Walnut Shell Blasting Media Is a Great Use for Metal Specialists

There is just something special about the sheen on a shiny piece of metal. It reflects quality, craftsmanship, and durability that few other materials can match. Unfortunately, metal is prone to all sorts of problems from dents and scratches to the worst of them all…rust. Indeed, while it may appear timeless, the beauty and strength of metal only lasts so long before it needs a little TLC to make it look like new again.

 



Whether the metal you are working on is a structural component of a building, a decorative piece of furniture, or an engine component, blasting it with walnut shell media is an effective way to clean away the gunk and grime. Indeed, it can quickly and safely remove everything from oil and grease, to dirt and rust.

This is important because the goal of any blasting operation is to protect and repair the piece without damaging it. Walnut shell media fits this bill perfectly. It is just hard enough that it can remove anything attached to the surface, but not so hard that you have to be overly concerned with pitting the piece.  Coupled with the fact that walnut shells come in a wide variety of grit sizes, they can be used to clean everything from steel girders and iron railings to precision engine parts made of titanium or aluminum.

Further, unlike other blasting media such as silica, walnut shell media isn’t toxic and won’t lead to serious health concerns. This makes it safer for your staff to use, and spent walnut shells are much easier to dispose of when you are finished with them. For these reasons among many others, walnut shells are quickly becoming the favorite for use within barrel tumbling, oil drilling, and auto repair operations.

We invite you to contact Flowspec to learn more about the walnut shell media we have available for your blasting operations. We will be happy to tell you about the various grits we have available and the ways you can incorporate our products into your operations.

Walnut Shell Blasting Applications

Walnut Shell Blasting Media

WALNUT SHELL BLASTING MEDIA

Walnut shell blasting media is a hard and fibrous product made from crushed walnut shells in accordance with International Trade Standard. The walnut shell blasting medium is ground to various sizes from coarse to extra fine depending the application, allowing for a fine degree of control over the desired finish. Walnut shell is used as an abrasive blast media similar to sand for cleaning, but without the negativities associated with other abrasive materials. Because walnut shell blasting is a gentle, non-corrosive environmentally friendly method of removing foreign matter, coatings, paint, dirt, grime, mold and smoke residue from almost any surface including metal, wood, aluminum, brass, stone, glass, fiberglass, plastic, masonry and tile without scratching, etching, pitting the substrate material / underlying surface or marring cleaned areas. When used as a blasting media, walnut shell grit is extremely durable, angular and multi-faceted, yet is considered a 'soft abrasive'. Walnut shell blasting media is also great for rust free paint removal from sheet metal and for cleaning engines, steam turbines and transmissions. Walnut shell blasting grit is an excellent replacement for sand (free silica) to avoid inhalation health concerns.

Walnut Shell Blast Abrasive

Additionally, walnut shell abrasive media can be used for removing anti-fouling bottom paint from boats, paint from cars and trucks, graffiti from buildings, mold remediation and fire/smoke restoration, and removing baked on carbon deposits from ferrous metals are also capabilities. Walnut shell blasting media can be used for polishing, deburring, deflashing metal finishing as well as paint and coating with minimal effect on the surface being blasted are also fantastic features.

Walnut Shell Blasting Medium

Walnut shell abrasive media is used in both tumbling and vibratory applications for polishing gems and jewelry. Walnut shell abrasive media also works as a de-burring and de-flashing product for molding, casting and electrical parts.

Like other soft media, Walnut shell cleans and removes matter from surfaces without damaging underlying material.

Suggested mesh sizes are 4/6, 6/10, 8/12, 12/20, 14/30, 18/40, 35/60, 40/100, 60/200, #100, #200

Walnut Shell Abrasive Media

WALNUT SHELL BLASTING ADVANTAGES

-Premium soft abrasive available in black & English walnut shell grades
-Preserves base, primer & gel-coats while removing top coats of paint
-Environmentally friendly, natural, non-toxic; causes no health or environmental hazards
-Long-lasting, re-usable and biodegradable
-Reduces cycle time of finishing operations; preserves microfinishes
-Walnut shell sandblasting for selective coatings removal
-Replaces sand and silica blasting media to avoid problem of silicosis
-Does not produce dust, safe for indoor use
-Angular and multi-faceted, not require flammable solvents
-Blasted surfaces require no drying time
-Cleans precisely without a change in dimensions
-Cleaned parts require no additional machining
-The cycle time of finishing operations is drastically reduced
-Fulfills government cleaning requirements.
-The media can be re-used infinitely, cost effective

