High Pressure Services

Vapour Blasting Services

This gently cleans the surface without damage leaving a nice satin finish which is very easy to keep clean. We offer a wet vapour blasting service for cleaning, polishing and reproducing silky smooth finishes on most metals or similar metallic substrates. If you have never come across vapour blasting before it’s basically a water blast technique that fires an abrasive slurry at the piece of work using compressed air.

The advantages over normal blasting are the water cushions the abrasive preventing it from cutting the material. The surface is peened and washed at the same time giving a lovely sheen to the finish that is far more resistant to marking than normal blasting. Being water based means it’s a dustless process. The vapour blasting process is suitable for Aluminium, Bronze, Magnesium, Titanium, Brass, Copper etc. It will gently clean the surface without damage to gasket faces or machined surfaces.

Producing a satin finish which can be handled without picking up finger marks and gently peens the surface so can help reduce porosity in castings. The process causes no damage or scouring to the material which means that gasket faces and bearing journals are left totally unscathed.

The 1st stage of the process is to ensure that the items to be vapour blasted are completely free from traces of paint or grease as the slightest contamination can have an adverse effect upon the vapour process. If time is pressing, or you lack the necessary cleaning equipment or it’s just a case of not being confident of being able to clean the item to the required standard then we will provide this service for a small additional charge, depending upon the cleaning level required. Pricing is dependant upon the item’s condition (painted, oily, greasy etc).