Knowledge hub
Everything we know about blasting, written down
More than a decade 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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Start with the terms
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
17 guides, no gatekeeping
Fundamentals · 7 min
What is sandblasting?
The everyday name for abrasive blasting, what it actually removes, and why almost nobody uses sand any more.
Fundamentals · 8 min
What is abrasive blasting?
The four setups you will be quoted, the media behind them, and the cleanliness and profile your coating spec is really asking for.
Fundamentals · 6 min
What is soda blasting?
Sodium bicarbonate strips coatings without cutting the substrate — the setup for alloy, gelcoat, chrome and timber.
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.
Comparison · 6 min
Soda blasting vs sandblasting
Fracturing versus cutting, and why only one of them leaves a profile your coating can key into.
Substrates · 6 min
Soda blasting alloy & fibreglass
Panels, hulls and gelcoat stripped without distortion, scoring or bruising.
Comparison · 7 min
Dustless blasting vs sandblasting
Same abrasive, one difference — what water at the nozzle changes on site.
Media · 6 min
Garnet blasting
Why garnet replaced sand, and how grade decides the finish you end up with.
Practical · 6 min
Mobile sandblasting Perth
What a genuinely mobile setup has to carry, and when it beats freighting the item.
Comparison · 6 min
Sandblasting vs pressure washing
What each one actually removes, and the damage a washer does to timber and mortar.
Practical · 7 min
Paint removal Perth
Coatings off steel, brick, limestone, concrete, timber and alloy — and what stripping reveals.
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.
