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Budget Soda Blaster
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1980 (mostly) KZ1000
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Brown Bear wrote: cgi.ebay.co.uk/ECOSTRIP-SODIUM-BICARBONA...&hash=item53e3ba3efa
i found this. taken a while. if i got to machine mart and that its more money and u get less in amount for blasting material..
will this do for the carbs and so on.
You really don't need that much, that's why I never bought a 25# bag and only use the large boxes from the grocery store. I've bought maybe 6 large boxes and did a complete 1994 KX250 (engine, carb, forks, calipers, hubs, shock, any other aluminum bracket or part) and went over the engine in my Z. I still have 1 1/2 boxes left. One box is like $3. The main thing is the parts is free of grease/dirt and is as clean as it can get. The soda will just refinish and remove stains, not clean.
1975 Z1 900
1994 KX250 Supermoto
2004 KX125
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I think you just explained why I wasn't impressed with my attempt at soda blasting. I thought it was an "all in one" cleanup type tool. Whenever I see a home made soda blaster being shown on any forum, you usually see 2 or 3 pics showing what the part looked like before, after, and the blaster itself. They always leave out the part about pre-cleaning...
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'74 CB750
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Thanks!
1983 GPz 550
1985 Honda CH150 Scooter
1995 Suzuki GS500E
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Pros:
- Coarser than baking soda
- Crystals are stronger I believe
- Sugar is cheaper then baking soda
- Technically you could recover the sugar by dissolving it in water, straining out the paint and rust and recrystallising the sugar
- Minimal residue on the parts (solubility of baking soda is about 96g/L at 20degC, sugar is way up at 2000g/L)
- No toxicity or silicosis risks
Cons:
- Any moisture in your air supply will quickly gum up the system (but if using the plastic-tube-DIY blaster, this shouldn't be a problem to clean)
- Fine sugar everywhere if you don't contain it ... sticky, ants, etc. etc.
So what do you all think ... am I really THAT crazy?
1983 GPz 550
1985 Honda CH150 Scooter
1995 Suzuki GS500E
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The idea behind using soda is to restore, not resurface parts. Be my guest if you want to recover it, IMO the wind and rain take care of that.
1975 Z1 900
1994 KX250 Supermoto
2004 KX125
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Current project 76 KZ900 (This was a Vetter model)
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81 XJ550H SECA (Current Project)
82 XJ550R SECA
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Item #12499 Z
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1980 LTD (changed over the years), 1979 LTD (being rebuilt), 1977 KZ turbo and various KZ's in various states of build. KLX110
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Current project 76 KZ900 (This was a Vetter model)
76 KZ900
81 XJ550H SECA (Current Project)
82 XJ550R SECA
Past:
86 FJ1200
74 Z1900
72 CB450
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