Shot blasting and powder coating?
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Shot blasting and powder coating?
I have two metal garage cupboards which have been neglected I would like to get them blasted and coated, have put the translation into Google but no luck, some reason I get some potato recipes anyone know of somewhere not to far away 100kms. Thanks.
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I googled "Sablage métaux Charente" and there seem to be plenty of places to get it done in Charente. Just a question of finding someone nearby.
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At a sensible price.
Humanity landed on the moon over fifty years ago but it seems too much to ask for a reliable telephone/internet service in rural France.
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Having sent e-mails and filled in contact forms to four companies, not one of them have bothered to reply, I am finding that this is typical of French businesses, I had the same problem when looking for a new mower, they lost an order of 5K the same here, so have decided to buy the equipment and do it myself, more expensive and it will be slower but I have the time, and at least I will still have the means to blast anything in the future, I have done blasting on a small scale with just a compressor and hand held pot, so this should be interesting all the correct PPE will be purchased as needed.
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I've heard that many companies/businesses are so inundated with emails that they don't bother to reply. A phone call is the only way - or a personal visit.
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Over the years I have found many businesses ignore emails. Not having the language skills for a telephone conversation shunts me directly to a UK source and usually ends up being cheaper. At least it did before Brexit screwed things up.
The last time I fancied having four ordinary steel wheels blasted and powder coated the French price came to nearly what I paid for the van, and that probably didn't include TVA.
The last time I fancied having four ordinary steel wheels blasted and powder coated the French price came to nearly what I paid for the van, and that probably didn't include TVA.
Humanity landed on the moon over fifty years ago but it seems too much to ask for a reliable telephone/internet service in rural France.
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In between, cabinets are too small so looking at the "Pot" type blasters, but I think my compressor which is nearly new may be to small will have to some more reading.L Austin France wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:45 pmWhat are you buying? Hand held portable stuff or cabinet?
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That's likely to be the case. Pressure and flow rate on compressors we are likely to have in a home workshop are usually a little low on specification.
Humanity landed on the moon over fifty years ago but it seems too much to ask for a reliable telephone/internet service in rural France.