Environmentally Friendly Blasting
Wet blast machines are safer for your workshop, the operator AND the environment.
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19/01/2021
Cabinet Sizes
Comparing cabinet sizes of the most popular models of wet blast unit
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25/11/2020
Filling the wetblaster with media
How to load your machine with media
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17/11/2020
Wet blasting types
Common Wetblasting Processes (Not including 'open' systems such as those used for graffiti removal for example') It can get a little confusing when discussing “wetblasting” as it has been used…
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17/09/2020
1945 Rolls Royce Merlin
Wetblasting a part from a vintage motor There’s a great deal of satisfaction gained from restoring a filthy old part and making it look like new (or better than new…
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14/07/2020
Are you getting the most from your wetblast pump?
Why you may not be getting the optimum from your wetblast unit The direction of rotation of a 3-phase motor can be changed by reversing two of its stator leads. This interchange…
17/06/2020
Re-Blasting a Carby with AH glass bead
Revisiting our soda blasted carby and re-blasting with fine glass bead In a previous blog post we blasted a carburettor using soda and explained the benefits and drawbacks of that…
12/06/2020
Checking media levels in your blast unit
Media Concentration Except for very fine grain media (e.g. 45-90 micron), most Dana-Ridge wetblast machines give best results at around 25%-30% by volume of media to water.Too much media can…
05/06/2020
Wetblasting an aircraft gear reduction housing with soda
As part of our series on soda blasting, Dana-Ridge set up our old COMET machine for filming just as one of our customers from the aircraft maintenance industry stopped by.…
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24/04/2020
Cleaning Plastic and Rubber
Although wetblasters are primarily known for their superior ability to clean metal surfaces, they can also be used to clean plastics and rubbers. Such is the range of these machines…
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17/04/2020