Sandblasting in the house? or below freezing?
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:34 pm
There is a lot on blasting in the archives but I'm still not sure, so apologies if this question is redundant:
I just took a great blasting workshop and would like to get into it, preferably with a pressure pot and dust collector, but the only possible locations are my small basement workshop or the garage.
The house:
The workshop leader advised never to blast in the house as it will be impossible to fully contain the dust and it will recirculate through the furnace forever. I could plastic-off the space under the stairs to contain me and the cabinet. This space could be connected to my 300 cfm welder's exhaust arm. Would any dust collection device, from HEPA vacuum to dedicated collector, have to be in the workshop proper and would still expel some dust? I am not willing to sacrifice air quality in the house, so is that option out of the question?
The garage:
Nights here are below freezing 8 months of the year and below -18F for 4. The garage is unheated and uninsulated. If I rigged up an enclosure in it for me, the blasting cabinet and a heater, would the pressure pot and water thingie have to be outside the enclosure, in which case the water thingie would freeze? Presumably the condenser wouldn't be happy either at that temp.
Should I forget about blasting in the garage in winter?
Gail
I just took a great blasting workshop and would like to get into it, preferably with a pressure pot and dust collector, but the only possible locations are my small basement workshop or the garage.
The house:
The workshop leader advised never to blast in the house as it will be impossible to fully contain the dust and it will recirculate through the furnace forever. I could plastic-off the space under the stairs to contain me and the cabinet. This space could be connected to my 300 cfm welder's exhaust arm. Would any dust collection device, from HEPA vacuum to dedicated collector, have to be in the workshop proper and would still expel some dust? I am not willing to sacrifice air quality in the house, so is that option out of the question?
The garage:
Nights here are below freezing 8 months of the year and below -18F for 4. The garage is unheated and uninsulated. If I rigged up an enclosure in it for me, the blasting cabinet and a heater, would the pressure pot and water thingie have to be outside the enclosure, in which case the water thingie would freeze? Presumably the condenser wouldn't be happy either at that temp.
Should I forget about blasting in the garage in winter?
Gail