Walnut Shell Blasting Grit

TECHNICAL DATA   MSDS 

APPLICATIONS	Paint Stripping, Coatings Removal, Blast Cleaning, Deburring, Deflashing
	Tumbling, Engine Clean-Out, Porosity Enhancer for Grinding Wheels, Ceramics

USED ON	Airplanes, Cars, Trucks, Trains, Boats, Landing Gear, Buildings, Brick, Statues,
	Monuments, Engines, Jewelry, Molds, Watch, Motors, Electronics,  Brass, Aluminium

INDUSTRIES	Automotive Restoration, Aircraft Maintenance, Paint and Coatings, Military,
	Electronics, Jewelry Polishing, Molds Polishing, Plastic, Alloy Die Castings

WALNUT SHELL GRIT SIZES	4/6 6/10 8/12 12/20 18/40 35/60 40/100 60/200
WALNUT SHELL FLOUR SIZES	#100   #200

PACKAGING

25kgs Woven plastic bags, Paper Bags, 40Bags/Pallet

Walnut Shell Blast Media

WALNUT SHELL BLASTING APPLICATIONS

-Ground walnut shell blast media for paint stripping & coatings removal
-Crushed walnut shell grit for deflashing, deburring & finishing operations
-Effective on boats, buildings, bridges, outdoor statuaries, cars and graffiti removal
-Blast cleaning for aircraft engine cleanout, automotive parts, steam turbines and transmissions
-Deflashing parts in electronics industries
-Deburring in plastics and aluminum & zinc die casting industries
-Excellent media for wheel blasting, air blasting and tumbling operations
-Porosity enhancer for ceramics and grinding wheels in burn-out applications
-Removing graffiti
-Architectural cleaning and restoration of steel, wood, brick or concrete
-Polishing and cleaning of fine metals, glass, fiberglass, plastic, stone and alloys
-Jewelry and watch polishing

Since our founding in 1981, for over 30 years, Flowspec Industrial Limited has been an industry leader in manufacturing and distributing the renewable, organic, recycled and sustainable walnut shells. Welcome to visit our website www.walnutshellpowder.com and contact us at flowspec@outlook.com 

Walnut Shell Blasting

Large Grade Walnut Shell Blasting Media

Crushed walnut shell blasting media is an eco-friendly, environmentally-safe soft abrasive grit used in media blasting, blast cleaning, paint stripping, coatings removal, deflashing, deburring, tumbling and filtration applications. 

Middle Grade Walnut Shell Blast Media

Walnut shell blasting applications

1. Ground walnut shell blast media for paint stripping & coatings removal
2. Crushed walnut shell grit for deflashing, deburring & finishing operations
3. Effective on boats, buildings, bridges, outdoor statuaries, cars and graffiti removal
4. Blast cleaning for aircraft engine cleanout & steam turbines
5. Deflashing parts in electronics industries
6. Deburring in plastics and aluminum & zinc die casting industries
7. Excellent media for wheel blasting, air blasting and tumbling operations
8. Porosity enhancer for ceramics and grinding wheels in burn-out applications

Fine Grade Walnut Shell Sandblasting

Walnut shell blasting advantages

1. Premium soft abrasive available in black & English walnut shell grades
2. Preserves base, primer & gel-coats while removing top coats of paint
3. Environmentally friendly, non-toxic; causes no health or environmental hazards
4. Long-lasting, re-usable and biodegradable
5. Reduces cycle time of finishing operations; preserves micro-finishes
6. Walnut shell sandblasting for selective coatings removal
7. Replaces sand to avoid problem of silicosis

Since our founding in 1981, for over 30 years, Flowspec Industrial Limited has been an industry leader in manufacturing and distributing the renewable, organic, recycled and sustainable walnut shells. Welcome to visit our website www.walnutshellpowder.com and contact us at flowspec@outlook.com 

Walnut Shell Uses

The walnut shells have five main uses, including walnut shell for sandblasting as walnut shell blasting media, walnut shell for filtration system as walnut shell filter media, walnut shell for cosmetics industry as ingredients for cosmetics, walnut shell for oil drilling as walnut shell filler or extender and walnut shell for pets as walnut shell pet litters. 

