Abrasive Cleaning

At OAK linings our surface preparation can take the form of chemical or mechanical methods depending on the situation we are confronted with and the type of substrate.

Our Abrasive cleaning and surface preparation methods use very efficient and environmentally- friendly methodology. Proper substrate and surface preparation is vital in the coating industry. Most coating failures can be attributed to bad or insufficient substrate preparation. Our surface preparation ensures the best-possible mechanical bonding and adhesion, while also helping to mitigate later problems, such as corrosion and mechanical damage.

Every project or challenge is unique therefore there is not one method that fits all. At OAK linings our surface preparation can take the form of chemical or mechanical methods depending on the situation we are confronted with and the type of substrate.

Our mechanical abrasive cleaning methodologies including

Power Tools
Grit Blasting
Vapor Blasting
Wet Blasting
Hydro Blasting
Shot Blasting
Diamond Disc Grinding
Scarification

We conform to ISO, SSPC-SP, and NACE standards with all our surface preparation.

1. Light Blast Cleaning / Sweep Blast Cleaning / Brush Off

This form of blast cleaning is used to remove loose coatings, mill scale, and rust as well as roughen up surfaces ahead of a new coating being applied. This will not remove tightly adhered materials

2. Industrial Blast Cleaning

Industrial blast cleaning will remove 90% of tightly adhered matter, although shadows, streaks, and stains from mill scale, old coatings, or rust are allowed to remain. This type of abrasive blasting is best used where existing coatings are thin, well-adhered, and compatible with the new coating to be applied.

3. Commercial Blast Cleaning

Commercial blast cleaning will remove 100% of tightly adhering matter, but allows for shadows, streaks, and stains to remain on 33% of the surface.

4. Near White Blast Cleaning

Near white blast cleaning will remove all tightly adhered material as well as remove shadows, streaks, and stains from at least 95% of the surface area.

5. White Metal Blast Cleaning

This highest form of abrasive blast cleaning will remove all shadows, streaks, or stains as well as all visible coatings, dirt, dust, grease, mill scale, oil, rust, oxides, corrosion products, and other foreign matter.

Where abrasive blasting cannot be used for surface preparation and there is the need to remove oil, grease, dirt, and other random staining or grime, a chemical cleaning methodology is used. For our chemical cleaning, we use solvent-based organic solvents, detergents, or special proposed cleaners depending on the project, surface material, and substrate.

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