Bead Blasting

Bead blasting is a very effective but gentle process leaving items clean rust free and is in our opinion far superior over soda blasting.

BEAD BLASTING PROCESS

Bead blasting is a process in which small spheres of glass or other abrasive material are blasted at high pressure against a surface. Ideal for removing rust, paint, or other debris from the metal surface.

Ideal for delicate substrates

Blasting with Plastic Media prevents damage to delicate substrates and is therefore an excellent alternative to hard abrasives as well as chemical stripping.

bead blasting grades

Here are some options of the various grades of bead blast media:

Sa 1 – Light blast cleaning.
Sa 2 – Thorough blast cleaning.
Sa 2½ – Very thorough blast cleaning.
Sa 3 – Blast cleaning to visually clean steel.

For further information on bead blasting and to discuss the best bead blast media for your shot blasting project, please get in touch, we will be more than happy to give you suitable advice.

Some of our recent projects using plastic bead blasting media