Vapor Honing / Wet Blasting
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Advantages Of Wet Blasting
Clean, Restore, And Protect
No other process compares when it comes to not only cleaning but surface finishing parts for a rebuild. Clean corrosion, rust, and years of grime and tarnish out of the tightest places in record time.
High Performance Engine Building
Everyone knows the start of a good engine build is clean components as your foundation. Wet blasting will help expose damage or cracks that might be masked by similar dry blasting operations.
Diesel Injector & Pump Cleaning
Manual cleaning of diesel components is a major time consumer. Wet blasting can effectively clean these components within 15-20 minutes leaving a like new. Not to mention the major health concerns that other processes pose.
Preserve History
Dry blasting will remove precious marks and traits on engine and other components that add value to any restored car. Wet blasting will simply clean over top of these marks of history.
Deburr & Finish CNC Parts
Wet blasting deburrs and surface finishes parts simultaneously. Can prep surfaces for coatings while holding tight, consistent, and repeatable tolerances.
Tools & Dies, Cutting Tools
Improve part release on moulds. When using abrasive like plastic grit you can remove any contaminates from the molding process without damage to the mould halves ensuring perfect parts.
Advantages Of Wet Blasting
- The first of many advantages of wet blasting is it cleans by flow of water and abrasive running across the part surface not by sheer force and impact like in conventional dry blasting operations.
- Water acts as a lubricant or barrier between the abrasive media & components surface protecting the substrate from erosion and distortion normally found in dry blasting environments.
- Wet blasting can provide a slight surface peening depending on the abrasive media used helping make the substrate harder and more stain resistant ideal in restoration applications.
- One of the clear advantages in the wet slurry process is the fact that no media is impregnated into a softer substrate like aluminum, brass and bronze.
- Within wet slurry environments the water and moisture traps and reduces the harmful dust particles that have been found to have negative health effects when inhaled.
- Since the water cushions the abrasive media being used this greatly extends abrasive life normally around 8-10 times longer than a dry blasting process.
- Closed loop machinery that recycles the abrasive and water decreasing operating cost.
- No heat warping with thin parts with the impact protection of the water as a barrier. When part distortion and close tolerances are of concern wet blasting is a great option for processing and testing your parts.
- Eliminates the need to use nasty chemicals which are found in rebuild shops around the world. These chemicals come with costly disposal fees and hazardous work environments.
- Leaves a very attractive satin finish on many different substrates like stainless steel, aluminum, brass.
- Provides an excellent lightly etched surface for bonding within the specialty coating markets. While helping retain part form and function.
- Provides an excellent surface for plating by cleaning the topography of the surface. With the flushing action of combined water and abrasive allows optimal surface cleanliness and preparation for final plating operations.
