What I do is have a small dryer with a male and female quick disconnect that
I snap in line ahead of the gun when painting or using a sandblaster. You
can pick these up for less than $10 at Princess Auto( Canadian version of
Harbor Freight)
Nothing worse than just about finishing a great paint job and have a drop of
condensation sprayed over it!
When sandblasting one drop of water can get the sand clogged or put little
rust spots on bare steel. Disconnect the dryer and keep it in a plastic bag
so it won't soak up moisture from the surrounding air when not in use..
Bob

"stol" wrote in message
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On Aug 7, 2:39 pm, Michael Horowitz wrote:
I came upon a Clarke sandblaster gun, filled it with abrasive, ran the
pressure up to 100 PSI and tried it out. this is a syphon type blaster
that looks a bit like a paint sprayer.

I know when spraying paint folks advise you to have something in the
line to dry the air. Is a dryer necessary if I'm spraying abrasive?

Has anyone had results they were please with using a sandblaster gun?
- Mike

What part of the world are ya in ??? Florida or some tropical place
with the relative humidity that's close to taking a shower then I
would install a dryer in the airline. If you are in Arizona, with 110f
air and 4 % humidty then the part will never rust/corrode.. G

Ben......