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Softer Metals
Automotive - Motorcycle - Airplane - Helicopter |
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After
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Automotive Louvres 5
minutes with soda. How long to strip all surfaces by hand?
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Industrial - Commercial
Extreme buildup of spray-on fire proofing buildup on returned rental scissors
platform surfaces
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Restaurant (Note: soda won't remove
heat discoloration in the metal itself but it will remove everything else on
the surface) |
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Typical Construction Blasting
of Softer Materials
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Log Homes - Decks, Etc.
see Cob Blasting Page |
New Construction
The three pictures above show the before/after surfaces. We are using corn cob to
clean and remove surface imperfections. At the same time the cob opened the pores in the concrete surface for a more visual architectural
texture.
There were several major plus' here for the contractor.
- The blasting could be done while other crews still completed their work
without shutting down the jobsite!
- The finish on the wood ceiling and on the tender anodized aluminum
window frames were not harmed by the cob blasting.
- BONUS! In fact, the cob was then used at a lower air pressure to dress
the exposed wood by removing footprints, mildew, rust stains from
attachment bolts, water stains, etc from the viewable surface of the open
beams.
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- Brick -
Before and After Using Soda
This wall had been painted over after conventional sandblasting failed to
remove graffiti.
Soda removed the paint, the graffiti and cleaned the damaged brick faces.
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The picture below shows the painted surface to be cleaned in the upper
right one third of the picture. The soda cleaned brick is in the upper left
one third of the picture. The original surface of the wall is the bottom one
third of the picture. The whole wall will be cleaned and renovated with
soda.
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You will note the surface degradation to the middle brick that resulted
from the abrasiveness of normal sandblasting which is why the owner decided
to paint over the graffiti rather than destroy the look of the wall.
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| Soda Blasting
S oda blasting is a process in which an environmentally safe
product of sodium bicarbonate is used as a specially formulated blast
media to clean and strip most surfaces. The soda serves as a mild abrasive
that will remove or etch paint. Or it will work as the lone, active
cleaning agent for all varieties of surfaces and equipment.
The soda is dispensed from a machine that is specifically designed to
perform a soda blasting operation. It is applied to the surface to be
cleaned through a specially designed, pressurized nozzle and hose. It
obtains its pressure from a conventional shop air compressor or a mobile
construction air compressor. Another variation is to use it to Wet Blast
using the soda in conjunction with water. This method is used in areas
where the dust generated is controlled by the water. Soda blasting has
many applications for removing paint, coatings, contaminants, odors and
other types of cleaning on most all materials. Soda blasting can be used
to clean and deodorize fire and smoke damage in buildings.
The K200 is the blast generator that propels the blasting media onto
the surfaces that require depainting, rust removal, paint etching, or
other surface preparation. This process removes paint and contaminate
without harming the substrate surface.
What are the Benefits of Soda Blasting?
· Soda Blasting is a nondestructive operation that can
remove or prepare old paint or other materials. It will not damage
most base materials or surrounding components which comprise that
items body structure, i.e. steel, aluminum, fiberglass, moldings,
window glass, etc.
· Sodium Bicarbonate is a non-hazardous food grade material
that is 100% water soluble and environmentally safe.
· Soda Blasting will eliminate the need for using toxic
cleaning chemicals.
· Soda Blasting will clean multi-layered surfaces to the
level of any layer desired.
· Soda Blasting may be used to clean or decoat machines,
while the machine is still in operation.
corn cob: Using biodegradable corn cob will allow the operator to strip softer
surfaces with minimal damage. This type of media is used to strip log
homes, houses, wood fences, decks and any other surface requiring a milder
abrasive.
Most abrasive media can be used in our machine.
Such as:
· Sodium bicarbonate
· Potassium sulphate
· corn cob
· Walnut
· Sand
· Garnett
· And more
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