ABRASIVE CLEANING

ABRASIVE BLAST CLEANING SERVICES

FEATURING A VARIETY OF ABRASIVE CLEANING MEDIA

*We will also remove any current coating, corrosion, and impurities from your metal projects so that YOU can "DIY" paint or powder application!  Email us through the contact menu or give us a call!

 HOW ABRASIVE CLEANING WORKS
Abrasive cleaning is a process in which an abrasive such as garnet, aluminum oxide, steel shot or glass bead is propelled at a high rate of speed at an object, thereby removing existing surface impurities, worn finishes or rust.

As an integral part of our Powder Coating Process, we take our abrasive cleaning services seriously. We have the capabilities to clean parts of all sizes.

BLAST ROOM
Our full reclaim blast room is our abrasive cleaning work horse. Features and benefits include:
  • Up to 10 ton weight capacity
  • Room Dimension: 26ft x 12ft
  • 10ft ceiling for huge parts
  • Full abrasive reclamation means lower prices

ABRASIVE CLEANING MEDIA

ALUMINUM OXIDE
Aluminum Oxide is the most commonly used blast media in blast finishing and surface preparation. 

GARNET
Van Industries uses grade 80 garnet in our 4'x4'11"x2'6" blast cabinet. A smaller, yet equally important, part of our Powder Coating operations, most of our smaller parts come through here.

STEEL SHOT
Van Industries' Pangborn steel shot blast cabinet provides an excellent surface finish for powder coating adhesion. We use it for items that are too small for our large blast room, yet too large for our small garnet blasting cabinet. This automated cabinet greatly increases our productivity with its 6'x6'6"x7' capacity.

GLASS BEADING
Used for softer metals and delicate parts, glass beads are a more gentle abrasive. Our glass bead cabinet measures 6'x3'x32".

SODA BLAST
Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) blasting is the gentlest of our blasting processes.

Soda blasting is used on items where abrasion of the surface must be avoided. Baking Soda is an extremely friable substance, meaning that as it makes contact with a solid surface it fragments into smaller particles. It is this action that literally "explodes away" surface materials while leaving the underlying item unharmed.

Soda blasting is used for the following applications:
  • paint stripping
  • automotive restoration
  • rust removal
  • boat hull cleaning
  • residue removal through saponification
We offer abrasive blast cleaning services to customers in Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading, Lancaster, PA, MD, NJ, DE, WV and beyond.
Our blast room is an abrasive cleaning workhorse!
The blast cabinet is used to clean our smaller parts.
Our steel shot blast cabinet provides an excellent surface finish for powder coating adhesion.
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Located near Reading, PA and within easy driving distance of Philadelphia, Allentown, Harrisburg and Lancaster, we provide abrasive blast cleaning services to customers throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia and beyond. 
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