Bead Blasting / Sand blasting Info Needed

Jim McLaughlin

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Mar 27, 2003, 5:27:48 PM3/27/03

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I have a wrought iron planter stand that has been out on a covered
walkway / porch too long.

Its about 3 feet high and maybe 18 - 20 inches diameter.

It needs some rust removal in areas that I can't get a wire brush / wheel
into.

Anybody have a bead blaster or lead on one? Any ideas on an
inexpensive repeat inexpensive commercial shop?

Thanks.

bras...@despammed.com

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Mar 27, 2003, 11:27:54 PM3/27/03

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In article <EVKga.232386$L1.47685@sccrnsc02>, "Jim McLaughlin"
<jimmcl...@attbi.com> wrote:

> I have a wrought iron planter stand that has been out on a covered
> walkway / porch too long.
>
> Its about 3 feet high and maybe 18 - 20 inches diameter.

If you want to make sure that this never becomes an issue again within
your lifetime, I suggest maybe talking to the people at Portland Powder
Coating / Kustom Koat (they go by both names - not sure what's up there).

They have a sand blasting booth, and are able to do other treatments, but
as a preparation for powder coating. This is a type of colored finish
where they spray on a film of plastic powder and then bake it until it
melts together. In many cases this can be a superior finish to painting,
and in some cases cheaper because good paints are expensive and take a lot
of preparation work, plus require expensive ventilation, plus have a
limited shelf life, etc. None of that is a problem with plastic powder.

At the place where I work, a particular metal part was $25 to have
prepared and painted in imron paint (automotive style paint) and only $4
to have the same panel powder coated.

I've seen these guys do several different colors of black, as well as sky
white and camaro silver, and while their results are not absolutely
perfect, the finish is about as good as a good paint shop at a fraction of
the cost. There is another powder coating shop out in Clackamas that does
a far better job, but their prices seem a bit more and for many things
that level of quality is just not necessary.

If you want to see a good example of their work, several years ago they
ran a huge batch of bike racks through their shop. It seemed like there
were bike racks of various sizes and shapes by the hundred every time I
was over there. Therefore, I can only think that they were the ones that
powder coated a large portion of the outdoor bike racks in the city of
Portland.

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-Glenn Laubaugh
Personal Web Site: http://users.easystreet.com/glennl

Jim McLaughlin

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Mar 28, 2003, 12:02:29 AM3/28/03

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Thanks for the lead.

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Fishface

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Mar 28, 2003, 11:27:01 AM3/28/03

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Glenn wrote:

> At the place where I work, a particular metal part was $25 to have
> prepared and painted in imron paint (automotive style paint) and only
> $4 to have the same panel powder coated.

Be careful, many of these places have minimum charges.

DK

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Apr 4, 2003, 2:35:28 PM4/4/03

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I have a sand blaster and some sand that is for sale if you are interested.
please write directly
thanks
Fardad

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