I have the same sand-blaster and get great results with regular beach sand. Some tips: Sieve your sand before using it Put your sand bucket on a stool so it doesn't have to be sucked up against gravity. Keep the sand feed tube straight, no coils. Take it slow. It's not like pressure washing. Bump the tip on the work now and then if the sand stops flowing. Keep the sand feed tube on top, so that water doesn't drip into it. Wet sand won't flow Do the job on a concrete surface. Leave the wet sand to dry. Sweep it up, sieve it and reuse it.

Great review, I don’t have time to sift through all of the comments but if it hasn’t been said already. I would strongly recommend you use actual blasting media instead of play sand. There is a difference and the results are very surprising.

great review man, answered a lot of questions for me. Cheers

It probably cracked the ceramic tip when it clogged. It probably wouldn't have broken if you had used higher quality sand,or seived it through some window screen before hand.

I've been using it for a very long time, it works very well when doing small things. I only use 0.0-0.8mm sand.

great video!!!!!!!!!!! I was actually thinking of ordering this today. You saved me the headache.

Yes thank you for your video I was going to order one from amazon thought I look at reviews on KZfaq I’ll figure something else out.

Useful video thanks. Might last longer at significantly lower pressure say sub 2k. Think I’ll adapt my air feed blaster to work with my high pressure water washer and save the money. Thanks for showing!

Great video, thank you!

Thanks for the info very appreciated

Great video very informative..!! Where did you bought the adapter?

Thank you for posting. This was helpful

Great video - Thanks! As others have mentioned, sand tube needs to stay on UPWARD SIDE of rig to help prevent water leaking back into sand tube. Cool stuff.

Good review

Good review! Thanks for sharing!! Too bad it only lasted one job!

I would have used actual blasting media. The play sand is inconsistent in grain size and hardness. It was likely the larger rocks in the sand that ruined the tip. I have an antique cast iron stove that needs blasted. I think that I could use this with pumice, and my 1500 psi pressure washer. I'll definitely test it on a sacrificial cast iron piece first.

best awesome job-best review ever

what neo 71665 said plus change the ceramic tip out before its like that its a consumable part get a bunch of them looks like it works ok

I do sand blasting with air, and can assure this water method makes much less of a mess to clean up. The down side I can already see light surface rust on the frame you blasted. If you do paint over that like you said the paint won’t last too long. Great video thanks for real life test!

I would use this kind of blasting in order to remove rust and maybe the paint from the metal such as gates or ladders, with my home pressure machine (120 bar). But many people say that the water will make the rust quickly and the pressure machin ain't got the right power.

Thanks for this, saw this same unit and it's temptingly cheap but really wasn't sure how well it'd work.

Thank you for this video.

Pool filter sand is more consistent with size. Or sift it with a screen. Once the tip plugs it back flows the water into the hose. Those units don’t have a check valve

You're suposed to use that kit at 2200psi (150-160bars), that may explain why it blew up that fast. Not sure about the recomended flow but 2,6GPM is not that much anyway so your problem was probably the to high pressure. And because it's cheaply designed of course but you use a DIY toy with a professional high pressure pump so it's not adapted. I've bought one but haven't tested yet, my pump is 4GPM i'll set it at 2200PSI and see if it last longer. Also as others mentioned it's clogged so that probably damaged it because it was getting 3000psi and 2,6GPM in his face with no direct way out.

i've bougt exactly the same on Aliexpress for 15$ shiping included. I use it at 160bars 2300psi it works but the ceramic tip get worn out pretty quick so i have to change it about every 200kilograms of sand, the tip cost 1$ only. Also i had to make the brass hole bigger because my pump is to powerfull (200bars 15l/min) for the original small hole.

I use pre screened #30 mesh sand on my HF air blaster. I like the water jet idea because of rust and silica dust is bad for the lungs and I used to smoke so...... BTW Play sand is unusable in a air blaster lots of clogs.

Does the siphon thing for the sand need to be completely submerged? Mine looks just slightly different but my flow of sand was very sporadic (yes it was dry sand and yes the nozzle was above the flow of water)

Up side down the tube has to point up not down

Hello, I was wondering if your nozzle had a plastic piece on the bottom where it connects to the wand? I have no way to connect mine. ? Thanks

Thanks for the video review. This particular blaster is probably the type most sold now particularly on EBay,. it certainly looks like the one. I ordered the same one for a Karcher Type 3 fitting but it doesnt lock properly and consequently leaks. Also the plastic hose is far too flimsy and kinks easily and just like you had, the hose blocks up with wet sand so it makes the whole process frustrating. Im in the process of returning the one I bought and as soon as I can discover the best way of making my own I will be off into the workshop to do so. Sure its a biggish job machining it up but at least if you make it heavy duty and you do get it to function its better than suffering the hassle of fighting against a cheaply manufactured item which youll either bin or have to send back.

There’s a video of a bunch of guys restoring an old boat, they had another version and it worked perfectly for hours and hours. It does not work with very fine, silica sand. You need a more corse playground sand. It uses a ton of sand, these guys did 180 gallon fuel tank and used 22 50# bags.

Thanks.. my $25 unit just came in today (4/13/20).. from Amazon..

Just curious, if you elevated the sand bucket above the height of your power washer wand, would that have helped with the clogging issue?

the play sand needs to be run through at least a house screen, this will reduce the ceramic nozzle destruction. You were shooting boulders through it and busting it all to heck.

