Abrasive blast materials that are easy on the lungs?

[robroy]

That crusty black factory undercoating is loaded with asbestos

Hey Marxtoys! Thanks for replying! That's very interesting and surprising to me that asbestos is in that stuff. Do you happen to remember your source for this information? Just wondering if this is a well documented fact?

Thanks again!
-Robroy

[marxtoys]

That crusty black factory undercoating is loaded with asbestos

Hey Marxtoys! Thanks for replying! That's very interesting and surprising to me that asbestos is in that stuff. Do you happen to remember your source for this information? Just wondering if this is a well documented fact?

Thanks again!
-Robroy

Here's one.

Have to admit that I only read the abstract, which mentions "the relatively high concentrations (5.6 – 28%)(emphasis mine) of chrysotile fibers detected within bulk samples of seam sealant" but says that a lot less goes into the air when scraping by hand instead of using an air hammer with a scraper blade. I would imagine that a wire wheel or a sandblaster would break the stuff up and put it all in the air.

[binder56jd]

3 pgs and no mention of nut shells


http://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/b ... shells.htm

[binder56jd]

no response--wtf--it's 4 real



wtf

[marxtoys]

Nut shells aren't terribly abrasive? Dandy for polishing stuff anyway..... did a fine job on the valve cover....

.... until I sprayed the wrong paint on it. waaaaaaaay too flaky. shiny, yes. silvery, yes. flaky, yuk... looks nice without the flash but hoo boy does it look awful in the pic. redo time. maybe Wurth wheel paint instead of Dupli-Color....

Walnut shells in the tumbler for polishing brass..... walnut shells in the blast box for polishing alloy.



I thought the O.P. was looking for aggressive media for frames and such.

[marxtoys]

........... Also, if you lived anywhere near me and was doing that, I would sue you into nothingness. You might as well be spraying poison.
.......
What you are doing is more than "not healthy", it is down right deadly.

I don't think you'd like it around here...... dam neighbors are always spraying poison...... smells like New Jersey half the time...

.... guy across the road even has a tank on his quad so he can spray poison while he's riding around!