OD Pyramatte finish?

[da5id]

@French

Since the soda for a soda blast finish is baking soda, isn’t it biodegradable? I thought it might be a fun project for my son and I to take a beat throw, strip it, soda blast, then send it to be anodized. If there are concerns with dealing with the used baking soda (aside from my concerns about ruining a beat throw), better to learn about them now.

Of course, we don’t have a blasting cabinet, and my wife would skin me alive if I even thought about doing this in garage or basement - so, this would be a spring project at the earliest.

No environmental concerns with food grade baking soda. The biggest issue is that it is very difficult to work with. It doesn’t filter down through the bottom of the blasting cabinet. There are other issues with not being able to see what you’re doing because of the dust cloud. And it also degrades and rots the blasting cabinet and accessories. We hacked our cabinet to kind of solve all these problems but ultimately it was just not worth it.

[Upmanyu]

@GregP

Not sure if serious.

Totally serious
http://www.gruntbullanodizing.com/

[vegabomb (LJ)]

@Upmanyu

Totally serious
http://www.gruntbullanodizing.com/

Gruntbull s a known anodizer. I think that was GregP’s point.

[Upmanyu]

The person before me asked whether gruntbull blast was a type of blast to which i replied that it was a company that was involved with that kinda stuff…gregp’s response made no sense to me…soo yeah…hehe…its all cool…wassup vegabomb?

[French]

@da5id

No environmental concerns with food grade baking soda. The biggest issue is that it is very difficult to work with. It doesn’t filter down through the bottom of the blasting cabinet. There are other issues with not being able to see what you’re doing because of the dust cloud. And it also degrades and rots the blasting cabinet and accessories. We hacked our cabinet to kind of solve all these problems but ultimately it was just not worth it.

Thank you for the information!