[cdowns]

i liked sandblasting and over a 30year span i've saved many thousands of dollars and ended up with a great final product

i learned real fast the importance of safty equipment the need for a respirator and the importance of covering every square inch of my skin
tricks for ease of containing the sand for recycleing were learned as well as having a breeze at my back to aid in vision and breathing safely
learning how to pile things up so that secondary things were getting preped while i was doing the main targeted piece increased effectiveness of the process

but yes it still was a nasty dirty job no matter what

the end of the process was the used sand went into compost pile to be used to repair/build my lawn