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A data sheet on our wood 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 stone without
injecting large quantities of water into the surface, and with
minimal surface damage, at the same time, the
'wet' system also captures dirt and abrasive, preventing the health
and safety risks associated with dry blasting.
A further advantage of the
system we use is that it also uses far less abrasive than
traditional techniques, making expensive abrasives cost effective,
but 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.
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A Pine beam in East
Yorkshire, multiple layers of paint being stripped in one pass,
April 2002, minimal damage to the underlying wood. Note that removing paint
from a surface is a considerably more messy process than simply
cleaning it. Not only do we have to use more abrasive, but the
paint removed from the surface is generally a messy by product
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An
Partly cleaned soft (wood beam in York, June
2002 house Note that ladder access would be
frowned upon by the 2005 'working at height regulations' and a
tower scaffold would probably now be used. |
 | The low pressures mean that the system is 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. |
| Considerably less mess than other systems, the low pressures mean that secondary mess (dust being blown out of floorboards etc) is also minimised. |
| Cleaning to the requirements of BS 8221-1&2 :2000 the British Standard Code of Practice for Cleaning and Surface repair of buildings. |
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