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Monday, February 20, 2012 - 9:24 AM
Monday we started the week by finishing the forklift pieces we blasted and painted for a business next door. We applied the black topcoat for the remaining sections of the forklift pieces to complete the project. At the shop, we also torbo blasted using glass bead two stainless steel cabinet doors as an expedited order for a current customer. These doors were part of a job we originally completed January 23rd, however two of the cabinet doors previously blasted by someone else came warped and there was no way for our process to reverse that. The customer ordered two new stainless cabinet doors and had them expedited to our shop. We were able to blast the new stainless door using the Torbo system with glass bead to provide a profile so the customer could apply paint. Our process was fast, efficient, and did not warp the new doors. The customer was able to pick up the doors first thing Tuesday morning.
Tuesday we remove paint and rust from a motorcycle frame for a repeat customer at our shop. Since the frame was made of a heavy steel material, we were able to clean off the paint and rust using our traditional sand media. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!
Thursday we sent two mobile crews, a total of 5 employees, to a local Kansas City company to dry ice clean two mixing tanks. Since the tanks were a confined space, we needed an employee to dry ice blast inside each tank, as well as an employee watching the blaster from the tank opening. The last employee was in charge of running and refilling the dry ice machines to maintain high production rate. These tanks were finished and cleaned on schedule Friday afternoon of this week.
At the shop Thursday, we started the last dump truck bed for the same order we had been working on for the past several weeks. Remember, for this job we used traditional sand to remove the existing paint and any rust visible to the dump bed only. Our customer needed the surface down to bare metal so they could apply a new paint coat. The dump truck was started Thursday afternoon and finished early Friday morning. This customer was able to drop off the Dump truck Thursday midday and pick it up Friday morning.
The last job of the week entailed removing paint and rust from a barbecue smoker trailer for a repeat customer. Since the trailer and smoker were made of a heavy steel material, we cleaned the paint and rust off using our traditional sand media. There was a storage box on the front of the trailer that had a thin steel structure, therefore we used a crushed glass and soda mix to remove the paint. Baking soda would prevent the surface from warping, while crushed glass would give the surface a heavier profile that straight soda but would also create a faster production rate and lower cost for the customer. This cleaning was completed Friday early afternoon and the customer picked up the trailer the following Monday morning.
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