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Sand Jet Cleaning
Dry Sandblasting
Chemical Stripping
Pressure Washing
Dry Ice Cleaning
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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, obviously
sometimes traditional sand/bead blasting is more appropriate for metal
cleaning.
However The 'wet' 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 2001
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A car transporter frame, refurbished in
July 2002 |
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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.
The photo below is
of the cleaning of a series of bridge rail posts on the A38 - cleaned
over the summer of 2005 |
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collection of metal and woodwork from a playground -
cleaned, primed and top coated by us at our premises over
Christmas 2006 |
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large batch of JCB hydraulic rams - yellow paint removed for
repainting 2007. |
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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
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