Beed blasting INFI question

RussMo

RussMo

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Has anyone ever beedblasted INFI???? If so, what did you use, and what grit did you use. I have a friend that bought a Busse at a garage sale but it's in rough shape. He ask that I play with it and try to put it back into service so to speak. I have access to a beed blaster at work, so I thought I would use it to skin of the rust and in general a good cleaning. We have a 220 Alum/Oxide on hand.

Thanks ahead of time,
Russ
 
Before you do anything, what model is it?

It might be wise to send it to Busse for a makeover if it's a rare or very old model.
 
Using Aluminum oxide material (sand) would not be "bead blasting", that woud be "sand blasting". Bead blasting uses either glass beads or ceramic beads, which tend to seal the metal surface unlike sand blasting which will cut the surface. I do not have a very powerfull air compressor, so I first sand blast the knife to get a even color surface, then, glass bead blast it to smooth it out and achive the "double cut" look to the knife. I hope that helps some.
 
RussMo said:
Has anyone ever beedblasted INFI???? If so, what did you use, and what grit did you use. I have a friend that bought a Busse at a garage sale but it's in rough shape. He ask that I play with it and try to put it back into service so to speak. I have access to a beed blaster at work, so I thought I would use it to skin of the rust and in general a good cleaning. We have a 220 Alum/Oxide on hand.

Thanks ahead of time,
Russ
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I want to hear more about this garage sale Busse. Hearing stuff like that is better for my daydreams than Playboy Letter's when I was 13! :D
 
I have blasted a D2 Rat 7 so maybe I can give you some advice. Wrap the scales in duct tape at least 3 times or the sand will eat away at the micarta. I would recommend you use a 320 grit at a lower psi (50 psi is what I use for knives) Direct the sand from the spine towards the cutting edge so you wont have to sharpen it as much once you done with the blasting. For the final pass I try to move the knife at least 2 ft away so you get a nice even looking finish. If you need more info feel free to post up and Ill do my best to help you out. What model is it?
 
I've bead blasted several of my users and they look great! It usually bothers me when the coating on the blade gets scratched up, so off it comes with glass beads. I've never had to cover my micarta scales with anything as the glass beads just bounce off of it, but I agree with ghostguy that if you are using sand, cover the slabs.
 
mogaert said:
I've bead blasted several of my users and they look great! It usually bothers me when the coating on the blade gets scratched up, so off it comes with glass beads. I've never had to cover my micarta scales with anything as the glass beads just bounce off of it, but I agree with ghostguy that if you are using sand, cover the slabs.
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It depends what pressure you are spraying at, I have 3 sand blasters were I work and I can tell you that micarta doesnt hold up well at all against sand or glass being thrown out at 120 psi. For the extra 5 minutes it will take you to wrap the handle in duct tape the outcome is far better:thumbup:
 
Sorry it's been so long since I first posted the question. Once I saw the knife I realized it was not a Busse, but something that looked like a Bill Moran bowie w/a spear point 10" blade. John said he didn't care what it was he just liked the style. So I took it to the Sandblaster and had my way with it. John had removed the old grip plates so as to replace with some new G-11 slabs we had left over from the turbine work. Then I found a bag of glass beads around the 320 that (ghostguy6) mentioned ajusted the air via pressure output and finished it off. Looked pretty good if I say so my self.
Now I couldn't take the pics over at the plant even if I wanted to because of the HomeLand Security laws. It's at a Power Plant.
 
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