How versatile is Soda Blasting?

Allens Soda Blasting has a wide range of specialised services;

• From removing burnt carbon from BBQs/pots and pans, to removing concrete from glass

• From restoring engine and hydraulic parts, to crack detection on large ships and structures

• From timber decking and antique furniture restoration, to domestic graffiti, bitumen and sealer removal

• From glue and chewing gum removal, to grease and baked on carbon off food equipment

• From paint removal on cars and panels to delicate aviation applications

The applications are limited only to your imagination!

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Does Soda Blasting damage the surface?

Soda Blasting can be applied to numerous surfaces. These include glass, aluminium, brass, copper, bronze, stainless steel, wood, brick, steel, concrete, and natural stone (sandstone, limestone, marble) to name a few. Soda blasting casues very minimal or no damage to the surface. In certain cases we are able to do selective paint layer removal taking only top coats off while leaving the undercoat intact. Unlike sand blasting, garnet or bead blasting, soda blasting creates very minimal or NO heat which ensures the shape and strength of the surface being blasted. 

 

What can Soda Blasting do?

Soda blasting quickly and easily removes and cleans difficult substances including spray sealers, surface treatments, epoxy resins, resurfacing concrete and many more. Furthermore, these substances can be removed from delicate surfaces such as rubber hoses, glass, steel, stainless steel, aluminium and much mores. In fact there is no other method today that can remove such hard wearing substances as quickly and efficiently as Soda Blasting.

 

Most EPA problems such as the use of highly toxic chemicals and waste run off are virtually eliminated as our baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) being 100% natural is non-toxic and environmentally friendly. Also, the wasteful water issues associated with high water pressure blasting are now in many instances replaced with soda blasting. 

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Clean up is also a breeze as Allens Soda Blasting has a wide range of both quick and easy containment techniques. The only factor lies with the substance being cleaned off. In most cases, the product being cleaned can be swept up or in some case contained with the aid of sand, tarpaulins or other natural absorbent which soaks up wastes.

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What are the benefits of Soda Blasting in industry?

Soda Blasting is a one step process. Baking Soda, being an A1 degreaser is able to clean many integral machinery parts in situe. This means;

• No pre-greasing

• No need to remove seals and bearings

• No need to disassemble in most cases

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Other benefits are;

• No damage and no pitting of metal or other surfaces

• Great for crack detection

• Paint removal from metal panels with almost no prep work or masking

• Food grade media ensures no chemical cross contamination in the food industry

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Uses for the food grade Soda Blasting include industries such as;

The Commercial and Domestic food equipment, Manufacturing, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Aviation, Hydraulic, Marine and Mining. These are merely a few of the hundreds of Soda Blasting applications.

 

Isn't MOISTURE a major problem within the Blasting Industry?

Moisture is one of the largest problems facing conventional blasting industry. Too much moisture in the air can cause major clogging and blockages to blasting equipment causing valuable down time. To overcome this problem, most blasting companies simply do not blast during wet and rainy periods. This in turn will result in major delays when work efficiency is needed to complete work. Vast amounts of funds are spent trying to cope with this problem including the uses of very expensive dryers, moisture control blasting rooms and still the problem continues. However as Allens Soda Blasting uses an actual WATER RESISTANT baking soda, our business is NOT affected by any moisture problems and is among the only business that can actually blast in the rain...now when I say in the rain, I don't mean blasting in a shed while it rains outside, I mean our blasting equipment, compressor and ourselves blasting in the rain. 

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