Shop air dilemma

Mine is set a 130 psi but I occasionally add a regulator at the cabinet for 80.

I'm using real sand as most of the stuff I blast is caked in dirt/grease, even after washing and it gets expensive to keep replacing quality media and time consuming to thoroughly de-crud before blasting.

I just let the blaster do the work.

Most commercial sand blast equipment doesn't even have tanks.

Ah well that explains it a bit. With my setup though I put about 6 cups of media in and go to town. The metering valve us a godsend. I'm never in a hurry though since I don't do this for a living and just rely on de-crudding first.