First attempt at home vapour blasting. Ebay supplied nozzle and pickup for the karcher waterblaster. It (the nozzle kit) was cheap and (mostly) works. The hose from the nozzle to the media pickup is soft and collapses under the very moderate suction. Easy enough to replace with something better. I picked up a 4 litre bucket of sand from the river, and sieved it to get a consistently fine mix (kitchen sieve). Sand from the beach would be easier but I was concerned about the salt.
Did half the GS cam cover and half the sump to get an idea. Might be a bit savage on delicate items such as carbs but the cover and sump don't look too bad. Supercheap do other media such as glass beads but at $55/10kg I'd want to have some way of collecting the spray. The water/sand mix just went onto the lawn.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
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