With all the different sandblasting media abrasive and grit sizes out there, it can be confusing on which type is needed for the job your doing and which brand could be effective. It obviously depends on the item being sandblasted and your goal of blasting the item.
Do you want to just clean the surface or do you want to abrade deep into the surface or clean very thick material? A softer item being blasted will usually just need a soft abrasive media. These are items such as aluminum or light painted surfaces. A harder item can be blasted with a a harder abrasive media and typically larger grit size. And a harder media will clean the surface quicker.
Sandblasting Abrasive Grit Size
The sandblasting abrasive size is categorized into numerical grit sizes. Finer grits have larger numbers, while courser grits have low numbers. So abrasives with 180 grit are finer than those with a 100 grit.
Here is a guide of some of the different types of sandblasting media:
- Sand
- Crushed walnut shells
- Plastic beads
- Glass bead
- Corn cob grit
- Black Magnum
- Aluminum oxide
- Garnet
- Crushed glass
- Steel grit
- Silicon Carbide
- Coal Slag
What are the best media to sandblast SS 304?
Goodday ,My Name is Nwagbo loenard sunday ,i saw your products on blasting abrasive GRIT,i am a deller on samblasting abrasives ,such as coal slag ,garnet and copper slag Grit and i want to konw the price of coal slag grit and the quality of it. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING. LEO SUNDAY
I WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS GRITS OF CERAMICS TO FINISH ALUMINUM,WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER IN 5 OR 10 LB AMOUNTS.
hi Neal, I don’t sell abrasive, just information. Sorry, I couldn’t help.
Thanks for commenting though.
I was wondering what media is good for sandblasting a truck frame, I want to remove rust and some undercoating paint that is on the frame, plus I want to sandblast the truck body, remove old paint & rust, what media is good for both jobs, thanks
Dear Eric,
I am from Sri Lanka, could you kindly tel me, where(any shop or closes country) i can purchase sand blast media? and what is the best media for sand blasting of plain glass bottles?
I am a new to this and appreciate your answers.
Thank you