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Best Sandblasters Products to Buy in 2025

Every year, the Blue Dog Blasting team sits down and reviews our most popular sandblaster products from the past 12 months. Normally, this involves us reviewing our sales numbers and identifying the products that sold the most or brought new business to Blue Dog. But we started to realize that we were leaving out one key data point: our customers. They’re the ones using our products to accomplish tasks and make money–the exact goals that future customers share. Who better to discuss favorite sandblasting products than the end-users themselves?

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Comprehensive Guide to Slurry vs. Wet Blasting

When it comes to optimizing sandblasting techniques, wet blasting stands out as a preferred method across various industries. Also known as dustless blasting, mist blasting, or slurry blasting, this innovative approach incorporates water into the blasting process, effectively minimizing airborne dust and enhancing safety. For businesses seeking an efficient solution in environments where dust control is critical, yet setting up a blast room may be impractical due to budget or space limitations, wet blasting offers a compelling alternative.

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Abrasive Embedment

The Debate on Abrasive Embedment in Sandblasting There’s a lot of disagreement in the sandblasting industry about abrasive embedment. This includes business owners, industry professionals, and especially companies that make

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Double Venturi Nozzle

The tungsten carbide double venturi nozzle offers a 35% larger blast pattern than a standard long venturi. This is accomplished with only a slight loss in abrasive velocity. These nozzles are designed to be used on jobs where medium cutting action is required. They offer a more even dispersion of abrasive throughout the larger blast pattern. Excellent for plastic or agricultural abrasives. Also great when anodizing or powder coating.

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Long Venturi Nozzle

The long venturi nozzle offers a 40% increase in production over a straight bore nozzle. Made with a protective polyurethane jacket, these nozzles are obviously built for physically demanding operations.

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10x-abrasive Blue Dog Blasting

10X Engineered Materials

Mohs Hardness: 7-8
Bulk Density: 90-105 lbs cuft

Made of Spherical, Angular, Sub-Angular and Oval Shaped Abrasives
Significantly Delays Flash Rust
Good replacement of Garnet – Cuts Faster (at all pressures tested) and Uses Less Abrasive to complete same job
Beryllium and Free Silica Not Listed on SDS (not detected)

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Brown Aluminum Oxide Abrasive

Brown Aluminum Oxide

Mohs Hardness: 8-9
Bulk Density: 110 lbs cuft

Hard and long lasting abrasives
Typically used in blast cabinet and rooms because of recyclability
Used in Vibratory Media as a cutting agent
Aluminum oxide used as a grinding and polishing media
Very hard and sharp abrasive

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Crushed Glass

Crushed Glass

Mohs Hardness: 5.5-6.6
Bulk Density: 100 lbs cuft

Made of 100% Recycled Glass
Safe For Use Around Water
American Made
Contains less than 1% free silica
Non-reactive & inert
Beryllium is not listed on SDS
CARB Approved / QPL Approved / Mil-Spec, SSPC AB-1, MIL-A-22262B(SH)

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Garnet Abrasive

Garnet Abrasive

Mohs Hardness: 6.5-7
Bulk Density: 140 lbs cuft

Used in Sandblast and Waterjet
Relatively Hard Mined Mineral
Heavy Abrasive Requires Higher Pressures to be effective
Less than 10% Mined in the USA

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