1. Walnut Shell Blasting Media

Crushed walnut shells are a type of sandblasting media for cleaning. Ground walnut shells are an biodegradable, non-toxic, environmentally safe, durable and cost effective soft abrasive grit used in media blasting, blast cleaning, paint stripping, coatings removal, deflashing, deburring, tumbling, engine clean-out, burn-out applications for grinding wheels and ceramics. Typical substrates are metals, fiberglass, woods, plastics and stone  on cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, boats, landing gear, buildings, brick, statues, monuments, engines in industries of automotive restoration, aircraft maintenance, military, paint and coatings. English walnut shells can remove matter from surfaces without scratching or pitting underlying material. And even more,walnut shell does not cause silicosis.

The walnut shells are ground to various sizes from coarse to extra fine depending on the application, suggested walnut shell grit sizes of 6/10, 8/12, 12/20, 18/40, 35/60, 40/100, 60/200 and walnut shell flour sizes of #100, #200, #325, #400.

2. Walnut Shell Filter Media

Walnut shells are used in walnut shell filters are frequently installed for the removal of oil and suspended solids from produced water, refinery effluent and waste / re-circulation streams, steel mill direct spray and caster water, ethylene plant quench water, copper concentrate decant and cooling water found at other industrial applications where sand filters have traditionally been used as environmentally safe and effective filtration media. Walnut shell is the best technology for the removal of oil and grease, as well as suspend solids from a variety of heavy oil and other oilfield produced water streams. Walnut shell is chemically inert, hard, resilient and perfect for oily water processing. Suggested mesh sizes are 6/10, 12/20, 35/60, 40/60.

3. Walnut Shell Filler or Extender

The walnut shells can be used in applications of non-skid, anti-slip, painting, coatings, burn-out and filtration as walnut shell fillers. Ground walnut shell grits and flours are produced for the adhesives, construction, resin, plywood, laminated veneer lumber, furniture, rubber compounding, oil drilling  and paint and cosmetics industries. 

In oil drilling industry, walnut shell is an easy and efficient solution to lost circulation problems. Walnut shells are used as lost circulation material to combat typical operational problems associated with drilling mud losses. Walnut shell does not significantly change mud properties and can be removed and perhaps recycled with ease.

In plastics and rubber compound manufacturing, walnut shell flour is a preferred additive.  In burn-out applications, walnut shell is used to create porosity in ceramics.

For non-skid & anti-slip applications, ground walnut shell is an excellent paint additive for stairs, floors, pools, decks and ramps.

Walnut shell filler is available in coarse, medium and fine grit sizes, suggested walnut shell grit sizes of 6/10, 8/12, 12/20, 18/40, 35/60, 40/100, 60/200 and walnut shell flour sizes of #100, #200, #325, #400.
4. Walnut Shells Cosmetics Ingredients
Cosmetic grade walnut shell grits, powders and flours are premium ingredients used in fine cosmetics products internationally of exfoliating products, shower gel, bar soap and cleansing products as non-animal origin, skincare additive cosmetics and toiletries. Cosmetic grade walnut shells are widely applicable in cosmetics, skin care, exfoliation, creams and soaps with shell mesh sizes of 18/40, 35/60, 40/100, 60/200 and flour mesh sizes of #100, #200, #325 and #400. Our premier crushed walnut shells are available for manufacturing high quality facial scrubs, exfoliants, soaps and creams.
5. Walnut Shell Litters

Ground English walnut shell grits are widely used as pet litters for reptiles, cats, lizards, bearded dragons, monitors, skinks & uromastyx, snakes and birds with mesh sizes of 18/40, 35/60, 40/100. Crushed walnut shell grit is increasingly popular as an ingredient in pet litters because it does not absorb moisture, minimizes bacteria and mold, and is bio-degradable & environmentally friendly.  
If you are interested in the walnut shells, welcome to visit our website www.walnutshellpowder.com and feel free to contact us at email of flowspec@outlook.com