Asked on every call. Answered here.

The one you already have, gas or electric. Flow (GPM) matters as much as pressure: a washer with good flow often blasts better than a higher-PSI one with weak flow.

• Sweet spot: 2,500–3,000 PSI for regular blasting, 3,000+ PSI with good GPM for heavy rust.
• Ceramic Series: built for washers up to about 5,000 PSI.
• Carbide 600: tungsten carbide nozzle rated to 600 bar, for the biggest machines and longest jobs.

Dry, coarse media only.

• Black Diamonds: aggressive and fast. Heavy rust, thick paint, frames, trailers.
• Crushed Glass: more control and a smoother finish. Lighter rust and panels.

Never use play sand. It's too fine, holds moisture and is the fastest way to clog the line.

Ceramic nozzles are wear parts. How long they last depends on your media and pressure, which is why the Ceramic Series ships with 2 spares. The Carbide 600 nozzle is solid tungsten carbide and lasts many times longer, so it's the one for full shells, frames and repeat jobs.

Signs it's time for a new nozzle: the pattern gets wider, cutting slows down and you burn through more media.

Bare metal flash-rusts within hours once it's wet. Two steps stop it:

1. Add Rust Inhibitor to your blast water at 1 oz per gallon, so the surface stays clean while you work.
2. Once it's dry, apply AP1 Conversion Coating to lock the metal down before primer.

• Starting: water on first, then open the media.
• Stopping: media off first, then water off.
• Use dry, sifted media. Damp clumps and pebbles cause almost every clog.

The gravity-fed bag and tank systems feed media steadily, so they don't clog the way a suction bucket can.

It turns the pressure washer you already own into a wet sandblaster. The kit fits your wand and pulls dry media into the water stream, so you can strip rust, paint and coatings from metal, wood and concrete. No air compressor, no blast cabinet.

• Ceramic Series: parts, wheels, brackets and panels. The lowest-cost way in.
• Bag Rig: frames, trailers and mid-size jobs. Gravity feed, no shaking a bucket.
• Tank Rig: whole shells and big jobs. Up to 250 lb of media per fill.

Not sure? Take the 3-tap quiz or call us.

No compressor needed. It runs on your pressure washer: the water flow pulls the media into the stream. Our air-assist models add a small air line only to keep the media moving.

A 40 lb bag covers a full frame session for most people. Our 1972 BMW 2002 shell took 15 bags. Catch spent media on a tarp or catch net, dry it and sift it, and you can reuse most of it.

Yes, often 70–80% of it. Lay the catch net under the work, rake the media out, let it dry in the sun and run it through the sifter before the next session.

Wet-blasted steel starts to rust within hours. Add rust inhibitor to the water (1 oz per gallon) to protect it for up to 72 hours, then wipe down and prime. Or prime the same day.

No. The water keeps the metal cool, so there is far less warping risk than with dry blasting. Customers have done full frames and shells, from a 1969 Chevelle to a 1970 truck.

Wet blasting has almost no dust but the media spreads. Work outdoors or in an open bay, and lay a tarp or catch net under the part so you can collect and reuse the media.

Yes: eye and face protection, gloves and a respirator, especially with any silica-containing media. Use Black Diamond, crushed glass or garnet rather than silica sand. Our Protection Kit covers all of it.

• Media is completely dry and sifted.
• Feed hose runs as upright as possible, no kinks.
• The metering valve is open enough: open it a quarter turn at a time.
• Your washer has good flow (GPM), not just high PSI.

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Every kit has a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us with your order number and we will send the return details.