How to build a cheap soda blaster

[72 327]

Was wandering on the net and found this. Pretty cool Idea for small projects and it's cheap. From a VW guy a complete how to.

 

Soad Blaster

[LAYEDOUTB2K]

That is so awesome. Thanks for the link, I'm probably going to head to Home Depot after work now. I wonder what other material that media works on without damaging the finish. I have a bunch of overspray on a plastic bed liner that I may give it a try on.

[freaky510]

I would use heat srink instead of tape

 

http://www.screamandfly.com/home/hull_tech/wiring_6.6.2004/images/009.jpg

[Phixius]

I would use heat srink instead of tape

 

http://www.screamandfly.com/home/hull_tech/wiring_6.6.2004/images/009.jpg

 

Damn mister money bags, might as well go just buy a soda blaster. :P as for me, I just might find a vine from the back yard to wrap around the tube. :D im cheap....... ;) even tape is to expensive for me :cool:

[moparvwfreak]

thats cool! i might just have to build one of those.

[johny5]

that also works good for syphing fuel

[LAYEDOUTB2K]

I tried it tonight bu Lowes only had 3/8s ID tubing so it didn't work too well. There wasn't a clear enough opeing so it was clogging up. I'm going to try another place to get some tubing and report tomorrow evening on my result with pics hopefully.

[freaky510]

Damn mister money bags, might as well go just buy a soda blaster. :P as for me, I just might find a vine from the back yard to wrap around the tube. :D im cheap....... ;) even tape is to expensive for me :cool:

harbor freight 1.00 :P

[Skib]

neat :lol: that would come in handy cleaning heads

[rzrdisco]

Be sure if you plan on painting the surface after soda blasting you thoroughly clean the surface because the baking soda will prevent any adhesion.

[rzrdisco]

I know a lot of people enjoy pictures... so here's some of the soda blasting I did. Though, I didn't use this DIY soda blaster. Instead I put baking soda in my sand blast and worked great.

 

As you can see, it didn't take off the cad plating unlike normal media. And it sure did clean up that grimy, thick coating of oil residue on the inside of the timing cover. A lot cheaper than hot tanking it, too!

[datzenmike]

What about anything else that's 'gritty'? Corn meal maybe. Build a small cabinet and collect and reuse it.

[rzrdisco]

What about anything else that's 'gritty'? Corn meal maybe. Build a small cabinet and collect and reuse it.

Not sure of the extent of the DIY blaster, but in my sand blaster I run playground sand from Home Depot (5.xx per bag, 50lbs) and it's pretty coarse. It'll take rust off and give a heavier blasted texture. Really cheap for it's quantity so I haven't put effort into collecting the sand.

On another note, the baking soda groups itself really easy and often do I find myself shaking my hopper to keep the suction going. A home made auger type device or agitator in the hopper would really help with keeping the flow steady.

[OpelWagenGT]

Thanks for sharing man! I love DIYs like this and I think that my carb could use it.

 

[Guest Rick-rat]

I made a soda blaster today, worked pretty good and then started getting plugged up,figured out that I need a water seperator on my air line and it will work better

[Guest DatsuNoob]

I just bought an air separator, I'll have to get the rest of the stuff and give it a go. Good to hear it actually works :D

[jsvteck]

lol cool :D

[Grey_Matter]

AWESOME FRICKEN FIND!!!!!!!!!

 

i was wondering how i could clean my fuel distributor (on my jetta) to get it looking new again. i will be doing this in the very near future

[TheProcess]

definitely will try!!

[Nicholas7620]

Would this work as a sand blaster, has anyone tried? :unsure:

[metalmonkey47]

Would this work as a sand blaster, has anyone tried? :unsure:

 

I use my sand blaster as a soda blaster, so why not? lol

 

You might need a bigger pickup hose though.

[crackerjack69]

Just tried this, and it's AWESOME!!! So awesome in fact... I may need to figure out a blasting cabinet type deal, ollz. The contents of my garage, including myself, are all very white :D

[vex210]

I try it too, but fuck a came out like looking like ashy larry.

[Boaty]

Man, this just made my effing day.

I wonder how well it works on corroded aluminum... I doubt it'll take ALL of it off but I'm hoping.

 

You should post a pic of your work!

Pics or LIES!

[merlin]

so i hacked off a small section of blaster hose and did a little soda blasting today...

 

 

i've also used a shutz gun and an old 1 quart undercoating can.. it works even better.

 

Dizzy before and after

 

 

 

engine before

 

 

after