Wet blasting news and insights

Practical articles and company news from Vapormatt on wet blasting (also known as vapor blasting) for cleaning, peening, deburring, edge honing, paint stripping and coating preparation. They draw on our work with aerospace MRO shops, medical device makers, cutting tool producers, wire and cable manufacturers, and other industries since 1978.

Vapormatt is the family-owned UK company that has supplied more than 2,000 wet blasting machines to over 50 countries. If you have a part or a finish you’d like to discuss, talk to one of our process engineers.

Carbon fibre before and after wet blasting

Encapsulated cable on reels

Surface preparation decides whether high-value cable encapsulation lasts.

A jet engine fan blade being wet peened inside a Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine

Wet shot peening achieves the same Almen intensity as dry shot peening. It also gives you a better finish, lower process costs and more control.

Vapormatt PumaXL manual wet blasting machine with an aircraft wheel being loaded on the turntable

Why the Puma XL earns its place in an aerospace MRO wheel and brake shop.

Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine with single load end

If a die isn't clean enough to inspect accurately, it's not clean enough.

Vapormatt Puma XL manual wet blasting machine

Why the Vapormatt Puma XL strips paint properly

Automated wet blast gun head from a Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine

How automated wet blasting improves finish quality

Jet engine fan blades

Two process steps you can delete from aerospace shot peening.

The maintenance area of the Vapormatt Sabre automatic wet blasting machine

Will your wet blasting machine deliver the same result at cycle 10,000 as it did at cycle one?

A jet engine fan blade being wet blasted

Wet blasting vs dry blasting: what matters for NDT preparation.

Vapormatt Oncilla automatic wet blasting machine

How to Choose a Vapour Blasting Supplier in 2026

Aircraft undergoing MRO operations

How Vapormatt wet blasting machines affect aerospace MRO

Vapormatt Oncilla automatic wet blasting machine

How the Oncilla removes finishing steps for solid carbide tool production efficiency