Shot Blasting Concrete Floors

When shot blasting the machine is required to overlap areas which results in blast lines.

Shot blasting concrete floors. It increases the concrete surface profile csp area up to three times the original surface area paving the way for the new flooring installation to have improved application and stronger adhesion bond. The process of simultaneously cleaning and profiling the floor ensures that the epoxy coating bonds well to the concrete substrate and remains intact. Our service area includes pennsylvania new jersey delaware maryland beyond. We utilize blasting to remove a greater amount of a contaminated concrete surface.

Shot blasting removes old floor coatings and the contaminants within the top surface layer. There are some circumstances where we utilize diamond grinding for surface preparation. Shot blast inc is a concrete floor preparation company based in southeastern pa. It is ideal for concrete surface preparation to remove coatings and surface contaminants to prepare floors for polishing or new epoxy coatings.

Shot blasting is noisier and creates more cleanup than grinding with our attached dust vacuums. Shot blasting can only remove up to 2 3 mm screed or 1 mm epoxy. A common problem with shot blasting is that the covering on the floor is too thick. Shot blasting concrete is suggested by most manufacturers when installing a new coating too.

Shot blasting is one of the old methods earlier used to level a floor and to prepare a concrete floor for further treatment. If shot blasting we often apply additional primer and body coatings which drives up the price of the installed system without any benefit to the customer. Shot blast media this high quality shot blast media is made from non recycled cleaned steel.