Surface Preparation and Cleaning - By The Experts

Boats and Marine Applications

For use on hulls:- metal, wood, marine ply, ferro-concrete and fibreglass.

The low pressure sand jet can be used on all hulls :- metal, wood, marine ply, ferro-concrete and fibreglass.

Osmosis and Anti-foul are easily dealt with.

Subsequent remedial work can be undertaken / arranged by us, for example Gel-peeling and vacuum osmosis treatments. We can also offer Zinga painting of keels.

The system produces a smooth finish that grit blasting or sanding / scraping by hand cannot compare with.

As for properties, external and internal work can be undertaken.

Boat Cleaning at Grimsby
(typically we completely sheet a boat to protect the marina, and surrounding boats - but this does not lead to informative photographs! - in this case we sheeted the only other boat in the marina!)

The completed Boat

A (sheeted) motor boat

Skylark, a teak workboat, also at Whitby. Antifoul removal and topside paint keying.

Paint above the water is always considerably tougher than a below water layer as the sun bakes the paint to a hard layer.

The low pressures mean that the system is gentle enough to clean delicate surfaces, yet powerful enough to strip multiple layers of paint in one pass.
It is not a chemical process so no noxious or harmful slurries or fumes are generated.
As it uses only minimal amounts of water and abrasive the system is regularly used indoors.
Considerably less mess than other systems, the low pressures mean that secondary mess (dust being blown out of floorboards etc) is also minimised.
Has successfully cleaned stone, bricks, metal, hard woods and fibreglass. Quick efficient Graffiti Removal. No interference with other work in area.
Additional services can be provided by the Ashrose Group, including Gel-coat peeling for Osmosis treatment of glass fibre boats.

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