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What can we do for you?

  • Specialty coatings
  • Abrasive blasting
  • Anti-corrosive coating
  • Fireproofing
  • Insulative coatings
  • Lining installations
  • Floor coatings
  • Maintenance painting
  • Concrete and surface sealing
  • Tenant finish
  • Vinyl wall covering
  • Faux finishes

Advanced Protective Coating, Inc.

                  Preparation, Coating and Finishing Professionals
APC Services

Surface Preparation / Blasting


From a gentle clean with Dry Ice to the most aggressive abrasive blast possible APC has the experience and the equipment to deliver the profile, or surface that your project needs. After all, the best paint job in the world won't stick to a poorly prepared surface. That is why APC prides themselves on their abilities to prepare ANY substrate for coating. We can provide surface preparation on nearly any substrate with our equipment under the following media type Dry Ice, Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda), Water (sand injected, hot, or cold), and any type of "sand" or abrasive medium available.

Soda Blasting

Soda blasting is a non-destructive method for many applications in cleaning, paint stripping, automotive restoration, industrial equipment maintenance, rust removal, graffiti removal, molecular steel passivation against rust, oil removal by saponification and translocation, masonry cleaning and restoration, soot remediation, boat hull cleaning and for food processing facilities and equipment.

Applications: Soda blasting can be used for cleaning cars, boat hulls, masonry, and food processing equipment. Soda blasting can also be used to remove graffiti and to clean structural steel. Soda blasting is very effective for mold and fire/smoke damage cleanup as it cleans and

Dry Ice Blasting

Dry Ice Blasting involves propelling pellets at extremely high speeds. The actual dry-ice pellets are quite soft, and much less dense than other media used in blasting-cleaning (i.e. sand or plastic pellets). Upon impact, the pellet sublimates almost immediately, transferring minimal kinetic energy to the surface on impact and producing minimal abrasion. The sublimation process absorbs a large volume of heat from the surface, producing shear stresses due to thermal shock. This is assumed to improve cleaning as the top layer of dirt or contaminant is expected to transfer more heat than the underlying substrate and flake off more easily. The efficiency and effectiveness of this process depends on the thermal conductivity of the substrate and contaminant. The rapid change in state from solid to gas also causes microscopic shock waves, which are also thought to assist in removing the contaminant.

Applications: Dry-ice blasting can be used to clean food processing equipment to effectively decontaminate surfaces of Salmonella enteritidis, E. coli, and Listeria monocytogenes such that these microorganisms are not detectable using conventional microbiological methods. It may also be used to clean some equipment without disassembly and without producing fire or electrical hazards. The EPA recommends dry ice blasting as an alternative to many types of solvent-based cleaning. Dry ice blasting can clean numerous objects with differing, complex geometries at once. Dry-ice blasting can be used to clean many different applications including:
  • Turbines and generators used in the power generation industry
  • Printing presses and other paper industry related machinery
  • Fire, soot and smoke damage
  • Mold, spore and mildew remediation
  • Plastic and rubber molding equipment including injection and extrusion molds
  • Paint preparation including paint stripping


Water Blasting

In order to standardize cleaning operations and surface preparation specifications the Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) has adopted the following four definitions for cleaning operations using water jetting technology:
  • Low-pressure water cleaning (LP WC) is the use of water pressure less than 5,000 psi (34 MPa) for cleaning.
  • High-pressure water cleaning (HP WC) is the use of water pressure between 5,000 to 10,000 psi (34 to 70 MPa) for cleaning.
  • High-pressure water jetting (HP WJ) is the use of water pressure between 10,000 to 25,000 psi (70 to 170 MPa) for cleaning.


"Sand" or Abrasive Media Blasting

"Sand" or Abrasive Media Blasting is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface, or remove surface contaminants. A pressurized fluid, typically air, or a centrifugal wheel is used to propel the media. APC has capabilities to utilize ANY type of abrasive medium available. So much so, to list them would be overload! For more information on any type of surface preparation method either listed or not please contact APC.

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