Review on DP Dynamic Power Equipment Sandblasting by Ananta Crowley

Had high hopes for using a sandblaster to remove old paint from a house. I read reviews of different models and tried to find a model with a long sand bucket hose. Found a $15 DP and other "Jewboers" with short hoses and "Le Lematec" gravity feed sandblasters. The DP has a nice long hose, no air nozzle like the shorter Jewboer for sandblasting. Had to use my own taped air hose adapter to connect to a 6 gallon air compressor. DP didn't work. He sprinkled some sand and then just shot into the air. Media sandblasting is quite expensive, and unless you're in a blast room that recycles media, it's not worth paying more than $1 a pound. Tried premium play sand from hardware store at $5 for £50. The window screen was too fine to sift through the sand so I used it as is. These should be "sandblasters" but they don't work with sand! You get hammered. DP could not remove the color. Also tried Le Lematec for $50 and it clogged easily and only worked for a few seconds. Shaking it during use helped get rid of paint stains on the floor, but it made such a mess of sand all over the place and basically didn't work with play sand. Unfortunately, sandblasting old paint from around the house isn't practical with these 6-gallon air compressor sandblasters and play sand. After this disappointment, I spent an hour searching the internet for sifting but couldn't find anything and realized that sifting sand would take a very long time. It's hard to understand why the hardware store doesn't sell sifted play sand. "Premium" must be screened. It was good sand, but not fine enough for sandblasters like this. Maybe another sandblaster will work with this play sand. Also a 10 gallon supercharger could be better. Expect sand to be everywhere unless you're using it in a crate. And get a face shield. The image shows brown stains from a gravity sandblaster and the paint was removed with the non-toxic paint remover gel previously used. Hoped sandblasting would work. nope It did not work.