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

Additive manufactured comoponent

Cleaning the internal channels of additive manufactured components with confidence.

Aircraft wheel with paint partially stripped

Paint stripping is where most surface preparation problems begin

Jet engine fan blades

Can wet blasting meet aerospace and medical OEM specifications?

Surface activation diagram

Most paint adhesion failures start at the preparation stage, not the application....

Vapormatt Profelis automatic wet blasting machine

Profelis automatic wet blasting machine for inline CRE feeder stock cleaning

Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine with single load end configuration

Cougar+ machine configurations for aluminium die cleaning...

Overhead power cable before and after wet blasting

A 5% increase in current carrying capacity...

Aluminium feeder wire before and after wet blasting

Wet blasting for continuous rotary extrusion...

Implant before and after wet blasting

Bone integration starts at the surface...

Aluminium extrusion die before and after wet blasting

Aluminium extrusion die cleaning doesn't end with the caustic dip...

Additive manufactured component

Finishing additive manufactured components with internal channels by dry blasting isn't finishing - it's guesswork...

Spray painting a composite panel

Paint adhesion on carbon fibre starts long before the spray gun...