I love the effectivity of media blasting, no chemicals, no sandpaper, but damn what a mess...gets in places you didn't know previously existed. You just about need a tyvek suit to keep from being inundated with the stuff.
Yeah you can't beat it for stripping rust! I'm covered head to toe in glass after doing the back half, but now it's done.. Until I remove the other rail then I get the pleasure of doing it all over again! I did it in a T shirt I I bet I got some imbedded sand in my arms now!
Recycle what is laying on the tarp, any media is expensive.
I do all my blasting out side, in a garage the media ends up everywhere, I bet you will find some of it in your garage door tracks years from now.
Yeah I will sift it out and reuse it. Glass was $25 for a 50lb bag and I used about half the bag, so that blaster is pretty efficient compared to the suction ones. With the 3/32" tip and medium grit glass I had no problems plugging up and my compressor kept up no problem at all. Haha it's funny you mention that because when I opened the garage door today it didn't sound to healthy. I would have done it outside but my car won't fit out the door when it's on its side and I don't wanna spin it on the rotisserie while the rail is out.. Plus my neighbors wouldn't be to happy, haha.