What Is The Dustless Blaster?

The Dustless Blaster works by mixing water and abrasive inside the blast tank. By introducing water we’re drastically increasing mass and energy the machine is putting out, while eliminating dust. Imagine throwing a handful of dry sand, versus throwing a handful of wet sand; which one is going to have a more significant impact on the target? Not only will the wet sand hit the target harder, but it won’t disintegrate and become a cloud of dust like the dry sand will. This is the very simple principle behind Dustless Blasting. 

 

The Dustless Blasting system has the following advantages over the old, outdated dry blasting method:  

 

• Faster: The Dustless Blaster can strip a car in around 3 hours. 

• Minimal Dust: The abrasive gets trapped in water and grounded, eliminating the plume of dust. 

• No Warping: The Dustless Blaster will NOT cause warping, because friction and heat are reduced by the water. Warping occurs when the metal heats up due to friction from dry abrasive. In fact, the temperature of the metal being blasted usually comes DOWN about 10º from ambient. Think of it this way - if you rub your hands together, they get warm due to friction. But if you rub your hands together underneath running water, they stay cool. The water eliminates the friction. No friction = no heat = no warping!

• Less Containment Needed:  In most cases, expensive, time consuming containment doesn't need to be set up. 

• Doesn’t Affect Nearby Workers: Never sacrifice productivity, other workers can work nearby unaffected.  No big dust plume like with sandblasting and recycled bottle glass contains no free silica, the leading cause of silicosis. 

• Leaves a Paint Ready Surface: The rust inhibitor decontaminates the metal leaving a clean, chloride free paint ready surface.

 

 

Since Water Is Used, Won't It Rust Metal?

We use a rust inhibitor called HoldTight 102 to prevent flash rusting for up to 72 hours. This extremely effective rust inhibitor is added to the blast water to prevent flash rust during blasting, and then used to rinse after blasting is complete.  With HoldTight 102, chlorides are removed, leaving a perfect paint ready surface.  Also, we blow dry the project after rinsing to eliminate water collecting anywhere.

 

Dustless Blasting solves the warping problem caused by sand blasting, and the paint adhesion problems caused by soda blasting.  It's faster, cleaner and greener than any other paint stripping technology available.

 

 

Will The Dustless Blaster Damage Chrome and Glass?

Glass and chrome can be damaged by any kind of abrasive blasting. You should always mask off the chrome and glass prior to blasting, and we do!

 

 

What finish do I get?

Dustless Blasting achieves a paint-ready surface that feels similar to 120 grit sandpaper