[Heathkit] Bead Blasting

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Fri Nov 20 22:17:26 EST 2009


On some of those Heath cabinets the paint will pull off in sheets.


Steve WD8DAS

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Kuhn <BKuhn at kuhngroup.com>
To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 12:46 pm
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Bead Blasting



These seem like pretty complicated ways to do this.

The cases aren't THAT big :)

An electric sander or plain old sandpaper and a little elbow grease out 
to do
the job in a jiffy (depending on your definition of a 'jiffy').

73 DE NO0OO
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From: heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Gary
Sent: Fri 11/20/2009 12:35 PM
To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Bead Blasting



I use glass beads all the time in my work BUT........the secret is to 
run
low air pressure (60LBS) and don't hold the blast nozzle in one place 
for a
long time. As Carl had mentioned, walnut shells work good but they do 
leave
a rougher surface than glass beads.
Have a good weekend.
Gary...WZ1M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
To: "John Hensley" <w5jv at hotmail.com>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Bead Blasting


>I wouldnt bead blast any thin sheet.aluminum. Crushed walnut shells is 
a
> milder media that works well and is readily available at low cost.
>
> The chemical strippers rarely get into the perforations completely and
> leave
> behind a ragged mess. Finish off with lacquer thinner and a small 
file to
> clean the holes.
>
> Then rinse completely with lacquer thinner, wipe down with a clean 
rag,
> keep
> your cotton picking fingers off the metal, spray a thin coat of self
> etching
> primer, and your top coat of choice.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hensley" <w5jv at hotmail.com>
> To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Bead Blasting
>
>
>>
>> You have to be careful here, particularly with perforated (sp?)metal 
as
>> the blasting may "peen" the sheet surface causingwaves & distortion.
>> Good
>> question for the list though.------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:21 -0500
>> From: "Walt - WB2VSJ" <wb2vsj at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [Heathkit] Bead Blasting
>> To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <E1NBNp2-0007B4-Ab at elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Has anyone tried bead blasting a Heath SB series cabinet to remove 
the
>> old
>> paint? I have a SB-101, SB-610 and a SB-600 cabinet that have seen 
better
>> days paint-wise. Rather than sand these by hand I was thinking of 
getting
>> a
>> small bead blaster gun from Harbor Freight and trying that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Walt - WB2VSJ
>>
>>
>>
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