Creating an Anchor Pattern For Surface Coatings
What is an anchor pattern? How do you add one to a surface, and what is it used for? The anchor pattern or anchor profile is a series of “peaks and valleys” that exist on a substrate. This anchor profile is extremely important to coatings, like paint or powder coating. Each coating has an optimal […]
Removing Rust with Wet Sandblasting
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Raptor Blasting Systems 🦖 (@raptorblastingsystems) on Jun 14, 2018 at 5:35pm PDT Whether you’re cleaning car parts, restoring a vintage tool, or removing corrosion from a motorcycle engine, using a wet blast cabinet to remove rust is often the most practical solution. There are other ways […]
Does Your Water Source Affect the Wet Blast Process?
A question we hear occasionally is, “Does my water source affect the wet blasting process?” Some shops are hooked up to city tap water. Others use spring or well water. The concerns that we hear is that chemicals in tap water, or minerals in well water may affect the wet blasting process, diminishing the results […]
7 Factors for Choosing the Right Abrasive Media
Why is choosing the right abrasive media for the job so important?crush If you use a mismatched abrasive for a blasting job, you may end up having to redo the job, because the anchor pattern is incorrect, or cause unwanted damage to the blasted surface. There are several types of abrasive blasting applications: cleaning, finishing, […]