Whether you have recently purchased used industrial equipment or already have older pieces, you may have found that their surfaces are in need of a new paint job. The current coats of paint may be peeling, and the surface has become rusty.

If you are preparing to remove the old paint using scrapers and chemicals, you may want to consider a much better and faster option: sandblasting. Besides being faster and more efficient than having your workers use manual methods for paint removal, below are a couple of benefits of having the paint on your metal industrial equipment sandblasted.

1.  Removes Surface Rust along with the Paint 

One benefit of sandblasting the old paint off the metal surfaces of your equipment is that the process also removes the surface rust. Using other methods, the rust would have to be chemically treated and sanded off after the paint is removed.

However, with sandblasting, the high pressure at which the beads of sand strike the surface also removes the rust that has built up in exposed areas. Since the removal of the paint and rust is done at the same time, you save both time and money by not having to take care of each problem area separately. 

2.  Smooths Out the Surface While It Is Removing the Paint

Another time- and money-saving benefit of using sandblasting for paint removal instead of manually removing the paint from your metal equipment is that it smoothes out rough areas on the surface. Without this method, your workers would have to use a hand sander to remove the rough areas. 

However, when the rough surface is sandblasted, these rough areas are automatically removed, leaving a smoother surface. While smaller areas may need to have some manual sanding to make the surfaces completely smooth, the majority of the pieces of equipment's metal surfaces will already be sanded, leaving more time for them to complete other vital tasks for your business.

Along with removing surface rust and smoothing out the surface while it quickly and efficiently removes the paint, sandblasting also does not use caustic chemicals that are bad for the health of your workforce and the environment. If you have large pieces of metal equipment that need to have paint removed, contact an industrial sandblasting company in your area to discuss the process in more detail, as well as talk about your options for having them do this task for your company.