Los Angeles, California-based Sandblasting Solutions is exiting residential services to focus on commercial and industrial projects in the broad area, the company said.
“As a professional sandblasting company, we have both the experience and the equipment required to take up residential projects too. But our hands are tied,” explained Mark Hawkins, the company’s CEO. “Residential areas are nothing like commercial and industrial areas, which are usually found in remote places and the premises are quite large and secluded. There are quite a few restrictions in residential communities, with air and noise pollution found at the top of the list.”
Sandblasting is a method of cleaning surfaces and, often, to prep them for painting or powder coating. Most surfaces in commercial and industrial facilities are exposed to very harsh conditions and are subject to weathering. Metal tanks, architectural concrete surfaces, brick walls and other materials become dirty or the paints, graffiti and contaminants cannot be effectively removed unless they are sandblasted. Sandblasting businesses use different abrasive materials and the required force to remove dirt or old paints and leave the surface clean. Also, to make surfaces as smooth or as rough as required for the following project.
Used when other measures are not efficient, sandblasting services prepare hard surfaces for a project or leave them spotless. To do that, companies use special sandblasting equipment and machines and set the speed, the time needed and the pressure required to achieve the expected results, based on the surface’s condition and the material. The process is noisy and creates dust particles which, in constrained commercial premises, won’t affect the environment, the company said. But the same isn’t true for residential areas.
“We are a mobile sandblasting company,” said Hawkins. “This means that we go to the customer. This makes absolute sense if you consider that some of the surfaces we are asked to sandblast cannot be moved. And so, there is no controlled sandblasting facility where we could serve residential customers too. Besides most calls we get from residents is about sandblasting concrete or stucco walls — that’s an example. Naturally, we need to go to them and not the other way around.”
Hawkins explains that the company takes all precautions required and complies with all regulations and guidelines, but still serving residential communities is not possible.
The company continues to serve industrial and commercial customers using the latest techniques of sandblasting and the best anti-pollution methods to clean and prep brick, stucco, metal, wood and other hard surfaces, or even engrave signs and designs when needed.
