Vapour Blasting

What is Vapour Blasting?
Vapor Blasting is when the abrasive is mixed with water prior to being blasted. The main advantages of Vapour blasting is the greatly reduced levels of dust (up to 90%) and the increase in efficiency. It also allows for lower blasting pressure so can blast things like Cedar cladding while having the power to blast steel. the possibilities of this are almost endless.

Common blast media used in Vapor Blasting is Garnet and Glassbeads but other options such as Walnut Shell, Soda and more are available.

Vapour abrasive blasting is alternatively referred to as wet blasting, wet abrasive blasting, slurry blasting, wet sandblasting and dustless blasting.

Applications

  • Concrete etching - Used with stencils or over larger areas to expose aggregate
  • Carpark and Road line removal - Fast and efficient line removal
  • Surface Preparation – Prepare steel surfaces to be free of grease, dirt, dust, mill scale, rust and paint
  • Blast Cleaning – Dirt, mold, paint and coatings
  • Restoration – Corrosion, grime, coatings and surface dirt
  • Graffiti Removal – Graffiti from building surfaces
  • Marine Maintenance – Barnacles, biofilm, corrosion and coatings

Common Abrasives

Garnet

Garnet blasting uses an abrasive compound of natural garnet grains known for their hardness, durability and coarse features. Garnet blasting is considered a cost-effective method of surface preparation. It’s also popular for the fact that it’s environmentally friendly. Garnet meets all Occupational Health and Safety requirements and achieves the highest quality of processing standards regarding mineral purity and free silica content. 


Common uses for Garnet

Garnet really is able to be used on almost everything.

  • Remove Anti-Foul
  • Remove paint from clay bricks
  • Remove paint from concrete blocks
  • Strip corrosion and coatings from steel and other metals
  • Blast concrete to expose aggregate
  • Strip paint from fibreglass

And much much more!

Glass Beads

Glass bead blasting can remove paint, rust and corrosion leaving a clean matte texture. Every type of metal can be cleaned using this abrasive blasting technique without damaging the integrity of the surface. Bead blasting produces a much smoother and brighter finish than regular abrasives

Common Materials to Bead Blast

  • Copper
  • Titanium
  • Steel
  • Brass
  • Aluminium
  • Stainless Steel
  • Sterling Silver
  • Bronze
  • Rubber
  • Plastic


NOTE: Blasting is noisy and not always suitable in residential areas.