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Updated on Sept 28, 2023.
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All we do small pots.
We offer kits for small pots.
KITS
⚡⚡The Relocation Kit™
The Best Kit we offer for any small pot. Popular pots Harbor Freight, Central Pnuematic, Eastwood, ALC, Allsource, and other over the counter or discount store pot blasters.
Proper adjusting will conserve expensive media and provide better blast results.
The Relocation Kit allows the operator to use it as a main ball valve delete and with better then factory parts it's our most popular kit.
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⚡ Conventional Kit.
Great Kit for any small pot.
This style of kit has the mix valve mounted on the bottom of the pot we just added better parts along with a better flowing manifold and nozzle holder. Great Kit for those who want much better parts and want it simple.
⚡Tap Kit.
Our Tap Kit is our original Remote mounted Ball Valve kit. It's the only kit we offer for ANY cabinet. This is a pot to cabinet kit.
Use your pot to Tap your cabinet. This kit provides fast hook up to your cabinet. Pressure pots will always beat syphon systems.
Simple and economical. easy install. Install link:
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⚡ VamPiro
El VamPiro Full size is a pnuematic DeadMan kit. Steel pinch tube with foot pedal control. Drop the ball valve or those silly gray Deadmans. Get ready for on and off control designed for those small pots.
⚡Mini VamPiro is an inline pnuematic control Deadman kit that mounts to the end of your blast hose. Lite and compact toggle switch control.
Nozzle Sizes.
Our customer base demands readily available nozzles in the most practical sizes for media blasting, our customer base is CFM limited so we provide those smaller sizes. Select the best nozzle size to avoid excessive recovery time.
⚡Ceramic 3.75 inch glazed and fused ceramic. The ONLY Sizes we offer are:
1/8
5/32
3/16.
Please refer to product page for chart CFM ratings and usage
⚡ Boron Carbide slug style nozzles 35×20 in 3mm or 4mm. These small yet very durable nozzles will outlast ceramic nozzles twenty to one.
⚡Nozzle Holder selection.
These are simply the best and most practical nozzle holders designed and made for small pots.
⚡ HuraKano ™.
Uses the 3.75 inch ceramic nozzle. Ported Venturi steel concentrator. The only ported nozzle holder designed for the Harbor Freight pot. Used for panels or larger surfaces.
Heavy loud and boosted.
⚡ EL Fang ™
Uses a 3.75 inch ceramic nozzle.
Caged steel nozzle holder. The cage protects your nozzle tip and can be used as a guide. Uses for panel or detail work. Our most popular seller.
⚡Mini HuraKano ™
This is a Small version of the HuraKano. Uses a 35×20 Boron Carbide Slug in your choice of 3mm or 4mm. Lite weight for our customers that demand lite weight and a low price alternative nozzle in high grade, wear resistant Boron Carbide.
⚡ChaMuko ™
Smallest nozzle holder we make, the front load Boron Carbide 35×20 nozzle holder in 3mm or 4mm. Ideal for the cabinet or those who are weak and frail. This nozzle holder measures 1" 3/4 in length very small, short and lite.
⚠️Trouble shooting/ Pot issues.
Moisture is simply the most common issue encountered by users.
Symptoms including erratic flow, spuddering, clogs at the bottom manifold/ hose and or nozzle.
⚠️ Extended periods of blasting will cause moisture, EXAMPLE: You start blasting then after a period of time you experience erratic discharge, spuddering, or no media flow.
*First check nozzle selection make sure your nozzle is matched to your compressors output of PSI and CFM.
* CFM and compressor go hand in hand, to low CFM and you will experience RECOVERY time. You compressor fails to maintain pressure to your pot, to much air required by your nozzle that your compressor can't keep up. Always select nozzle that is appropriate for your compressor set up.
* Sift Media ALWAYS.
Yes it's a hassle, but always sift media even new bagged media.
Media selection.
Always use the proper media for your application.
Refer to the MOHS scale this will help you understand between hard and soft media, rounded, sub-angular and angular.
⚡Hard medias= Sand, Coal slag, Aluminum oxide ,10× crushed glass.
⚡Soft medias= Sodium Bicarbonate, walnut shells, glass beads, corn cob.
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☠️ Safety Gear
Blasting comes with all sorts of hazards. Always use proper safety equipment. Pot blasting:
Blast in a well ventilated space. Use a high velocity fan to push away airborne particles.
* Use proper eye, hand, and respiratory protective gear.
* prior to blasting inspection of your blast pot is a must. Check blast hose for deformities, bulges, cracks or soft spots .
Check fittings, barbs and ball valves. Check for leaks or pin holes. Media blasting wears items, all items from fittings to nozzle holders will wear.
⚠️Adjusting the mix.
Step one.
Close ALL Ball Valves. Main, air throttle and media mix ball valve.
Step two.
Pressurize your pot. Do not exceed manufacturers recommend PSI ratings. Small pots 60 to 120 most pots have a pressure relief valve set at 125 psi.
Step three.
Open the main ball valve. ( main ball valve control) hold nozzle point away from you,
Step Four.
Slowly open air throttle ball valve at the same time slowly open media ball valve.
Do this slowly and gradually.
Step four.
See the tip of the nozzle, notice the mix is getting blurry. This is sometimes called the FLAME. The mix should be more air then media.
Adjusting will provide the best results.
Common issues are overloading the system. This is done when you open either the air throttle or the media mix valve to much.