Often Overlooked: Safety in Abrasive Blasting

Following the proper safety guidelines when working with abrasive blasting can both prevent injury and long-term illness.

Silica and Safety in Focus at SSPC 2019

The 2019 iteration of the SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings conference will feature sessions on updated regulations regarding silica and beryllium, developing workplace safety cultur...

Research Betters Blast Media Reclamation

New research, completed by Michael Clarke, a mechanical engineer at the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, in Jacksonville, Florida, recently revealed that more blasting media could be reclai...

Pre- and Post-Job Soil Sampling for Heavy Metals: What Do We Really Know?

by Kevin Guth

If we are going to rely on environmental sampling to measure impact associated with a...

Going with the Flow: 7 Common Issues with Respirators on Blast Jobs

by Kevin Guth

Whether it is lack of training, general apathy on the topic from those impacted in th...

True or false: There is no published research to support the view that the peak count of surface profile after blast cleaning affects coating performance.

True or false: The air abrasive blast method that produces the least debris uses dry ice as the abrasive.

Do you expect your company to seriously consider autonomous blasting equipment in the near future in order to cut down on the danger to blasting workers?

How do you decide what media to use on a given abrasive blasting job?

How does abrasive recycling affect cleaning rates when steel is blast-cleaned in the field?

Which type of abrasive blasting media is suitable for preparing the more “exotic” stainless steels, such as Inconel or Monel?

Surface-Prep Considerations: A Tale of Two Tanks

from JPCL, December 2018 ; by Warren Brand, Chicago Corrosion Group, LLC.

Methods and implementation of surface preparation can determine the service life, suc...

Coatings Conversation

from JPCL, September 2018

Free Webinar: Personal Protective Equipment for Abrasive Blasting

May 17, 2017

Free Webinar: Holding the Blast: Challenges and Impacts on Project Scheduling

July 27, 2016

Free Webinar: Safety in Abrasive Blasting

April 2, 2014

E-Book: Achieving Efficiency in Abrasive Blast Cleaning

This eBook consists of articles from the Journal of...

E-Book: Selecting the Right Abrasive

This eBook consists of articles from the Journal of Protective Coatings & Lini...

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Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

The D+D Pro Video Series: An archive of webinars hosted by DurabilityandDesign.com

A collection of archived webinars hosted by DurabilityandDesign.com focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

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