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Light industrial sandblasting is surface preparation, and it exists because coatings and welds both fail on dirty metal long before they fail on their own.
Paint does not fail because the paint was bad nearly as often as it fails because it was put onto rust, scale or oil. The same is true of a repair weld laid over a surface nobody cleaned. Preparation is not the interesting part of the job and it is usually the part that decides how long the result lasts.
We blast in the shop as preparation ahead of coating or repair, on parts we are already fabricating and on parts brought in for prep. It is light industrial work, which is an honest description rather than a modest one. Tell us the part and what is going onto it afterwards and we will tell you plainly whether this is the right shop for it.
Most often this runs as a step inside a larger job: a truck body being rebuilt, a frame being repaired, a fabricated assembly that has to be coated before it goes into service.
When you send this over, tell us the part, its rough size, what is currently on it, and what is going onto it afterwards. Old paint, mill scale, surface rust and heavy corrosion are four different problems and they do not all get the same answer.
If the honest answer is that your part needs a larger or more specialised blasting operation than this one, we will say so. Taking a job we are not set up for wastes your time twice, once when it is here and again when it has to be done properly somewhere else.
How this job runs
The same sequence every time, so you know what you are buying.
Scale, rust and old finish removed so the coating has clean metal to hold.
A clean surface before a repair weld, rather than welding through contamination.
Usually one step inside a fabrication or truck body job already in the shop.
If a part is beyond light industrial blasting we will say so rather than take it and disappoint you.
Coatings fail on dirty metal, not on their own.
Preparation is the least visible step and the one that decides how long the finish lasts.
| Condition | What it means | Effect on preparation |
|---|---|---|
| Mill scale | The dark oxide layer from hot rolling | Must come off. Coating over it fails in sheets. |
| Surface rust | Light oxidation, no section loss | Straightforward to remove |
| Heavy corrosion | Pitting and possible section loss | Longer preparation, and the part may need assessment first |
| Old coating | Existing paint or powder | Removed so the new system keys to metal |
| Oil or grease | Contamination from service | Degreased before blasting, or it just spreads |
What to send us
Everything you leave out becomes an assumption, and assumptions are what make an invoice differ from a quote. None of this has to be formal.
Old paint, scale, rust and grease are four different problems.
The coating system decides how the surface needs to be left.
A sentence is enough to start. Precision comes later.
At your facility, or can it come to the shop.
Including any shutdown or outage window, and whether the date is fixed.
For anything that already exists, a photo does more than several paragraphs.
Questions about light industrial sandblasting
What does light industrial mean here?
It means the blasting is scaled to job shop work and to prep inside our own fabrication jobs. Describe your part and we will tell you honestly whether it suits this shop.
Do you coat and paint as well?
Blasting here is surface preparation. Tell us what is going onto the part afterwards and we will scope the prep to suit it.
Can you blast a part we bring in?
Yes, prep-only work is fine. Send the part details on the job form.
Is this available for residential items?
No. Outside of handrails, gates and fences, the work we take is commercial and industrial.
Other things this shop does
Send us the job
Describe what you need made or fixed and we will send a quote back. Photographs and drawings help more than anything else, so the form takes uploads.
Commercial and industrial work. Residential is limited to handrails, gates and fences, and we do not take small repairs.