Mick Blackley

I don't have any footage of me doing a boat but this is my unit I have

Hi Daniel Thanks for the info 👌 I also offer steam cleaning 300bar @ 155° 24LPM I can also ad a water dilution chemical (water is the way it dilutes) so if it gets into the canal in the strength it will be after its use will be safe to enter the canal. I believe this service is under used but people believe they can get same or similar results from a normal house old pressure washer. Even hot washers cannot get to the temperature of this trailer mounted twin burner diesel engine pressure washer (the size of a small car). If you have heard of Doff this I've got makes that look like a toy 😂 I would like to do more steam cleaning boats but it's not a service I get asked for unfortunately as like you say its all thats needed to keep onto of the prep/ longevity of the boats life after a blast and paint

Thanks I appreciate your feedback. Although I cannot take credit for the props been moved we normally time this with a pot refill so my down time is minimal.

I was thinking why wouldn't you just let the boat builder sort it haha 😆

I wouldn't have any experience with this so I wouldn't be able to offer any advice. All I know is a good clean well prepared serface key would give best results sorry I cannot help

The only areas I don't achieve SA2.5 on this boat are the underside of the rear I blast it but its nether on the job sheet I do it though as its feels the right thing to do I don't spend as long due to the angle and the water running makes it hard to get in a comfortable possession to hit it how I need too. Data sheets on paints hardly ever put the blasting spec as it says dry clean and free from lose material and even less they put the mesh grades this in my opinion is just as important as I could use soda I wouldn't for cost but mesh grade would be near shiny hardly any key if any or said before steel shot and go in deep. As a blaster I've to find a cost effective way of hitting a reasonable balance.

I've seen alot of boats get built and the 1st coat of paint on a new boat are lucky if they even scotch the millscale they only need to look good for the builders so they sell. They aren't interested in adding hours of work that don't get seen

I thort powereds needed static or heat to cure that's not a normal finishing for a boat? I've nether heard of it

Sorry I don't agree blasting can be achieved at any cfm that's only the flow (the speed of the area covered) steel shot wouldn't be viable option to blast out in the open with it costing 10 to 15x more than glass and the fact you would need to use 10 to 15x more bags wouldn't make it feasible. What I mean hear is 25kgs of glass has a bigger mass than steel shot 1kg of steel shot will be 1/4 the size of 1kg of glass due to density. Lots of media can be used to achieve a very similar job I pic glass because it cleans fast its none carcinogenic and cost affective. The data sheet of near all paint suppliers say the serface should be clean dry and free from lose materials. If it does ask for a blast spec it will only be light brush off SA1 or SA2 I deliver more near SA2.5 only leaving mill scale. With a mesh grade of 20/40 I can play with media's to get a deeper mesh but it's pointless as 20/40 is more than enough.

Your right sides of boats are plain sailing 😂 I don't get the complex no more I find it all fairly straightforward. I always thort wagon chassis was hard but I learnt and now I enjoy them as much as the next job. The only real pressure I feel is the blow back off the compressor haha no is when I expect a coating to come off easy and then it's like bell metle that's when I feel the struggle to finish on the time said. Loading shovels have alot more skill involved than the videos let on. Every Loading shovel on my channel is done under 8 hour that is some graft in a shift.

Blasting will only remove the bad mettle/rust/scale/scabs as the media I use is softer. It is impossible for me to dig into steel etc like a grinder would. Pitcher it like trying to rub through 6mm steel with wire wool. That's why I can remove the millscale but not with this media.

Thanks for the input really appreciate it. I've tried the commentary before but the noise of the job and my accent make its near impossible to hera what I say and its a lot harder than one would think doing it after the as a voice over. I only mark out the harder areas 1st that way when im on the easier stuff I don't have to concentrate as much and spot any misses as I move along. I don't really have a method in how much I mark out only sometimes I aim for a weld mark or a block its sat on duno why possibly because when I do wagons or more detailed work I like to make sure ive done the area before moving on. Ive been trying to show as much as possible without the video been along as the job. Do you think the point of view angle should have sound and the time lapse bit have music? ive been playing around with sound and the music choice seams to be working for a wider viewer base as before a lot would comment on the choice in music that don't seam to happen as much now.

Thx it's something I enjoy doing and hopefully I can change the out look of blasting as it is an industry that gets hit hard with bad hear say story's and 1 bad operator can spoil a full industry.

I noticed I have alot of traffic from this site to my videos on YouTube and thort I may be able to help some folk out in return get some help on how I can improve the content. Sandblasting isn't well known well kind of but alot of people don't understand the process and what to expect. My youtube channel isn't an advert for my services just to make that clear I make these videos as a hobby and enjoy makeing them. My noodle is hear to be picked and I will try and help with questions about serface preparation. I am not a painter I don't claim to know about painting bit pointless asking what to coat it with after etc. But anything about blasting I can possibly help out with. Now my bit please see any constutive criticism to help me grow as a creator ie camera angles speed/music etc etc please note I'm limited to the music I can use with copyright laws. And just for the folk thinking I'm trying to make money hear somehow I've turned all adverts off all I want is help in making my videos better thanks Mick