SAND FOR SAND BLASTING

[amo]

WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO BUY SAND AT A REASONABLE PRICE? SOME PLACES THE SHIPPING IS MORE THAN THE PRICE OF THE SAND.

 

[Anonymous-0]

What little I use I get from TSC.

 

[JT]

go to your local concrete company or someone who sells concrete blocks, they normally have sand for sand blasting. They use it to clean concrete when they are done.

 

[Ken Crisman]

TSC carries black diamond, but get the finest they have .Or if there's a sandblasting business around you , buy bulk from them . God bless , Ken

 

[ScottyHOMeY]

I get glass bead and aluminum oxide from McMaster-Carr. They usually ship from their nearest warehouse to minimize the cost.

I've always been able to find Black Beauty locally. If that will work for you, try calling around the bigger lumber yards and building suppliers.

 

[Kevin (FL)]

I agree with JT--I get mine from a local sand pit--the same people that sell to the concrete companies. Have a good trailer that'll hold (at least) a couple tons--they'll dump it on with a front end loader. I believe it weighs about 2700#'s per cubic yard (dry) so be sure about what they're dumping on your trailer and what the trailer can handle.

Don't mention the word sandblasting though--tell them it's for fill on your property or something in your garden......

 

[big jt]

If you want it for ome time use, I get silica sand from the lumberyard.

jt

 

[suptscottyb]

Lowes and Home depot sell it in many grits.

 

[olddog]

Your local ready-mix concrete place/gravel pit usually has sand, gravel, etc to sell. Buy mortar sand. Dry it. Sift it thru a window screen. Pennys on the dollar versus buying by the bag. May get by w/o sifting but MUST be dry. I spread it out onna piece of heavy plastic (that can be folded in the middle) raking it periodically, until it turns white. In the sun in the summer or in the heated garage in the winter.

 

[Anonymous-0]

If you are going to use sand make sure you have a mask that will filter out silica. Use Black Beauty or some other product like it but with a different name. Reed Materials sells this product.

 

[IH2444]

George , Bypass hardware and renatal has the black beauty sblasting stuff. about $10 for 90 lb.

 

[NC Wayne]

I usually get mine from a local concrete, block, etc supplier. The last I got was about a year ago and a 100 lb bag of BX12 or BX30 either one was five dollars and change. I see where the other posts suggest getting regular "sand" and drying it to use. That may work in some areas but it will depend on the makeup of the sand. Be careful if you try it because some sands have small clay particles, etc in the mix and these particles will leave residue on the blasted part that will screw up your paint. I learned this the hard way when I first started doing blasting work. I ran out of blasting sand one weekend, when I had a job promised out for Monday, and tried using an "alternative" sand. I wound up having to totally reblast the part to remove all the residue before I could even prime it.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I haven't gotten any from them, but I just picked up what little I use while I was at TSC. I may check them out the next time though as I do a little business with those boy's. Mostly on Stihl chainsaws and the like.