Re: Shop Update (June 25th, 2022) - Part Six

Think -- no sand or other blast material to clean up. That would be my assumption.

BN

George W Pearce Wrote:
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> With sandblasting, it's virtually impossible to
> remove every piece of sand from the interior
> spaces of the object being washed, no matter what
> method of cleansing is used. If even one piece of
> grit remains and gets down into the area where
> rings or bearings are moving, all your rebuilding
> work will be ruined in short order. This risk is
> removed when using water.

Exactly, cleaning sand from the steam ports would not be fun, especially since there is still oil down at the bottom of the ports.

Mike