Blastox® is a one-step, dry granular calcium silicate-based blasting additive designed for efficient, cost-effective lead paint abatement during abrasive blasting. Pre-blended and ready to use, it stabilizes heavy metals to ensure non-hazardous removal while meeting EPA and DOT standards.
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What is Lead Paint Abatement?
Lead paint abatement involves abrasive blasting to remove lead paint while encapsulating harmful lead particles, making them non-hazardous. Blastox® has stabilized over 150 million square feet of lead-based paint through its patented one-step process. This dry, calcium silicate-based additive is pre-blended with various blasting media and available throughout North America.
It’s ready for use as soon as it arrives at your job site, simplifying lead paint removal while ensuring safe, efficient stabilization of hazardous materials.
How Does Blastox Work?
There is no mixing, metering or additional application steps needed at the job site when using this technology. Also, you will not incur additional labor costs that other lead paint abatement techniques require. The spent abrasive waste can be tested via TCLP to classify the waste as non-hazardous once blasted.
It's been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and as well as most state DOTs. Many industrial engineers specify it by name.
Blastox®, like other TDJ chemistries is a complex calcium silicate based product. It stabilizes heavy metals with a simple process and through multiple mechanisms:
- 1. pH adjustment
- 2. Chemical Reactions
- 3. Encapsulation
Blastox® stabilized waste complies not only with TCLP standards, but also with MEP, SPLP, and Fresh water leach tests
Blastox Process
1. Test paint coatings via TCLP for lead levels.
2. If lead is present in your paint, you can order Blastox pre-blended abrasives from Sandblastingmachines.com
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3. Pre blended abrasive with Blastox will arrive on site and you blast just like a normal project. Proper containment is still required for lead paint removal.
4. After blasting the coatings with Blastox, you will need to send samples of the waste for further testing.
5. Blastox will work through the three mechanisms mentioned and will not generate a hazardous waste.
6. Blastox will allow you to dispose of your paint waste as a non-hazardous waste. This is due to the stabilization reactions preventing the leaching of the heavy metals.
Benefits
- One Step Application
- Pre-Blended with various media
- Ready to use on site when delivered
- After use, waste is tested via TCLP to classify as non-hazardous
- Can dispose of as non-hazardous
Landfills with heavy metals have been stabilizing for decades using silicates. Blastox® also meets the definition of US EPA’s Best Demonstrated Available Technology (BDAT) for lead abatement wastes and lead paint abatement.
Close up of Blastox granules