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Blast Bros LLC
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Exterior Surfaces - Sandblasting

Serving Melrose, MA and surrounding areas

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Small jobs welcome

Credit card accepted

"Excellent service. Knowledgeable , very helpful with any questions and friendly to work with . Top quality results on various and some quite unique/tricky projects. Excellent customer experience from booking and inquiries to final result with impressive turn around time."
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Mulligan Painting & Contracting, Inc.
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Exterior Surfaces - SandblastingExterior Surfaces - Sandblasting - For Business

Serving Melrose, MA and surrounding areas

In business since 1992

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"What a Fantastic job Gerry ,Son Kyle and his entire team did in painting our house over the last week. We can not say enough good things about our experience with Mulligan Painting and Contracting ,it was top notch , top notch ! I would highly recommend Team Mulligan to anyone who needs almost any kind of service work you could need, they do it all and they do an incredible A+++++++ service even going above and beyond what the contract entailed when it needed rectifying at no extra cost to myself ! Thanks Gerry and Kyle and team M -YOU ARE THE BEST !"
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J GABE ARSENAULT
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Exterior Surfaces - SandblastingExterior Surfaces - Sandblasting - For Business

Serving Melrose, MA and surrounding areas

In business since 1987

Emergency services offered

"I am grateful that I received a referral for Gabe's painting services. I needed to have my upstairs bedroom ceiling, a high stairway ceiling, and walls painted. Gabe's response time was quick, and he and his crew arrived on time. They were all very professional throughout the entire process. The price was affordable and fair, and to my surprise, they even painted the trim along the windows, floor and doors without charging me extra. Gabe ensured that the work was done professionally, and I am very pleased with the results. I will definitely be working with him again in the future."
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Sandblasting Services questions, answered by experts

If you’re DIYing the project, it could take up to a week if you aren’t able to dedicate full-time hours. If you hire a professional and they arrive with a team, expect your stairs to be sanded in as little as 2 hours (for simple projects). Finishing the stairs takes a while longer as there are drying and sealing times to consider, but the actual work will take much less time than the sanding portion.

The best way to sand a deck is by cleaning it, sanding the boards and stairs with 60- or 80-grit sandpaper, and sanding the railings and posts with 80-grit sandpaper. You should sand in the direction of the wood grain to avoid damaging the timber. When sanding your deck, use medium pressure and aim for an even sand. Pressing too hard with a sander can damage decks, as most are softwoods.

Sandblasting is a common method for removing paint. It works great if the underlying material is tough. This is because you can then use more abrasive sandblast materials, making the paint removal process much faster and less expensive. If you plan on removing many layers of paint on smooth surfaces, you’ll need to be more careful about which materials you choose to use to sandblast.

Sandblasting refers to the process of cleaning a surface using compressed air and aggregate. Soda blasting is the gentlest type of this method, but it differs from sandblasting that uses mineral or other aggregate, since sodium bicarbonate breaks apart more easily than other forms of blast media and, therefore, cannot be reused.

The cost of sandblasting depends on the scope of the project, the surface type, labor, and equipment required. Services typically cost between $50 and $80 per hour, though most professionals charge by surface area at a rate of $1.50 to $7 per square foot. Total project costs can range from $700 to $12,500, with an average homeowner spending around $3,200 to sandblast a 1,000-square-foot surface.

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