Before & after

Before & After Sandblasting

Nine of our own jobs, shot on site before we started and after we finished — trays, wheels, farm gear, fabricated steel and structural steel in a heritage building. Nothing retouched, staged or borrowed.

Hino tray with chalked cream paint, rust through the checker-plate deck and flaking gantry posts before blastingBefore
The same tray blasted and recoated in white with the posts and headboard done and a fresh red deckAfter

Truck tray, headboard and gantry

Transport

Tray, headboard, drop sides and rear gantry stripped of failed cream paint and rust, then recoated in white with the deck finished in red. Dustless blasting so the yard next door kept working.

Transport sandblasting

Dual-cab ute tray with rust along the drop sides and a corroded red checker-plate floor before soda blastingBefore
The same ute tray and cab guard finished in white with the checker-plate floor recoated redAfter

Ute tray and cab guard

Automotive

Rust along the drop sides, headboard frame and floor edges taken back with soda so the surrounding paint and rubbers stayed intact. Finished white, deck recoated red.

Automotive sandblasting

Older ute tub with heavy scaling rust through the floor ribs, wheel tubs and tailgate before blastingBefore
The same ute tub blasted back to clean steel and held in grey primer ready for topcoatAfter

Ute tub and tailgate

Automotive

Scaling rust through the floor ribs, wheel tubs and tailgate lip. Blasted back to clean steel and held in primer the same day, ready for the owner’s topcoat.

Automotive sandblasting

Truck rim with stained, chipped paint and rust around the hub and wheel nuts before blastingBefore
The same truck wheel coated silver with the hub and nuts picked out in black, tyre maskedAfter

Truck wheels and hubs

Transport

Rims, nuts and hub caps done in place with the tyre masked, then coated silver and the hub and nuts picked out in black.

Transport sandblasting

Tractor rim with rust breaking through old yellow paint around the centre and bolt holes before blastingBefore
The same tractor rim blasted and finished in white with the tyre masked offAfter

Tractor rim

Agriculture

Rust through the old yellow coating across the centre and around the bolt holes. Blasted with the tyre masked, then finished in white.

Agriculture sandblasting

Green seeder bar and frame with rust through the paint, sitting on stands in a farm shed before blastingBefore
The same seeder bar blasted and recoated in grey, reassembled with painted rims in the backgroundAfter

Seeder bar and frame

Agriculture

Bar, drawbar and frame blasted in the shed on the property, then recoated in grey. The rims behind it went through the same job.

Agriculture sandblasting

Plant skid with peeling cream coating, oil residue and rust across the base frame and drum housings before blastingBefore
The same plant skid blasted back and primed in grey, base frame and drum housings includedAfter

Plant skid and drum housings

Manufacturing

Failed coating, oil residue and rust off the skid base, frames and drum housings, then primed as one unit before the topcoat system went on.

Manufacturing sandblasting

Fabricated lifting beam and spreader frame with mill scale and surface rust before blastingBefore
The same lifting beam blasted to a uniform grey profile with the lifting lugs left cleanAfter

Lifting beam and spreader frame

Manufacturing

Mill scale and surface rust off a fabricated lifting beam and spreader frame, blasted to an even profile so the coating system had something to key into.

Manufacturing sandblasting

Structural steel columns and beams coated in rust inside a heritage brick building before blastingBefore
The same columns and beams blasted back to clean steel with the brickwork and floor protectedAfter

Structural steel in a heritage building

Construction

Columns, beams and bearers blasted in situ inside a heritage brick shell, with the floor sheeted and the brickwork protected so only the steel was touched.

Construction sandblasting