Is there a Harbor Freight store in your neck of the woods? I got my glass bead media there. The glass bead worked great on the parts I cleaned up but it does take some time. Eastwood does have a good selection of media (and their prices on blast cabinets aren't bad, they were about middle of the road on the one I just got) but I suspect shipping ain't free. Matt On 4/28/2008 2:04 AM, d stohler spouted this sage advice: > ok, i bought a portable sand blaster a couple weeks > ago, and got some silica sand with it. i played with > it just a few min to see how it worked. then i started > hearing the bad stories about silica in the lungs. and > also the silica sand is way more abrasive than i want. > i have a couple of questions for some of you who do > sandblasting. > > q#1: what is the best media to use for stripping > paint, not harming the metal under, and braking up > minor rust. > > q#2: where can i order blasting media as i have no > place in town to get anything other than silica sand, > or beach sand.... > > i need a media for my 1953 schwinn panther to strip > the paint off of. then after that is done, i need to > do some blasting on casper. that has some rust that > needs to be knocked off. > > i plan to build a little blasting cabinet if i dont > buy one with a vacume for working smaller parts. > otherwise, will probably use it just outside the shop > for the bike frame and car. > > dave stohler > http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > -- mhaas@xxxxxxx Cincinnati, OH http://www.mattsoldcars.com 1967 Rambler American wagon 1968 Rambler American sedan ================================================================= According to a February 2003 survey of Internet holdouts released by UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list