Dry Blasting - Wood

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

We specialise in using a low pressure sand jetting system that has been used nationwide for property restoration, including gaining approval for and subsequently working on many Listed Buildings.

The system, in our trained hands, causes minimal damage to an underlying surface and is flexible enough to tackle most property restoration cleaning tasks.

The low pressure sand jet can clean surfaces without injecting large quantities of water into the surface, and with minimal surface damage, at the same time, the 'damp' system also captures dirt and abrasive, preventing the health and safety risks associated with dry blasting.

However, the damp nature of the blast does mean that the abrasive and removed dirt / paint stick to surfaces (as can be seen in the wood - sand jet photographs) - this can be washed out, or left to dry and brushed out. But we have now re-discovered that dry blasting can, if the operator is careful, be quite effective, so we now offer that service as well. It is one of those 'swings and roundabouts' things - the dry blast will use more abrasive and create lots and lots of dust, but is perhaps a little easier to clean up on the day.

A painted pine roof in Sheffield cleaned in March 2009. A job that we were immensly proud of - a pity that the customer never paid for the work!

a close up of that ceiling

A wooden floor in a huddersfield mill - demonstrating that sand blasting was an option for cleaning it- as an ex-mill floor it was extremely rough, and ordinary sanding machines were struggling. - we could clean it - and the existing roughness wasn't a problem - then a thick coat of varnish could un-roughen the floor afterwards. But note the amound of sand debris around from this small section!

a wooden ceiling cleaned with dry blasting. Compare with the standard Sand Jet!

The sort of dust cloud generated inside that room (and house) when dry blasting! If you live in an open plan house and are fully carpeted, dry blasting can be slightly invasive! Compare this with the photographs elsewhere in this website! We need lots of ventilation and even then will require to stop and let the dust settle several times to make progress - and see how we are doing.

Key Benefits

• Dry - debris can be cleaned up relatively quickly and easily with brush and vacuum
• aggressive - rapid removal of material.
• Cleaning to the requirements of BS 8221-1&2 :2000 the British Standard Code of Practice for Cleaning and Surface repair of buildings.