Saturday, 1 February 2014

Uses For Los Angeles Steel Grit

By Jayne Rutledge


You might wonder what could possibly be interesting about Los Angeles steel grit cleaning services. Well, like many other areas of esoteric knowledge in the United States (not to mention the rest of the world), the art of cleaning surfaces is fascinating. California, of course, has all sorts of weather that can cause everything from premature skin aging to rust on metal. The state has lots of boats, notorious for needing arduous maintenance.

People have needed to clean tings since the first cave man wiped his stone blade on the grass. Today, daily life involves washing everything from skin and dishes to floors, cars, building exteriors, sidewalks, and roads. Mankind has always been inventive, and abrasion is an effective way to remove dirt and grime. Think of steel wool, scrubbing powders, facial scrubs, and sand for a campfire frying pan.

Times and materials change. A wooden wagon wheel with an iron hub could take a lot of dirt in its grease without harm, but aircraft and space craft can't. Sand worked fine for scrubbing cast iron frying pans used over open fires, but today's non-stick pans demand special care. Industry used to use strong acids and chemicals to clean surfaces, but new awareness of environmental impact and new regulations have brought many changes in that area, as well.

Gritty steel is not a simple waste product swept up from a foundry floor. Chemists in laboratories make different grades of alloy grits, some in degrees of hard and others in degrees of soft. The harder grits keep their sharp edges, which give a texture to cleaned and buffed surfaces that need to adhere to a coat of paint. The softer grades 'round off' with use and are best for other applications.

Although few may know it, this is actually an area which employs many people, both skilled laborers and fine scientific minds. Companies that manufacture grits (steel being only one of many kinds) offer custom solutions, technical support, and solid guarantees of finely tuned performance. Check out some websites and you'll find that craftsmanship is still a part of American industrial science.

Boats, aircraft, and space missiles might need one or more grades of metallic grits. There are many other neat cleaning applications and media. You can use walnut hulls to scrub your face - micro-dermabrasion - or to get algae off your wooden boat. The shells are biodegradable, so you don't have to worry about washing them off down the drain or into the Bay.

How about your home or commercial building? You can get professional corn cob blasting for a log exterior! Wow! Sandblast your concrete, brick, or masonry, and all that urban grime is history. Try plastic beads for gentler cleaning projects (as in auto body repair), glass beads for pool tiles (the beads sink to the bottom and you just vacuum them up), or something brand new the lab cooks up for your unusual request.

Learning about Los Angeles steel grit and other cleaning options is fascinating. These products save time and manpower in this day of high labor costs and make many maintenance or restorative tasks possible.




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