Choosing The Right Equipment For Your Sandblasting Needs

If you are thinking about purchasing or hiring sandblasting equipment for use in your workplace, you may not have realized that there is actually more than one type that you can choose between. Each of the different types of equipment has distinctive operating instructions and is suited to specific applications. The following article is designed to outline the various sandblasting equipment available to you, hopefully helping you to make your choice.

Siphon: This type of sandblasting equipment would have to be the most popular around, simply because it works out to be very simple and inexpensive to use. The equipment consists of an air gun that can be fitted with two different hoses - one blows the air that is delivered to it via the compressor, whilst the other sucks in the abrasive material. This creates a vacuum that mixes the two together before blowing it out of the nozzle. Pressure Pot: This type of equipment is actually viewed as being the more professional of all the types because it has a much higher sandblasting pressure and is, overall, more efficient. This is often the equipment of choice for industries and workplaces that undertake sandblasting across large periods of time. It consists of a pressurized tank where the air is mixed with the abrasive before being shot out. Power Washer: This equipment is used when the services of wet sandblasting are required. Basically, this equipment consists of a pressure washer that mixes in an abrasive with the water before being blown out of the nozzle. It actually help to clean surfaces much better and far quicker than other methods; as such, it is commonly used for removing graffiti from affected buildings.

Unfortunately, most sandblasting equipment will be subjected to problems with the flow of abrasive, especially if they were relatively cheap to purchase. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and this could not be more true when it comes to sandblasting. The siphon and pressure pot equipment is especially more likely to experience clogging and other flow problems.

By making sure that you choose the most appropriate equipment for your sandblasting needs and that you keep it clean and well maintained, you will find that it is the best investment that you ever made. If your equipment does experience one of the flow problems outlined above, you are fortunate in that there are a number of ways that you can rectify the problem and continue on with your sandblasting. But that's another story.

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