In my youth (25-30 years back) when I used to avidly read Practical
Classics, I distinctly remember a handheld bead blaster designed to blast
smallish areas of bodywork (0.5" dia?). It had a sort of rubber surround
that was held up against the offending area and it blasted all the
rust/whatever away. The beads/grit were lost. I seem to think that it was
self contained i.e. not requiring a compressor, and it wasn't terribly
expensive. It's the sort of thing that Gunson would have made. Does anyone
know whether such a tool still exists and if so where I could get one from?
If not does anyone remember said tool and what it was called (or even have
one kicking around in their garage)?

Cheers.

Geoffrey Inett wrote:

In my youth (25-30 years back) when I used to avidly read Practical
Classics, I distinctly remember a handheld bead blaster designed to blast
smallish areas of bodywork (0.5" dia?). It had a sort of rubber surround
that was held up against the offending area and it blasted all the
rust/whatever away.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...tblast-gun/pat
h/air-line-equipment-air-hose

The beads/grit were lost.

The one above recirculates the abrasive.

I seem to think that it was self contained i.e. not requiring a
compressor,

I think you may be misremembering it. Or it's something very rare
indeed.

Yippee wrote:

It's called a spot blasting gun and you can get one he

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9339

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.

Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be. I know, because I'd just bought one off eBay then
realised I could have got it locally and saved 4 quid.
Haven't tried it yet.

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Yippee wrote:

It's called a spot blasting gun and you can get one he

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9339

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.

Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be.

And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.

Steve Firth wrote:
Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Yippee wrote:

It's called a spot blasting gun and you can get one he

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9339

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be.

And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.

Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

"Willy Eckerslyke" wrote in message
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Steve Firth wrote:
Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Yippee wrote:

It's called a spot blasting gun and you can get one he

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9339

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an
external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was
about 19
quid and may still be.

And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.

Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

Probably a good thing, considering that there are many types of 'grit'
available depending on what needs cleaning - by not including the grit
it will actually make the user think about what the correct grit is
for the job, hopefully!

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:
Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Yippee wrote:

It's called a spot blasting gun and you can get one he

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9339

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be.

And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.

Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

Errm, I may be missing something here, but after checking the Frost
website and website selling Sealey tools, neither of their spotblast
guns came with abrasives either. Since there's a wide choice of
abrasive, I'm not sure that getting a smidge of something that you may
not want would be that useful.

Steve Firth wrote:

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be.
And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.
Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

Errm, I may be missing something here, but after checking the Frost
website and website selling Sealey tools, neither of their spotblast
guns came with abrasives either.

http://www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productin...x?catref=SG10E

Since there's a wide choice of
abrasive, I'm not sure that getting a smidge of something that you may
not want would be that useful.

Well I rather liked the idea of getting everything I needed in one box
so that I could try the thing out without having to search around for
abrasives. But since I've had it for a month or two and haven't actually
got around to trying it yet, you may have a point.

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was about 19
quid and may still be.
And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.
Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

Errm, I may be missing something here, but after checking the Frost
website and website selling Sealey tools, neither of their spotblast
guns came with abrasives either.

http://www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productin...x?catref=SG10E

That looks the best buy so far, £15 and the set of nozzles is worth
having.

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
.. .
Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

Not a self contained unit though, this one does require an external
pressurised air source.
Sealey were doing a special offer on their kit recently. It was
about 19
quid and may still be.
And as previously posted, Machine Mart are offering it for £17.61.
Yebbut you don't get any grit with that one.

Errm, I may be missing something here, but after checking the Frost
website and website selling Sealey tools, neither of their spotblast
guns came with abrasives either.

http://www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productin...x?catref=SG10E

That looks the best buy so far, £15 and the set of nozzles is worth
having.

Thanks for all your replies: very helpful. This Sealey one looks the
business but I'll have to get a small compressor as well. Any
recommendations, or is that pushing my luck too far?