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AFASTBLAST.com

Hello,
I've had my business since 1989 and blasting since 1986. Sandblasting Welding Painting...one stop shopping is how I sell the business. We do many things from car parts, lawn furniture, casting, fixtures..ya know anything that can be sandblasted welded or painted. We go on the raod and have done several small to medium projects. a few smaller tanks, strip malls, pipes, construction equipment.

what I would like to learn is how to get connected to people that have the power to hire us to do the larger scale jobs....like that 250,000 gallon water tank..or that monsterous slide. I would love to hear some good insite and even be mentored.

Anything is appreciated. I'm willing to learn and also give helpful advise on topics I may know of.

Thanks, Jimmy

CO2Solutions

Welcome to the forum! sounds like you will have lots to contribute as well, being in the business for almost 20 years - excellent.
Great to have you.

Mike

painter213

Join a Trade Association such as SSPC. This will give you more insight and then get enroled into some of there training classes. By going to the classes you can network with others in the buissness and find avenues to get in on more work. Also, check out the PDA "Polyurea Development Association" at http://pda-online.org/ Here you will learn about polyurea coatings and this would make a good add on to your shop work as well. they have a training class coming up in May in Houston, Tx. SSPC can be found at http://www.sspc.org/

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Abbott Consulting and Coating Inspections
E-Mail: babbott@abbottcoatinginspections.com
Phone: (205-717-0292)

AFASTBLAST.com

Thanks for the welcome.

I'll check out those links. Thanks Benny! (o;

AFASTBLAST.com

Can you tell me a little about dry ice blasting? I strip and paint alot of construction equipment, mostly dump trucks and tankers but have shyed awy from excavaters and equipment with alot of hydrolics, pins and pistons ( wrroied about blowing out seals. I have heard I could use dry ice blasting or baking soda to remove rust and old paint. Soooooo...

1.Could I use the same blasting equipment for both ice and baking soda?
2. What would you consider to be the optimal blasting media for the application?
3. what do you typically blast with your dry ice set up?

feel free to add more comments.

Thanks, Jimmy

CO2Solutions

Sure, I can help you out.

1. No, 2 totally different setup - visit www.coldjet.com for breakdowns on how they are manufactured. great site...
2. I've used dry ice for cleaning up engines - ti's great for 'cleaning' and striping paint on engine blocks and the advantage is no damage...as there's no sand/soda to damage or media left over in crevices etc. BUT it's really no on rust. Hopefully someone else can answer that for you.
3. Myself personally, I do a ton of mould remediation work - consists of blasting wood framing/sheathing/joists of attics/crawlspaces and basements. As well, I go into manufacturing plants to clean various equipment i.e. Food processing equipment, Plastics plants and Pharmaceuticals.

here is a link to a post in DIB: http://www.contractortalk.com/f95/an...lasting-35155/

Any other questions, just let me know.

mike

gran_national

AFASTBLAST, I have a question for you. I don't know if you read my post called "Opportunity" or something like that, but I'm in a position to possibly approach a local rental company about getting some refurb work from them. They rent lifts and heavy equipment. A friend who doesn't want to deal with blasting told me about them and that they're looking to get a refurbishing contract with a company to redo a lot of their heavy equipment, but they would have me do the blasting. How would you approach this situation? What should I go into this knowing and being aware of? You have a great insight, because it sounds like this is what you do. Any help is appreciated. I tried to Send you a private message, but it's not an option when I click on your username.

My post might not make sense, so hopefully this helps. Company A (big rental company) wants company B (local rental company in my area) to possibly refurbish a bunch of equipment. I want to approach company B about doing the blasting for them so that they can do all the other stuff for Company A. My concern was exactly what you mentioned. How do you go around the hydraulic cylinders so as not to damage? Hope that helps.

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Gran,

i have sandblasted some equipment with hyrolics...some went good ..welll some not so good when I was learning. You want them to feel safe when chosing you.
Mention that you'll use a low pressure application when it comes to sensitive areas around the cylinders and lines. You'll use double layered 6 mil plastic to cove all cylinders and seals along with double layered duct tape to seal the cylinders so there is no chance of sand getting in and damaging any seals or cylinders. tell them you will seal all air intakes and blow and vacuum them out before running or returning the equipment. Cover all glass,guages the same way. You want them to feel completely safe with you. If you handle the painting mention a couple differetn applications and price lines. Do they want to go with a rustoleum where they can touch it up with stock colors and they get used in service over seveal years...orr do they want to go with a epoxy primer and a urethen top coat that is much more durable but material costs are about 6-10 times higher. Give them several options ..let them feel in charge...let them decide whats best... and then say... NOOOO PROBLEM! We can handle it (o;

Let me add that you may want to familiarize yourself with some of the equipment they have ahead of time so you seem knowledgable. reseach online for where you can get the decal kits for the equipment and tell them that for X amount we can reapply the factory decals on the equipment so they are back to new looking. You can cut costs some if you reclaim your sand...but DO NOT underbid yourself. if you use rustoleum you can buy direct from the factory in 55 gallon drums.

u can call me as well 203-414-8531 thanks jim

AFASTBLAST.com

Ok so now I have a question , I am not sure if this is the best place to post but I'll give it a shot...

I did a walk through for a city to sandblast city pools 6 of them total sq ft approx. 79,000 sq ft of serface to be blasted. 2 layers of pool paint average 6 mils thick. the top coat is failing and flaking off and the bottom layer is like powder. A prevailing wage job ( $58.00 per hour for each blaster 2 of them and $38.00 per hour for the 2 assistants. I'll be using 20/43 black beauty with 1/4 inch nozzle opening. i'll have 2 blasters running. each using a 185 IR compressor.The stuff will blow off with just the wind lol. but I want to give a price per sq ft. it.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHARGE?

Thanks Jimmy

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