Garnet
30/60, 80
Fast and clean on steel, with little dust. It breaks down slowly, so it can go round a cabinet a few times.
$28per 50 lb bag, pallet of 40, $1,040
By the bag and the pallet
Blast Media
Eight media, sold by the 50 lb bag, and the commonest by the pallet of 40. Order by email and collect from the dock the next working day.
Seven Media, Drawn to One Scale
Each square is a little over a millimeter across at this scale. The shapes matter as much as the sizes: angular media cut, round media peen.
1 mm at the scale of the squares above
What We Stock
Crushed glass
coarse, medium, fine
Paint and rust off steel, concrete and brick. Cheap, single use, and made from recycled bottles.
$16per 50 lb bag, pallet of 40, $560
Aluminum oxide
36, 60, 80, 120
Very hard and sharp. A profile for coatings to grip, and etching glass. It recycles many times in a cabinet.
$62per 50 lb bag, by the bag
Glass bead
#8, #10, #13
A satin finish on stainless and aluminum without taking metal away. Round, so it peens rather than cuts.
$58per 50 lb bag, by the bag
Steel grit
G-25, G-40, G-80
Heavy scale and a deep profile. For cabinets and recovery systems only, where it goes round hundreds of times.
$48per 50 lb bag, pallet of 40, $1,800
Steel shot
S230, S330
Round. Cleans castings and peens springs and gears. Also for recovery systems only.
$46per 50 lb bag, pallet of 40, $1,720
Walnut shell
12/20, 20/40
Soft. Paint off wood, engine parts and fiberglass without hurting the surface beneath.
$34per 50 lb bag, by the bag
Soda
one grade
The gentlest. Paint and grease off delicate surfaces, and it dissolves afterwards. Wash it off before painting.
$38per 50 lb bag, by the bag
Not sure which? The page on choosing media pairs common jobs with the gentlest media that will do them. We do not sell silica sand.
Buying
- Orderby email, with the media, grade and bag count
- Readynext working day
- Paycard at pickup, or invoice for regular accounts
- Deliverywithin 30 miles, $45, free from 20 bags