Disconnect the clear tube from the sandblasting head insert an ear bud or paper towel in tube & blow it through with air compressor to get moisture water out of pick up hose

When the tip bbn clogs the water gos up the hose

Everything I wanted to know about what would inevitably become a hunk of junk.......Thank You

I'm reading the input from the sand needs to be on top of the wand so water doesn't go into the sand hose

What do you expect from cheap products?strong?sturdy?long lasting?

Good video

I only have a 2K psi, and with a #10 nozzle or 10 degrees, I removed black paint from a 2 inch angle iron. NO nothing needed other than the pressure washer.

2400psi gun on a 3000psi pressure washer I wonder why it broke

To keep water out of the sand tube...invert your pick up tube to the top so water cant drain in to it

I believe the reason your tip blew out was because that particular attachment is only rated for 2000psi.

If you pulse the gun it often clears the wet blockage...

Keep the Y fitting turned upright and duct tape hose in that position.

Try making a solution as if you were vapour blasting it might go through the tube better

keep the sand tube and the "y" adaptor above the pressure washer wand... that way water will not run back down the hose...

I have this very one change to a better hose that wont close off andnit works good

Try a gravity fed bucket to the hose

Too much water pressure?

I would like to have seen how the paint came off with just water and no sand. But interesting, thanks for posting. :)

take the ceramic part of a lawn mower spark plug and replaced the tip with it. u won’t have an issue after that

Are you aware someone on face book is using part of your video blasting the blue paint to advertise these on face book ?

Use Loctite Rust Neutralizer before painting.

Want the extension gun

You can't use playsand. Silica sand is used for sandblasting

Just seems like after blasting it with the sand and water it would rust in a rather short period of timd

Jokes on you they are using clips from your video in there add on Instagram 😂

Play sand has rocks in it. You should have gotten pool filter sand

I think 2600psi is the maximum rating since the head is all blown out like that haha.

Don’t use play sand!! Use pool sand. The large rocks and debris in play sand will get stuck in the nozzle and when that happens the water pressure will force water into the sand feed tube. Pool sand is roughly the same size as play sand just without the debris.

you need to get the 5000psi unit. You bought the 2100 psi unit running it on a 3000psi unit.

Well. You don't use play sand to sandblast and tips are consumable item on sandblasters.

Hello guys, anybody know where can I get this adapter?

Not smart using play sand. Just like sand paper itself, the grains are all uniform you can actually see pebbles in the play sand . You need to use the sand specific for the project

What are the specs on you pressure washer, psi and GPM please?

Use sandblasting sand.

Got to keep the feed hose on top or ur gonna get ur sand wet

Fix it

I don't see an air bleed adjustment like my suttner st-55 has...without it you will go through a lot more blasting media and waste $

ceramic nozzles are change every 20kg sand it's work's perfectly then noob start's do the jobs see what's happening

Speak up bro! Im at 100% and can barely hear you.....Use pool filter sand, its more coarse. and keep the feed on top, dont feed from the bottom of the nozzle.

The tip is damaged because you used play sand with rocks in it. You must use sand blasting sand.not to be mean but you don’t know what you’re doing

Pipes to long shorten it

Use a better sand

Don't throw it away, learn how to use it correctly. Read the comments. They make sense.

it probably WAS plastic

You wrecked it. Gotta change the ceramic tips

cant use stuff with silica in it. silica will destroy ceramic

Sift your sand.

I know this video is a few years old, but I had to comment anyway. Dumbest thing I've ever seen award winner 🏆, congrats! This video does NOT reflect the quality of the $25 blasting attachment! It reflects the severe ignorance of the user/tester! 1. Sand Blasting doesn't mean use beach/play ground/plaster/ Construction Sand!!! 2. Sand Blasting uses many types of "Media" but the 1 thing they all have in common is size of grain stays consistent with the desired type and size. That crappy sand destroyed it, next time try using gravel and see what happens!

Junk

ever hear of a microphone?

I can't watch any more of this rubbish, take it off! Before you do a review of ANY piece of equipment you need to know what you are doing, with regards wet blasting your knowledge is very much lacking.

This is a very nice hose reel and works well for both pressure washers as well as air compressors. kzfaq.infoUgkxPlq4EXuuN-QUxCFnr3zBgMcXW36Jtofz I’ve grown tired of manually winding up kinked hoses when using both my pressure washer and my air compressor, so this was an attractive option. This installed pretty easy, it took a bit to unkink the hose to get it ready for winding up, especially with the area that connects. With my specific hose it wouldn’t screw in good feeding it through and attaching it, so I had to attach the hose and feed the full 50’ of hose through the small opening, unkink it from feeding it through, then wind it up. Knowing this was the last time to go through this was reassuring, but it took awhile to fully set this up and mount it.I ended up ordering another 100’ version of this as well, which I adapted to fit my air compressor. I did have to use an adapter to go from ⅜ to ¼ but once connected it worked excellent for this as well. I would highly recommend the reel to anyone looking to make their pressurized hoses easier to work with!

Good video

I use pre screened #30 mesh sand on my HF air blaster. I like the water jet idea because of rust and silica dust is bad for the lungs and I used to smoke so...... BTW Play sand is unusable in a air blaster lots of clogs.