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Why is choosing the right abrasive media for the job so important? If you use a mismatched abrasive for a blasting job, you may end up having to redo the job, because the anchor pattern is incorrect, or cause unwanted damage to the blasted surface. There are several types of abrasive blasting applications: cleaning, finishing, […]

Vapor blasting is also commonly known as wet blasting, liquid honing, vapor honing, dustless blasting, or slurry blasting. Wet blasting (vapor blasting) is a process for removing contaminants from a surface, or finishing a surface using pressurized water and abrasive blast media. If the abrasive media is mixed with water and pressurized in a pressure […]

What is a media reclaimer? How does a reclaimer work? Why would you want a reclaim for your blast cabinet? The biggest advantage to using a reclaim with a dust collector is you will be able to reuse much of your unspent abrasive media, thereby increasing your blasting efficiency and decreasing your blast media costs. […]

Reusing abrasive media is a process that can happen in blast cabinets and other contained blast enclosures. For portable sandblasting and outdoor blasting, the used media is too difficult to collect, filter, and reuse, so that media generally gets disposed. However, if you’re using a blast cabinet for industrial applications, having a process for reusing […]