Vapor Honing or Vapor Blasting is:
Vapor honing or vapor blasting uses a water borne abrasive, giving the
highest quality surface finish on everything from plastics to metals.
Removes paint, rust, scale, carbon and more. Vapor honing allows corroded and painted parts to be brought back to original condition. Vapor blasting services for motorcycle and car restoration, firearm re-coating, coins and more.
Typical Applications
- De-greasing / surface finishing of components in the automotive, reconditioning & maintenance industries
- Cleaning of dies & mold
- Removal of paint, rust, scale, carbon & similar deposits in engineering industries
- Surface preparation prior to bonding, re-painting or re-coating
- Satin finishing of stainless steels & other special materials
- Cleaning of multiple types of metal, even plastic without excessive heat
- Removal of small burrs from manufactured components
How the process works
A specially designed pump agitates water and media into a slurry, which is contained within the cabinet. Delivery of the slurry to the manual blast nozzle located inside the machine. Compressed air is introduced at the blast nozzle to accelerate the slurry and provide a gentle and effective cleaning or components.
Advantages of Vapor Honing over Sand Blasting
With vapor honing no media is impregnated into the component, unlike dry blasting where the finish is produced by sheer force of media impact. No dust is created by the break-up of media. Vapor honing does not generate heat and will not distort the parts original features or dimensions.
Sandblasting often requires large quantities of media and produces a lot of dust.
Vapor honing or vapor blasting involves significantly less media and less waste for a more environmentally friendly cleaning of components.
