SECRETS OF: BLASTING PROCESSES PART 1

Prior to employing the restoration methods of paintwork, chroming, powder coating and electro plating, the preparation usually required before these processes is generically known as Shot or Sand Blasting. A lot of ‘old wives tales’ persist around this black art (although why old wives care about blasting is anybody’s guess…) So to find out the facts, we visit RFI Screening Ltd. located in Braughing, near Ware in Hertfordshire (Where? An old joke I never tire of…) here owner Steve Noble embarks on a ‘show and tell’ for our benefit -

Any form of blasting is intrinsically an abrasive media propelled to the workpiece by compressed air; additionally, this media may be waterborne in an air/water mix. It is vitally important that you employ