Expendable Shotblasting Abrasives

Expendable Shotblasting Abrasive Media including J Blast, Abrablast, and Stonegrit are stocked by The Surface Finishing Equipment Group - Hogg Blasting and Finishing Equipment in the Northeast and Abraclean in the Northwest UK.

Expendable abrasives are typically designed for open nozzle blasting using mobile blast pots, where the media is not recovered. After a single or occasionally a second use media breaks down and is then discarded.

We have a wide range of types and sizes to suit your applications.

A summary of the most popular abrasive blasting abrasives is shown below.

The Expendable Abrasive Media shown is available for collection from our Washington or Stockport depots and can be delivered to customers sites or premises.

NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION
J- Blast		This abrasive is favoured for its fast cleaning rates and economic price. Ideal for rapid removal of old coatings, rust and mill scale. Its gives a coarse etch on steel and is suitable for most industrial coating applications e.g. steel fabrications such as motor vehicle chassis, ship's hulls, tank internals, pipe joints. Its structure is a synthetic mineral abrasive with a hard dense structure and many faceted angular grains to give a large number of cutting edges. It has a high resistance to shatter for low dust. Several grades and particle sizes are available.

Abrablast / Aquagrit		A versatile media which can be used in any application where you would normally use an expendable abrasive. Can be used on most substrates. A controlled mixture of inert recycled products. A controlled mixture of recycled glass grit and Calcium silicate. Ideal for cleaning concrete, stone and brickwork. Also suitable for light metalwork. The AbraBlast Fine grade is ideal for use in our SatBlast wet blast system.

SC		A light coloured calcium silicate synthetic mineral abrasive. Contains no free silica allowing it be used as a safe alternative to sand without the hazards of silicosis. Applications for this fine abrasive include stonework, wood, brick / masonry renovation, graffiti removal, etc.

Stonegrit		A Calcium Silicate synthetic mineral abrasive. Suitable for natural stone and brick face cleaning, or removal of graffiti from decorative panels. Also the cleaning of special finished surfaces such as stainless steel, aluminum and others.

Garnet		A hard natural mineral. For high performance blasting and sites requiring low dust levels. The coarser grades may be recycled two or three times. The smaller sizes are ideal for water jet cutting applications.