For many people who want to clean and prepare a surface with an even, smooth finish, a sandblasting service is the first choice that comes to mind.
It is a well-established process, having been invented in 1870, and because of its age, it has become established, refined and built around its core uses.
However, when there are several other surface preparation options available, why do people still choose sandblasting? Here are a few reasons.
Effective And Fast
The biggest reason why it is used is that it provides an even finish very quickly compared to other methods such as sanding, stripping the paint, dirt and contaminants from a surface remarkably quickly. This leaves an even, textured finish.
As sandblasting is often used in combination with other surface preparation work, this ultimately saves money by reducing the delays before other work can be completed, and providing an ideal surface to work with for painting or coating work.
Versatile
Sandblasting is powerful enough to be used to scrape away rust from industrial machinery and deep clean hard-to-reach areas and corners in concrete structures, but it can also be used when delicate care is needed.
Historical brick and stonework, of the type often seen with historic listed buildings, need to be cleaned with particular care to avoid damaging their historic character or fundamental structure – and in this case we would recommend our development of sandblasting, which for want of a better word we call sand jetting.
This provides all the benefits of sandblasting but allows for much smaller flows of abrasive – and much more delicate sandblasting as a result.
Because of this, sandblasting is used as part of a wide range of cleaning and preparation protocols, from stripping old paint from buildings to lovingly restoring monuments.
Improves Durability And Longevity
A deep, complete clean helps to get rid of a lot of the contaminants that can potentially shorten the lifespan of a building or a piece of equipment.
Rust and corrosion can be utterly devastating to metal buildings or older reinforced concrete structures if the decay is allowed to spread, but effective sandblasting can help stop this and pave the way for a carefully considered restoration project.
