Vapor Blasting

HIGH QUALITY VAPOR BLASTING SERVICES IN NEW ENGLAND

Nor’Easter Vapor Blasting is located in the center of New England, in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. We offer a non-aggressive Vapor Blasting service, also known as Aqua Blast, Wet Blast, and Vapour Blast for those across the pond in the UK. Vapor Blasting can restore all kinds of parts, components, and castings back to their “as new” condition. The process uses glass media suspended in a low-pressure water and air system. Vapor Blasting your parts offer restoration results that need to be seen to be believed!

THE VAPOR BLASTING PROCESS

Vapor blasting involves cleaning parts so they are returned to the ‘as new’ finish. Our industrial vapor blast machine mixes water, glass beads, and air to softly clean away years of corrosion, oxidization, and yellowed clear coat, leaving a smooth, lustrous satin finish. An anti-corrosion additive is also included to help prevent studs, etc. from rusting after cleaning.

Here at Nor’Easter Vapor Blasting we follow our Quality Control process:

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Your parts are inspected and photographed, and any possible issues identified.

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Your parts will get a trip (if required) through the immersion parts cleaner using an aqueous solution to remove any heavy deposits of grease, sludge, gunk or oil. Your parts are then re-inspected.

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Your parts are Vapor Blasted in our Vapor Blast Cabinet, they are examined, and returned to the Vapor Blaster if necessary. Then they are immediately rinsed with water, dried, and inspected for quality.

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Finished parts are photographed and carefully packed and returned to you.

HOW IT'S DONE

Our Hurricane Wet Blasting Machine is designed to blast many sizes of components. The MB&A, Inc. machine uses a seal-less slurry pump to agitate the abrasive (glass bead) and water into a slurry mixture. The slurry mixture is then pumped to the abrasive blast gun where air pressure, accelerates the mixture to the desired pressure rating. The work area dimensions are 36" x 36" x 30"H, and the Door is 30" x 25"H.

A LITTLE KNOWN FACT

The action of the glass bead hammering the surface actually peens the surface pores closed, giving you a surface that is harder and more stain-resistant than when it was new.

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Vapor Blasting is a specialized process, which produces a very fine finish without damage to the component. It is especially effective on restoring parts with complex shapes where manual cleaning is difficult.

This process can be used on aluminum, brass, copper and bronze and can bring parts back to show quality.

Vapor blasting uses only environmentally safe media and water to wash away years, even decades of, oxidation, deterioration, and corrosion. The media is light and has the texture of very fine flour. It is mixed in the vapor blast machine with water and sent along the hose where air creates the vapor! The slurry mixture is pumped to the nozzle and the operator can get very close and gently clear away every bit hiding in the deepest crevices.

Unlike dry-grit blasting which is designed to fire media at high speeds and bounce off the surface the vapor-blast mixture is so soft it does not abrade away metal from your fine machined surfaces so it is unnecessary to mask those critical surfaces during blasting.

The action of the glass bead hammering the surface actually peens the surface pores closed, giving you a surface that is harder and more stain-resistant than when it was new.

Vapor Blasting is better than bead blasting! Better than soda blasting, tumbling and better than any amount of scrubbing, you can do by hand!

Comparison of Blasting

DRY

DRY

WET

The illustrations above show the different effects of grit, bead, and vapor blasting.

The aggressiveness of dry grit and bead blasting are shown in the first two illustrations which demonstrate the severe 90° ricochet that occurs when using these methods.

The third illustration shows the gentler, but just as effective, vapor blasting method. The ricochet of media is reduced due to the cushioning from the water; the angle of the media is changed producing a lapping effect traveling across the surface, giving an even satin/polished finish.

Advantages of Vapor Blasting

● Cleans by flow of water not by impact
● Simultaneously degrease & blast clean
● Water acts as a lubricant between media & component
● Promotes longer media life
● Produces a 'softer' finish
● Avoids media impregnation on soft materials