Frequently Asked Questions

Dustless Blasting is a revolutionary paint stripping and cleaning system that can remove virtually any coating from almost any surface, without creating a huge plume of dust.

The Dustless Blaster works by mixing water and abrasive inside the blast tank. By introducing water, we’re drastically increasing mass and energy the machine is putting out, while suppressing dust.

For wet blasting, you can use almost any abrasive as long as it is clean, consistent, and sinks in water. The most popular and inexpensive media of choice is 40/70 recycled bottle glass.

Our dry media blasting pot can also dry blast. For this process, your machine can use any media a traditional dry blaster would use including sand, garnet, walnut shells and soda.

Choosing an abrasive is like choosing sandpaper for a project. More coarse sandpaper like 60 grit or 100 grit will strip quicker and have a rougher surface, while finer mesh like 400 or 1000 grit will be slower and have a smoother finish. Finer meshed abrasives are great for softer substrates like fiberglass, concrete and wood, while larger mesh abrasives work best for thick steel or thick coatings.

Our media blaster will NOT cause warping of metals when wet abrasive blasting. The friction and heat are reduced by the water, effectively reducing metal warping. In fact, the temperature of the metal being blasted usually comes down about 10º from ambient.

Glass and chrome can be damaged by any kind of abrasive blasting. These areas should always be masked off prior to blasting.

The blasting process produces no ignitable sparks, static electricity or a huge plume of dust.  It is easy to clean up and is safe for all surfaces including steel aluminum, wood, fiberglass, cement and concrete. With our process harmful chemicals are not used or required.