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Old 02-11-2008, 05:27 PM
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I recently invested in a blasting cabinet and some glass beads, but when the glass beads came I noticed that there was what looked like dirt in the bag. The picture quality is terrible but you can sort of get an idea of what I'm talking about:


(in real life the specs are more obvious)

Should I do something about this? I was thinking maybe I could put them in a bucket of water and the dirt would float and separate from the glass beads.

any ideas?
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Default Re: should I worry about this?

If the dirt is of any size you can strain it out with fine wire mesh. If it's to small to do that. I would not worry with it. More than likely it's just floor dirt or another blasting media.
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Default Re: should I worry about this?

It wont hurt it!And dont get glass media wet, talk about a mess.
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Old 02-12-2008, 08:19 PM
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alright, thanks.
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