Anyone have bead blasting equipment?

[kwando]

Looking to see if I can use or rent the equipment. I am looking to get a few watches bead blasted.

Thanks in advance

[rondog]

Looking to see if I can use or rent the equipment. I am looking to get a few watches bead blasted.

Thanks in advance

Watches? As in timepieces? Whoa man, I'd recommend you think long and hard about this, maybe seek expert opinions. Especially if you're talking about old, antique watches. Better to leave them alone, IMO.

I have a beadblaster, and would have no problem letting you use it. But it's loaded with glass beads, and I'd be afraid they'd be too abrasive for blasting watches. I personally wouldn't want to use anything rougher than fine ground walnut shells, and I'd prefer them to be old and worn out as well.

I have no idea what your plans are, but I hope you're talking about merely blasting the stripped cases. Any blasting media will f-up the innards of a watch in a second, and will destroy the glass crystal in 1.5 seconds.

I'd let you use it, but I don't want to hear you screaming "Oh Holy Mother of God" if things don't work out well! Beadblasting auto/bike/gun parts is wonderful, but very harsh on soft metals and other delicate things.