Blasting Auto Sheet Metal

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Blasting auto sheet metal. Blasting is fine on panels i was referring to parts where the sand can enter but a pain to remove such as unibody boxed parts such as a sub frame or underside of a hood etc. When a sufficiently hard abrasive particle strikes steel it deforms the surface into a valley and pushes up peaks. Thus we use our plastic media blasting process in this case. Due to the high pressure and heat generated by the sandblasting procedure a car body s sheet metal and thinner metals can be warped beyond repair.

There really isn t a way to get down to bare metal more efficiently than media blasting. It is an excellent rust remover and is intended for more robust metals. I ve hit rusty sheet metal with sand just kept the feed higher lower pressure and further distance. The distance between the top of the peak and the bottom of the valley is known as the depth profile.

In the u s the depth profile is measured by mils thousandths of an inch in the metric system the micron one millionth of a meter is used. Sandblasting uses a higher pressure of air to propel sand. Call us now 661 295 0205 main menu.