Metal Cleaning

A data sheet on our metal cleaning services, a suitable summary for printing is available in pdf format, here

We specialise in using a low pressure sand jetting system but obviously sometimes traditional sand/bead blasting is more appropriate for metal cleaning.

However The 'damp' system also captures dirt and abrasive, preventing the health and safety risks associated with dry blasting. It also acts as a coolant, and therefore can clean thin metals, such as motor vehicle shells, without heating the surface causing distortion.

A further advantage of the system we use is that it also uses far less abrasive than traditional techniques, making expensive abrasives, such as garnet, cost effective, and more significantly reducing waste. Abrasive does not need to be recycled, preventing cross contamination between jobs, and apart from in specialist cases, is not a major part of the running costs.

We have a blasting bay at our Beverley premises, enabling us to undertake some work in house and under cover. in this bay we can operate both our dry blast systems and the damp blast machines. (Please note that we do most of our work away on site, so please 'phone before arriving at our office with something to clean.)

A Partially Cleaned ISO Tank - part of a trial in August 200 1

A Bridge - cleaned in the Summer of 2009- showing the sheeting required to stop paint debris getting into the river below.

Motorway Crash Barrier, blasted clean as part of a Trial, August 2003. We are approved Zinga Applicators, and this was part of a demonstration of cleaning and Zinganising of the crash barriers.

Zinga is a one component Zinc product similar in effectiveness to hot dip galvanising - but with the advantage that the zinc can be 'topped' up at any stage without reblasting.

Zinga cold galvanising is our standard treatment of blasted steel.

A collection of metal and woodwork from a playground - cleaned, primed and top coated by us at our premises over Christmas 2006

Key Benefits

• The low consumption means that the system can be regulated to be gentle enough to clean delicate surfaces, yet powerful enough to strip multiple layers of paint in one pass.
• It is not a chemical process so no noxious or harmful slurries or fumes are generated.
• As it uses only minimal amounts of water and abrasive the system is regularly used indoors.
• Dry blasting available for applications where flash rusting is critically not required.
• Preparation of surfaces to SA 2.5
• Cold Galvanising of blasted steel structures