Dustless sand blasting is a process of prepping surfaces using a mixture of water and abrasives such as recycled glass beads, to remove old paint, dirt, stubborn stains, and debris without leaving any damage to the surface. Dustless sand blasting is an eco-friendly process of stripping surfaces with maximum dust containment. In this method, water and abrasives are mixed in blasting equipment and then sprayed under high pressure to ensure the safe and efficient removal of old paint, stains, and other surface contaminants. The mixture will cut through unwanted coatings, paint, primer, and vinyl.
With time, most surfaces rust, get stained, accumulate dirt, or if painted, the paint will start peeling off or showing signs of wearing out. At that point, the surface of the object in question will require restoration. The restoration process will require the surface to be prepped, stripped, and cleaned to allow the paint and restoration process to adhere to the surface.
However, stripping a surface manually can be tedious and time-consuming. If done manually, surface prepping can be messy, with dust, debris, and dirt filling the air. But surface prepping doesn't have to be this messy with the revolutionary dustless blasting machine method. This process makes the process of surface stripping a breeze. In this method, the cleaning mixture, water, and abrasives are mixed in a blast tank which eliminates the possibility of dust particles filling the air as you work on a surface.
If you look at some surfaces around you, it is either they are dirty, painted, rusty, or looking worn out they may require restoration which will definitely involve surface prep. The method you use to prep a surface will have an impact on how a coating will adhere to the surface. Dustless blasting ensures the complete removal of paint, stains, rust, and other contaminants, and leaves the surface ready for coating.
Dustless blasting has some similarities with sand blasting machine but, with dustless blasting, the cleaning materials are usually mixed together in blasting equipment. Sand blasting on the other makes use of blasts of sand particles which actually end up creating clouds of dust and filling the air with sand particles. Even though sand blasting is a great method for surface prepping, it's not as effective as dustless blasting.
The process of dustless sand blasting is relatively straightforward. First, the abrasives are mixed with water. This reduces the weight of the abrasives and prevents trails of dust, dirt, and debris. After mixing the cleaning materials in blasting equipment, the mixture is sprayed under high pressure similar to the power washer, on the surface. The impact will eliminate stains, dirt, paint, coating and any other stubborn distraction on the surface. Since the mixture uses water, it cools the surface which means no warping.
Dustless sand blasting uses compressed air and water in blasting equipment with a focused nozzle which ensures that the abrasive hits the surface hard resulting in faster cleaning and thorough stripping. However, even though the blasts are strong and hard on the surface, the mixture will not disintegrate once it hits the surface and will not create plumes of dust as with sand blasting.
With the dustless sand blasting method, you can typically use any abrasive material that can sink in water but does not dissolve when mixed with water. Examples of abrasive materials that can be used for dustless blasting include recycled glass, copper slag, and garnet sand. In fact, recycled glass is considered an environmentally friendly abrasive, that is clean and does an excellent job of stripping surfaces. Even though sand is effective, it's a bit more aggressive on surfaces as compared to glass. It can leave scratches on brick surfaces. In some cases, using sand as an abrasive can corrode concrete surfaces such as walls and patios. For these reasons, it's recommended that you avoid sand as an abrasive material when doing dustless blasting.
The Dustless Blasting Machine is composed of a vacuum pump, an industrial dust collector, and a spraying nozzle. The vacuum pump creates negative pressure in the dust collector through the suction pipe. In this way, all particles will be collected into it and sealed with compressed air from outside.
The compressed air flows into the dust collector through an orifice to pressurize it so that there will be enough space for all kinds of solid particles to pass through it easily and fall on top of each other at high speed (up to 30 meters per second). This means that you can clean your surface effectively without damaging what needs cleaning more than anything else.
Dustless blasting is a technique used to remove dust and debris from the surface of a material. It is an effective way of cleaning up abrasive surfaces, such as concrete or brick. The process involves spraying water onto the material and then using a high-pressure sand blasting nozzle to create an intense jet stream that efficiently removes all dirt particles from its surface. This process can be done in less than 30 seconds, making it ideal for both small projects as well as large ones where time is critical.
The dustless blasting machine is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process for pre-washing, disinfecting, and decontamination of raw construction materials. It has many advantages over conventional methods like wet blasting, especially with regard to its ability to move large quantities of water at high pressure without releasing any harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. The use of this equipment will allow companies to reduce the amount of time spent on production lines while also reducing their carbon footprint in doing so.