Vapour Blasting vs. Wet Sandblasting
Many people are gravitating to wet abrasive blasting due to the significant benefit of being able to control the dust from abrasive blasting. However, while adopting wet abrasive blasting, they confuse wet blasting, water injection blasting and vapour abrasive blasting. Wet blasting and water injection blasting are archaic forms of wet abrasive blasting and have many shortcomings compared to vapour blasting. The technology used in wet blasting is basic and primitive and suited to ‘DIY’ operators rather than professional blasters. There are two types of wet blasting nozzles. Water Injection Nozzle (WIN) The Win nozzle has a water spray that dampens the dry abrasive media as it leaves the nozzle Halo Nozzle (Water Ring) The Halo nozzle sprays a curtain of water on the surface surrounding the abrasive blast. It dampens the dust after impact. Both the WIN Nozzle and the Water Ring nozzles offer the operator little control over the water flow and air pressure....