Glass Bidding / Dry Blasting

Glass Bidding

Glass beading uses tiny lead-free glass beads made of soda lime glass to provide an aesthetic treatment on stainless steel surfaces. Glass is one of the largest blasting medias used in abrasive blasting, more commonly known as sandblasting. The glass beading process projects glass beads at a high velocity powered by pressurized air, removing the top layer of the object’s surface. This process is also environmentally friendly and more cost-effective than other abrasive blasting methods, as the beads may cleaned and reused.

Dry Blasting

Dry blasting, also known as abrasive blasting, grit blasting or spindle blasting, is a surface pre-treatment that removes rust and surface contaminants from a metal component prior to powder coating or adding another protective coating. The key to dry blasting is that the finish is produced by the force of media impact, it is similar to Wet Blasting but it does not use water or liquid, only air through a Venturi Nozzle. Like wet blasting, there are also different voices for dry blasting. In this article, we will introduce the Pros and Cons of Dry Blasting.