Buildings & Structures

Faster Maintenance — Improved Performance

Buildings and structures require all forms of cleaning, coating and maintenance. This range of varied demands is often addressed with the flexibility and capability of Sponge-Jet composite media. One system, by simply varying the media type, pressure and technique can:

  • Remove coatings, corrosion and staining
  • Prepare steel, masonry and other surfaces for coating
  • Gently remove environmental contaminants and soiling
  • Remove grease, oil, cementitious coatings and graffiti
  • Rejuvenate stairwells, parking garages, brick walls, stone fences
  • Restore industrial and commercial metal window and door frames
  • Cost-effectively address cleaning/maintenance budget concerns without compromising quality
  • Improve safety and ease compliance issues with neighbors and the community

The inability to shut down or disrupt the ongoing use of commercial/industrial buildings and structures is often challenged by the need to professionally perform maintenance. Now, with Sponge-Jet, both challenges can be overcome.

Features & Benefits

  • Minimize liability and regulatory issues
  • Enhance community relations and compliance
  • Increase structure & asset availability
  • Support public environmental initiatives
  • Improve reliability of schedule and budget
  • Maximize coating performance

  • Renovating Grocery Store Ceiling

    This grocery store renovation involved Sponge Blasting corrugated ceilings and recoating the ceiling, joists and support beams. Time was of the essence in that every day the store was closed added to lost sales revenue. Sponge-Jet technology excels in accelerating blasting and painting operations, which minimized downtime, which is why it was selected for use.

  • Coating Removal/Steel Preparation on Boston Sky-craper

    Forty stories above Boston, the roof top sculpture and support structure of this skyscraper were stripped of prematurely failing paint. Very minimal containment was required due to Sponge-Jet's low dust and rebound suppressing characteristics; Sponge-Jet's MicroContainment™ technology hindered job-site fugitive emissions and exposure to the passerbys and neighborhood below.

  • Recoating High-tech Manufacturing Facility's Ceiling

    Various ceiling bays with failing paint were blasted using Red Sponge Media™ abrasives in this ultra-clean semi-conductor manufacturing plant.

  • Concrete/Stainless Steel Cleaned/Prepared in Animal Research Facilty

    Concrete block and stainless steel is cleaned and prepared in this animal care facility. Project costs were lower than with ordinary blasting due to clean-up and containment challenges normally associated with ordinary abrasives.

  • Concrete Preparation; Exterior of Landmark Museum

    New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim museum utilized Sponge-Jet technology to carefully prepare the building's exterior prior to structural repair, concrete restoration and recoating.

  • Blasting Government Building’s Spandrelite (Vitrolux) panels

    Failing paint was removed from this US Government building. The major Cost/Benefit with Sponge-Jet compared to other technologies was that the man hours were cut in half using Sponge-Jet’s due to its ability simplify containment, scaffolding and cleanup.

  • Ceiling Maintenance for Candy Manufacturer

    Failing paint was removed from the ceiling of this candy manufacturing plant while equipment rests, wrapped below. Facility management required food-grade protection from of the production equipment; management aimed at getting the job done without rendering the plant inoperable during daytime operations.

  • High-speed Coating Removal from Corporate Technology Center's Domed Roof

    Three Sponge Blasters on man lifts were located in close proximity to each other during the coating removal in this domed observation area. The ability to have three blasters safely and productively blasting allowed for the rapid removal a multi-layered coating system. Production rates ranged from 30–50m² (300–500ft²) per hour.

  • Ceiling and Structural Steel Cleaning

    Corrugated ceiling pans over manufacturing equipment can be easily cleaned and/or recoated using Sponge-Jet technology. Containment is greatly simplified given the dust and rebound suppressing properties of the Sponge Media™ abrasive; the media is effective at grease and oil removal along with dirt, soot, coatings and rust.

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  • Brick Building Restoration High Profile

    DF magazine article tells why contractor chose low-dust Sponge-Jet blast media to strip mural from h…

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  • Ceiling Preparation

    PDF shows how to avoid costly shutdowns and protect machinery by using Sponge-Jet blast media to cle…

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  • New York Life Building Article

    Sponge-Jet: As Good As Gold For New York Sky Scraper…

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