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  • just like windows paint shop!

  • OK, How about $10,000

  • so just regular baking soda or treated?

  • This monster Soda Blaster is 4 sale. Excellent condition, low hours and impeccably maintained. Owner has decided to retire. 25k or best reasonable cash offer. You pick it up or pay shipping cost.  Includes all safety equipment, hoses, nozzles etc. A turn-key money maker with broad applications and environmentally GREEN. serious offers only please. sean @ 727-793-7311

  • @sodatec

    i heard sandblasting dangerous. so i wanted to ask you if using baking soda is safe? just asking cause i dont want to use sand

  • In the Detroit area, Jax Enter-Prizing can help you with your Soda Blasting needs. If you want just the media, I am the only supplier in this area to date. Ordering from any place else you pay high shipping cost. $35.00 per #50 bag is the cost from me and drive away! Call "JACK" 734-334-6828

  • sodatec, I use Natrium 260 soda on all my jobs, and it is probably the most common soda sold. I also know that is what you used here.  Don't be so fast to put everyone else down. First off the reason your getting the cutting action you are is because your blasting at 150 psi, OMG. you won't be doing boats for long thats for sure, you are still doing way to much damage to the gel coat. you should only be at or around 75 psi to do these jobs properly. Thats why your not doing this full time.

  • Actually tattwd, not every coating is the same. Blasting gelcoat substrate is not a "one pressure fits all" proposition. I blasted this boat as you can clearly see and OMG, I didn't put even the slightest etch on the gelcoat! That's because I've done so many boats that I actually know what I'm doing! In fact, this boat didn't get repainted. The owner wanted it returned to the original gelcoat finish. Which is exactly what this blast produced.

  • The art of sodablasting is more about blast stream management. It sounds like you prefer to blast in a pressure range where you feel comfortable. There's nothing wrong with that. I followed that mantra on my first 100 boat jobs. I'm not putting anyone else down. I'm simply pointing out the misrepresentations and misconceptions in the industry. I'm sorry that offends you.

  • Fiberglass hulls often end up water logged because owners opt for the cheapest bottom job methods. Water intrusion begins and migrates from tiny fractures invisible to the naked eye or larger unprotected areas. Water blisters start out small and grow with time. They are multiple delaminations that compromise hull integrity. The only method that detects water intrusion early is dry soda blasting.

  • Continued from hulls comment...

    The non-destructive low pressure blast stream literally vacuums water (if present) from microfissures, creating momentary cake dimples. This alerts the blasting technician to the presence of water in the fiberglass matting below the gelcoat, a serious composite structural integrity issue. Simple and affordable actions can then be taken to prevent hull deterioration, extend hull, extend bottom job life and save the owner from catastrophic expenses.

  • I'm in Pinellas County Florida. I know I've got the best prices in the South Eastern U.S. I can also assert that my enhanced SodaWorks System will outperform any system in the world hands down. The modifications I made to the dryer package created a soda blasting monster. I no longer soda last full time. I take select jobs by appointment. If you want the best results and prices, call me @ 727-793-7311

  • do you get diffrent mesh sizes in soda??your cutting speed faster than the other vid's for sure,and does this reprofile corrosion in steel??

  • It's 260. I could actually get a faster cutting speed with 300. The difference you're seeing is the soda is TRUELY pure. No flow additives. This is possible because I use a 900 cfm dryer package. Dry soda cuts better. I bought a great design and improved it. Most soda blasters claim to use pure soda but they don't, because their system has dryer limitations. In fact, most don't even know they're not using pure soda thanks to marketing b.s.

  • Be very interested to know the size of compressor and the flow rates of the soda to produce this result, very impressive.

  • 210H Sullair. 150PSI @ 210 CFM. The key is to use completely dry air and PURE soda. Natrium soda is the only PURE soda. The rest are doped up with moisture compensating flow additives. But they either try to deny that fact or sell it as a benefit. Many will say that wet blasting is the way. As you can see, pure and dry is better. There are only very special cases where I atomize H2O into the blast stream.

  • You would be better off to use an air fed hood for protection if you do this type of work regularly, also try using a water injection nozzle it's much better for the environment and operator.

  • That was a 20 minute blast, miles from any water source. When I blast inside a tented boat I wear a NOVA 2000 supported by a clean air source. None of the blast dust leaves the tented area. 100% capture rate. Most of my jobs are done this way. This blast was located far enough from the water to use it as a video example. It was a special case. Thank you for your suggestions.

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  • Aus,

    This job was miles from any watershed. I tent all jobs near water to capture and properly dispose of paint dust. Your comments are dead on.

  • It's truly an amazing process. It's nice to see him wearing a respirator unlike some OTHER soda blasting folks on youtube. I would use his services any day, It looks impressive!

  • Thanks lava!

  • Futz, I'm wearing excellent Hi-Tec hearing protection. MasterD, Sand (highly abrasive) vs. Soda (non-abrasive). Baking soda crystals under a microscope would appear to be tiny shards of glass that make up very uniform crystals. With a Mohs hardness of +/- 2.4, and friable, they explode against the surface. This causes the tiny crystal facets to rip 90 degrees across the surface/360 degree pattern. Removes coatings sans harming the substrate, if substrate is harder than mohs 2.4.

  • Sand is mohs 7.8, eats even steel substrate and generates warping heat. Care must be taken whenever using an abrasive harder than a substrate because of the destructive potential. Every media has an ideal use. Soda blasting is the most universal media, is environmentally friendly and non-toxic. "Pure soda" is water soluble and cleans up easily.

  • Whats the differnce from a sandblast and a soda blast?

  • No hearing protection...in a few years you'll wish you had thought of that and you'll be saying 'eh? .....what??'

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