How does blast cleaning work?

This is an essential part  preparation work, as it removes all contamination as rust and corrosion and leaves a good clean surface for applying the primary first coats of powder coat or wet paint’s.

The process usually involves a nozzle with a high-pressure airline to deliver various types of media, or shot, at the object. This is a particularly effective method for removing scale, rust, paint, and minor surface flaws from metal objects.

Depending on the equipment and the type of material used, various surface finishes or textures can also be applied to a work piece for decorative purposes, or to prep the surface for paint.

Please note, once blasted it is very important to stop rust forming of steel of cast iron parts to collect and protect within 24 hours or sooner.

We can offer to apply a coat of primer be it red oxide or standard grey wet paint or if preferred a powder coat zinc primer.  This will be charged on a time & material basis.

Blasting for Max Coverage

This is an essential part  preparation work, as it removes all contamination as rust and corrosion and leaves a good clean surface for applying the primary first coats of powder coat or wet paint’s.

The process usually involves a nozzle with a high-pressure airline to deliver various types of media, or shot, at the object. This is a particularly effective method for removing scale, rust, paint, and minor surface flaws from metal objects.

Depending on the equipment and the type of material used, various surface finishes or textures can also be applied to a work piece for decorative purposes, or to prep the surface for paint.

Please note, once blasted it is very important to stop rust forming of steel of cast iron parts to collect and protect within 24 hours or sooner.

We can offer to apply a coat of primer be it red oxide or standard grey wet paint or if preferred a powder coat zinc primer.  This will be charged on a time & material basis.

This VW body pan had the full anti-corrosive treatment.

Schedule of work:

Apply 100 micron coat of 99.9% pure zinc metallization coating all areas and masking off all threads. Degas to remove any trapped gas built up within the zinc coat.

Remove from the curing oven and apply the first coat of Gloss black Plascoat PPA-571 (no primer coat required) whilst the material is still hot, this helps adhesion to the more difficult parts to reach .Bake off and reapply second hot coat. The overall final coats will be around 300 microns inc zinc coat. The added weight to this will be around 8 kgs.

This system not only gives a high gloss or semigloss finish it also offers extreme long term anti corrosion properties. There are other colours in the range to choose from. Yellow, Blue, Light or dark grey, brown, black, red, green & white.

The overall cost on this project came to £450.00 plus vat. Making the work cost effective and reliable in the long term over the traditional work.

Further information:

Another point to note is for zinc or Aluminium spray can also be used to fill small corrosion damage and pin holes, thus saving time and effort using standard unreliable body fillers. Please note this will not give any structural strength.

For inner surfaces that can not be treated or reached as box rails we can apply a heavy coat of Wax oil to finish the job if required.

So if you are serious and want the best possible long term solution that any car restoration company would be very hard pushed to match then the above system is the one to choose.

MSB would be happy to work alongside any restoration company to advise and offer this service.

Please feel free to contact our office on 01621 841100.

Plascoat offers.
Superior resistance to sun, salt and sea water
Excellent impact and sand abrasion resistance
Premium quality, glossy appearance
Will not crack, chip, flake or fracture
Low temperature performance to -70°C
Excellent adhesion to steel, iron and aluminium
No requirement for a primer