Blast and Paint Metal Tanks
These tanks came to us covered in rust. Our objectives were to blast to an SSPC10 near white metal in order to prep the surface for the coatings specced by our clients. According to SSPC officials, “a near-white metal blast cleaned surface, when viewed without magnification, shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dust,…
Read MoreRestoring a Commercial Grain Bin Done Right
The allure of the warm glow from the setting sun contrasted by looming silhouettes of barns and silos separating miles of cornfields. It’s a sight that I never knew how much I enjoyed until I moved away from my small town. Remembering that sight, what never occurred to me is the amount of work that…
Read MoreThe Safest & Quickest Way to Clean Your Food Production Facility: Dry Ice Blasting
Keeping your food production facility clean is a huge concern. Between the equipment and the facility itself, there are many places that food particles can get stuck. While this might not seem harmful to production, you know that the leftover food particles make the perfect home for bacteria. Even worse, you’ve learned that many ways of…
Read MoreCustom Surface Preparation For Industrial Painting
The primary purpose of sandblasting is surface preparation. This is an absolutely necessary step when you are painting or coating a surface. However, it isn’t just blasting an abrasive under pressure. The technical aspect of sandblasting (abrasive blasting) may surprise you. There are very specific standards for surface preparation and each coating has a minimum…
Read MoreChoosing the Right Industrial Coating – Food Manufacturing Experts
When someone mentions epoxy coatings usually the first thing that comes to mind is flooring. Epoxy flooring is widely known for its durability. Many people even turn to epoxy coatings in their homes for use on their garage floors. When you consider epoxy’s ability to protect the surface from corrosion and strengthen the material itself,…
Read MoreEmploying Our Expertise in Food Safety
Imagine standing in a room of an industrial manufacturing facility that is bigger than a football field. In that massive space is large cooking equipment that emits hot, moist steam from the process of preparing food. If you look up, the steel structure of the building is exposed and has failing paint and visible rust.…
Read MoreThe Dry Ice Blasting You Needed – Emergency Response Project
Natural hazards often strikeout of the blue and emergencies happen — sometimes, you just need to find someone who can do the job, right away. Blast It Clean is known among clients and disaster recovery companies for its 24-hour emergency response capability. Our dry ice blasting service is there when you most need help. In…
Read MoreInterior Warehouse Restoration to Maintenance Free Surfaces
For this interior warehouse restoration project, we converted painted brick walls and wood ceilings (surfaces that had required maintenance such as repainting, etc) to maintenance-free surfaces. The warehouse was very old and in need of updating. We were brought in to help bring this old warehouse back to life. An “all-natural” beauty products company was to…
Read MoreIndustrial Painting & Sandblasting Go Together Like Kansas City & BBQ
Look at the can of any paint or coating and you will likely see something like “make sure surface is clean and void of dirt, debris, peeling”. Any painter will tell you the most important step of any painting project is properly preparing the surface. The problem is that most painters are limited in their…
Read MoreAwareness and Safety – Sandblasting in a Confined Space
In 2018, 148 workers died from occupational injuries involving a confined space in the United States according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is nearly 3 people a week! Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that over 4.8 million confined space entries are made every year resulting in more than 11,000 preventable…
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