Knowledge hub
Everything we know about blasting, written down
Thirteen years of jobs across WA taught us which questions come up every single time. These are the answers, in full, with nothing held back to force a phone call. Read them, price your own job, and ring us when you are ready.
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The two that answer most questions
Fundamentals · 8 min
What is dustless blasting?
Water meets abrasive at the nozzle. The media still cuts at full force, but the fines get too heavy to float and drop at your feet instead of crossing the boundary fence. This is how the whole thing works, from compressor to clean-up.
Comparison · 9 min
Wet vs dry abrasive blasting
Wet is not automatically better. Dry cuts heavy mill scale faster and leaves the steel bone dry for moisture-sensitive systems. Here is the honest comparison, including the jobs where we recommend dry.
All guides
7 guides, no gatekeeping
Fundamentals · 8 min
What is dustless blasting?
How wet abrasive blasting works, what it strips, and why the dust drops instead of drifting.
Comparison · 9 min
Wet vs dry abrasive blasting
A straight comparison — dust, heat, speed, flash rust and cost — and which one your job actually needs.
Materials · 10 min
Choosing blasting media
Recycled glass, garnet, soda, slag and steel grit. What each one cuts, what profile it leaves, what it costs.
Specification · 9 min
Surface profile and prep standards
Sa 2½, SSPC, anchor profile and why your coating datasheet keeps mentioning microns.
Technical · 7 min
Flash rust, explained
Why wet-blasted steel goes orange, how long you have to coat it, and what inhibitors actually do.
Costs · 8 min
What does abrasive blasting cost in WA?
The seven things that move the price, realistic ranges by job type, and how to get a quote that holds.
Practical · 6 min
Preparing your site for a blasting job
A short checklist that keeps the crew moving and stops variations appearing on your invoice.
Why we publish this
An informed customer is a cheaper job
Half the variations we ever write come down to something nobody explained up front — a coating window missed, a substrate that could not take it, access that needed a scaffold. When you already know how the process works, the quote is accurate the first time and the day runs to plan.
None of this is a sales funnel. If reading it tells you the job is a two-hour DIY with a wire cup, that is a good outcome.
