Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · since 2015 · no silica sand
Blasting media by the bag, and a bay to use it in.
Eight media from coarse walnut shell to fine aluminum oxide, ready at the dock the next working day, and a booth you can rent by the half day.
From 12 mesh to 120: the opening in each sieve, drawn to one scale 1 mm, and roughly which of our media sit there
- 12 mesh1.70 mmwalnut shell 12/20
- 16 mesh1.18 mmcrushed glass, coarse
- 20 mesh0.85 mmsteel shot S330
- 30 mesh0.60 mmgarnet 30/60, steel shot S230
- 40 mesh0.425 mmsteel grit G-40
- 60 mesh0.25 mmaluminum oxide 60, crushed glass, fine
- 80 mesh0.18 mmgarnet 80, aluminum oxide 80
- 120 mesh0.125 mmaluminum oxide 120
Three Things We Do
- Blast mediaBy the 50 lb bag or the pallet: garnet, crushed glass, aluminum oxide, glass bead, steel grit and shot, walnut shell and soda.
- The blast bayRent our booth by the half day, or leave the part with us and collect it clean.
- Which media, which jobAsk before you buy. We would rather sell you two bags of the right thing than ten of the wrong one.
We do not sell silica sand for blasting, and we do not use it in the bay.
There is always something on our shelves that will do the same job instead. If you are not sure what, that is what the page on choosing media is for.
Since 2015
Xenon Blast Media started in 2015 in a former machine shop on the South Side, selling media to body shops, restorers, fabricators and the odd sculptor. The bay came later, once enough customers had asked whether they could use ours.
The job we still talk about was a set of eleven cast iron radiators from a house in Lawrenceville, painted so many times the fins had filled in. They went through the bay over two weeks on fine garnet, and came out with the casting marks showing again. The family had them painted the same cream they started as.
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Pickup and Delivery
- Order by emailready next working day
- Pickup at our dockMonday to Saturday
- Delivery within 30 milesTuesdays and Thursdays
- Delivery charge$45 a drop, free from 20 bags
- Pallets of 40 bagsby liftgate truck
We do not ship by parcel. Media is heavy and the rates make no sense for anyone. How to order is on the contact page.
Before Your First Visit
The dock opens at 7:00 and closes at 15:30 on weekdays, and on Saturday mornings it is open from 8:00 to 12:00 for pickups. Directions to the dock come with your order confirmation.
One thing worth knowing: the dock door sticks in cold weather. Lift it from the middle rather than the side and it goes up fine.