40LB Soda Blasters

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

I have watched a couple of YouTube make your own "soda blaster" clips and I cannot say that I am overly impressed.

I then had a look on eBay and they have a 40 pound capacity soda blaster unit for sale for under $200 (Australian Dollars). For example, Accessed 10th October 2015 from http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kenner-40...item418743a04d

I have no association with the seller or the product itself.

Does anyone have any experience with the commercially manufactured soda blasters? How well would they stand up to baked on crud found on chassis rails, the outsides of engines or gearboxes and ... Or their ability to strip paint and rust off body panels and the sides of cargo trays?

In comparison, it would not take many wire wheels for an angle grinder to pay for a soda blaster unit. I wore out two good quality-brand wire wheels to do the two sides and tailgate for my Series 3 Land Rover tray back ute. This did not include the frame of the tray; just the drop-down sides.

The added advantage of the soda blaster is that according to YouTube they can be used to clean delicate things like carburettors too = plus according to the retailer "fibreglass and wood without using harsh chemicals..."

Kind Regards
Lionel