Home sand blasting

I find that for irregulary shaped parts sandblasting has not substitute. While stripping off the rust from the grille of my old tractor I was able to get down to bare metal in 15 minutes when doing it by hand would have take me all week. Of course I only work outdoors and it takes me 30 min worth of bathing to get all the crud off and out of me. It is almost easier to burn your clothes, though than to clean them. DO NOT let that stuff get into the works of your washer or dryer (Please don't ask me how I know this....). My 2'nd hand blaster and 4 bags of xxfine black beauty once did a job that was quoted at over $400. In its place it is magic.

My $0.02 -LY