Soda Blaster

[solo 2]

Don't know if you guys have seen this or not but it works like a damn. Cleans moto carbs like new, it's a bit messy but easy to clean and enviromentally friendly if you care. The only mod I made to this set up was to cut a 2" piece of 5/16" clear tubing, bevel the inner edge 45 deg. and super glue it into the 7/16" tube, this gives a stronger blast. Also the shorter and straighter the tube while blasting the better. If you have vapor in your lines get it out first.

Here's a link: http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-o.../soda_blaster/

Here's a pic of mine before and after.

[Mad GS 750 E]

Soda blaster

Great job on the carbs. My friend was trying the soda on carb came out ok but not as nice as yours. what psi are you using and does it stay constant ,did you totalaly take the carb apart and rebuild , and what did you use for rinse . great trick with tube have to try that. thanks ahead for info.

[solo 2]

I wouldn't do this unless I was taking the carbs apart anyways, its very gritty and gets into everything, the beauty is it's water clean up, just disolves. My compressor is a 15 gallon 4.5 cfm @ 90 psi. I was running 90 psi but probably wasn't that high when doing it as the comp. ran the whole time.

What I love about this is the fact that you can clean everything on the carbs while they're still together, screws,fittings, everything, rinse, blow out and then do your rebuild.

The smaller tube made all the difference in the world, really improves how it works. You still get the flow of the soda but it has much better cleaning power when exiting.

[old school]

thats awesome thanks for sharing

[SVSooke]

Have seen this on a few sites now.Your 5/16th mod sounds like a good thing to try.Going to get the stuff to do this today.

[Hammered]

If you use Wash Soda instead of baking soda, it will be a little cheaper.

[SVSooke]

I got baking soda from the bulk isle but will look into that next time i need some,if I remember.Be using this a lot over the winter me thinks.

[sharpy]

If your in a patio area/back yard how "messy" is it? thanks

[SVSooke]

Take some before and after pictures if you like.A hose will take care of it .Or if you live here just wait for the rain,it's here early this year

[SqDancerLynn1]

I will have to try that I bought a small hand held blaster gun from Harbor Freight $10

[Planecrazy]

I've been experimenting with a conventional blaster gun and some media (walnut husks and glass bead) that I got for free off of Craigslist last spring. Was planning to try soda, etc. (and build a cabinet for it), but yesterday I discovered that my compressor is no longer compressing. I'm going to start disassembly tomorrow to see if I can find the problem (tank still holding the air it had, so I know it's in the compressor circuit or in the compressor itself).

If I had to guess I'd say it blew the head gasket, but I won't be able to tell for sure until I remove the plastic shroud and take off the cooling fan. No obvious leaks anywhere else that I can detect. Murphy's law that this would happen just when I was going to start playing with the blaster!

Regards,

[makenzie71]

If you can get a sand blast box you can even reuse your soda.

[dardoonk]

I bought a small hand held one at Harbor Freight that does pretty decent for small stuff.. Need a bigger one though..

FYI: Environmentally friendly, but it will kill your grass outside because it screws up the pH of the soil for a while... I did some rims and can assure you that 10lbs of baking soda will kill about 200 square feet of you lawn

[hampshirehog]

Baking soda is a 'one hit' media ie you can only use it once. It works as the individual crystals hit the part you are cleaning and 'explode'.

Ditto dardoonk's comments on using it on the lawn. Best used on the drive where you can just wash it away with a hose (it's soluble). Does a good job of killing the weeds that poke their heads up through whatever your drive is made of.

Plus wear a hat when using; if you get it in your scalp it'll itch like mad.

[wirelessguy]

Soda blasting looks like a promising alternative (to the glass bead blasting I was considering).

You mention that you did not disassemble your carbs but I wasn't sure what kind of components were inside your Porsche carbs. Is it safe to blast into my GS1100E carbs or are there worries about the rubber floats and O-rings?


I think I'm going to start by taking the black spray paint off my engine which should give me a good idea of stripping power and how firm/gentle I'd need to be with the gun.