Abrasive blasting

What is sandblasting used for? Sandblasting can remove paint, rust, and residue from oxidation from materials quickly and efficiently. Sandblasting can also be used to change the condition of a metal’s surface, such as through removing scratches or casting marks. Sandblasting as a cleaning method has been widely used for over a hundred years. Read … Read more

Which is better soda blasting or sandblasting? Where sand blasting might cause damage, soda blasting is ideal for the job. Meanwhile, where soda blasting can be used on the same surfaces and for many of the same purposes, sand blasting is more efficient and can clean or strip a surface of rust and paint much … Read more

One common home commodity, baking soda, has a wide range of applications. As a blasting medium in soda blasters is one such application. A common technique for removing paint, rust, and other surface impurities from a variety of materials is soda blasting. But can you use a soda blaster with normal baking soda? No, as … Read more

What items can you sandblast? While the method is termed sandblasting, the abrasive material used is not only limited to sand. Depending on the surface requiring treatment, the standard abrasives that can be used are steel grit, dry ice, corn cob, copper slag, walnut, and coconut shell. Read more on bloggingpainters.com Abrasive material is projected … Read more