bluestripes1, thank you for commenting. I clean out my media when I switch it to a different grit. If you are cleaning a lot of oily parts that oil will float to the top of the water. Oil absorbing sheets will get the oil off the surface of that water. The glass bead media will last a quite awhile if you keep the air pressure below 60 psi. I run my wet dry vacuum without a filter and vent it's exhaust outside. Some of the fine media will end up in the vacuum tank after several hours of blasting. I simply recover that media when it gets to about a cup worth, but it takes days of blasting before I have to do it.
I hope I answered your questions clearly.
Best of luck!
@@vbared Thanks Victor,
If you were going to try to clean up some dirty old aluminum with traces of paint and corrosion in only two steps (changing media only once), what grits would you use?
Do you have a video on how you made the vapor blaster cabinet?
Hello DreGetBandz, thank you for commenting. The cabinet itself is a standard Harbor Freight 40lb sandblasting unit. To make it suitable for wet blasting it must be sealed properly. I watched all of the Harbor Freight video's from Ray's Garage's channel. He did a great job making these videos. He uses the cabinet for dry blasting but wet will also work. You won't need the metering valve part at all if you are going to use it wet.
Links are below.
ruclips.net/video/A1dyE3bBG3Y/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/79eC5laRQRM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/fw6jUAo29UE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/89d6poWa_64/видео.html
Best of luck with your projects!
What kind of pump your using?
Hello Yad Style, Thank you for commenting. The following link is to the exact pump I'm using.
www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Water-Submersible-Pump-Stainless-Steel-Silver-Clear-Dirty-Pool-Pond-Drain/353072228123?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338718717&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Best of luck with your build!
where did you buy the pump?
Hello Brady, thank you for commenting.
Pump link: www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Water-Submersible-Pump-Stainless-Steel-Silver-Clear-Dirty-Pool-Pond-Drain/353072228123
Best of luck with your projects!
What model n code for water pump?
Hello Indah, thank you for commenting. Follow this link for the exact information for the pump I'm using.
www.ebay.com/itm/1-5HP-Submersible-Stainless-Steel-4300GPH-Dirty-Water-Pump-Pool-Pond-Flood-Drain-/353072228123?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
What ratio media to water you use ?
Hello The_fappening2020,
Thank you for commenting. I stay around 3 to 3 1/2 cups of media in the 5 gallon bucket. Water is about 3/4 full. If blasting for a long time some of that water will be sucked into the vacuum system. If the bucket gets to about 1/2 full I'll add more water to get back to 3/4 full.
Hope I answered your question clearly.
@@vbared for sure. I need to convert all this to metric but this answers the question more than enough. Happy blasting