Home Locations Fort Worth, TX Kansas City, KS St. Louis, MO Tulsa, OK Houston, TX Rock Island, IL Oklahoma City, OK Contact Us About Us Links Site Map Foundry •Complete Foundry List Abrasive Blast Media Air Compressors Apparel & Safety Equipment Chaplets Furnaces Norton Abrasives Refractories Resin Systems Sand Sand Reclamation SGS Burs Thermal Analysis Tools & Accessories Vibrators Vibratory Equipment Industrial Abrasive Blast Media Air Blast Equipment Blast Cabinets Blast Rooms Precision Media Blast Pressure Pots Air Blast Parts Air Compressors Air Filtration Apparel & Safety Equipment Mass Finishing Norton Abrasives Paint Equipment Parts Washers & Dryers SGS Burs Shot Peening Tools & Accessories Waste Water Equipment Wheel Blast Equipment Wheel Blast Parts Brochures Foundry Line Sheet Industrial Brochure •Get Adobe Reader  •Tulsa, OK   (800) 364-5452   Email Us  •Fort Worth, TX   (800) 480-8957   Email Us  •Kansas City, KS   (800) 933-3643   Email Us  •St Louis, MO   (800) 513-9857   Email Us   Products & Services › Abrasive Blast Media Printer Friendly     We stock a variety of blast medias in a wide range of sizes in all of our locations.  If unsure which media best suits your application, our Customer Service Representatives will be happy to assist you.  For additional information see the Abrasive Characteristics Chart Aluminum Oxide Aluminum Shot Coal Slag (Black Diamond) Ceramic Shot Corn Cob Crushed Glass Du Pont Starblast Du Pont Staurolite Ervin Amasteel Shot & Grit Garnet Glass Beads Olivine Plastic Media Silicon Carbide Sodium Bicarbonate (Soda) Steel Shot and Grit Vibratory Media Walnut Shells Zinc Cut Wire Abrasive Characteristics Comparison Material Mesh Size Shape Density lbs/ft3 Mohs Friability Init. Cost No. of Cycles Per use Cost Source Typical Applications Coal Slag 12-65 75-100 6-7 high low 2-3 low b-p Outdoor blast cleaning, paint & rust removal Starblast 80-100 143-148 6.5-7 high low 5-6 low nat Outdoor blast cleaning, rust, mill scale, & coating removal Staurolite     136 7-7.5             Steel Grit 10-325 230 8 low high 200+ med mfg Removing heavy scale, very agressive profile Steel Shot 8-200 280 8 low high 200+ low mfg Cleaning, peening, air & wheel blast on hard surfaces Aluminum Oxide 12-325 125 8-9+ med high 6-8 med mfg Fast cleaning, deburring, etching, and paint removal Glass Bead 10-400 85-90 5.5 med. med 8-10 low mfg Air blast cleaning, peening, polishing with bright finish Plastic 12-80 45-60 3-4 low/ med high 8-10 med mfg Paint stripping, deburring, cleaning, deflashing, non-etching Crushed Glass 8-400 75-100 6 high high 1-3 low mfg Paint stripping, cleaning, coating removal Garnet 30-120 130 7.5-8 low/ med med 5-8 low nat Blasting, water jet cutting =Angular = Spherical     nat.=Natural     b-p=By-product     mfg.=Manufactured   Comments or questions? Email Us For immediate assistance or to place an order call any location Tulsa Ft. Worth Kansas City St. Louis (800) 364-5452 (800) 480-8957 (800) 933-3643 (800) 513-9857

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