What is Aqua Blasting?

Vapor blasting, also known as wet blasting or liquid honing, is the number one choice for applications requiring the highest quality of surface finish. The key to vapor blasting is that the finish is produced through flow of water borne abrasive, giving a finer finish due to the flushing action of the water. No media is impregnated into the component, nor is there any dust created by the break up of media, unlike dry blasting where the finish is produced by sheer force of media impact.

Advantages of Aqua Blasting

• Cleans by flow of water not by impact

• Simultaneously degrease & blast clean

• Water acts as lubricant between media & component

• Produces a ‘softer’ finish

• Avoids media impregnation on soft material

Typical Applications

• Degreasing/surface finishing of components in the automotive, reconditioning & maintenance industries.

• Cleaning of dies & moulds

• Removal of paint, rust, scale, carbon & similar deposits in engineering industries

• Surface preparation prior to bonding, re-painting or re-coating

• Satin finishing of stainless steels & other special materials

• Removal of small burs from manufactured components