Technical Guides

Choosing the right airless spray pump comes down to one thing above all else: knowing your paint. Get that right, and everything else – pressure, pump type, spray tip – falls into place. Get it wrong, and you’re looking at poor atomisation, wasted material, and a finish that won’t hold up. This guide walks you

Surface profile (anchor pattern) and degree of cleanliness are the two important factors to take into consideration when preparing surfaces for a coating. Both are critical to the performance of any coating system. Whilst often mistaken as being one in the same, it is very important to know the difference between these two measurements. Coating

Airless spray is one of the most widely used ways to apply paint and protective coatings – yet it’s still often confused with conventional spray painting. If you’re new to it, or weighing it up against other methods, this guide covers what airless spray is, how it works, how it compares to conventional and HVLP

As mentioned in one of our previous blogs, blast hose is consists of 3 main components; an inner tube, braiding (reinforcement) and an outer cover. Despite its wear resistant compound, the inner tube of blast hose is prone to wear over time. Some tubes have better wear resistance than others. Once the inner tube is

Selecting the correct spray tip is one of the simplest things you can do to guarantee a good result – but it trips up a lot of operators. Once you understand three things – orifice, angle, and how they match your sprayer – the guesswork disappears. We stock two tip ranges to suit different budgets

Since the introduction of our dustless blast pots, the frequent question of “Which method is better: dustless blasting or conventional blasting?” has been asked. We usually get a strange look when we reply with this unusual answer – neither! It is not possible to compare two methods of abrasive blasting when they have each been

For a new operator, abrasive blasting can feel like a crash course in jargon — nozzle sizes, grit selection, PSI, CFM — all before the first trigger pull. Before you get lost in the finer details of your setup, it’s worth stepping back and getting the very first component right: the compressor. Get this wrong,

The length of time that blast hose lasts is dependent on two factors – abrasive resistance and proper sizing.

Blast up to 30% faster than your competitors!   Nozzle design is a crucial component in determining sandblasting performance. It is at the nozzle that abrasives are accelerated. From this it is easy to understand that the longer the nozzle the greater the acceleration of abrasives.Storm Machinery’s latest 13mm venturi nozzle design is 94% longer, enabling