Will Vibratory Tumbling Damage My Materials?
How to Stay Clear of Vibratory Tumbling Damage Though a popular form of surface finishing, vibratory tumbling can raise concerns about ... Read More
What Types of Barrels Should I Use?
Types of Barrels for Every Finishing Use Let’s say you know you need a finishing system (we say the chances are ... Read More
Guide to 3D Print Finishing Techniques
Up Your Production With 3D Print Finishing You never want your parts or products shipped to market looking like they’re fresh ... Read More
Corrosion Protection: Tips on How to Avoid It
Corrosion Protection Practices You Should Be Following Corrosion (also known as oxidation) is one of the most common reason metal parts ... Read More
Biocompatibility Standards: Surface Finishing Standards
Are Your Finishing Systems Upholding Biocompatibility Standards? Surface Finishing Standards: Biocompatibility might sound like something you’d hear about in an Environment ... Read More
Best Solutions: Treating Surface Rust
Getting Rid of Pesky Surface Rust How do you get rid of rust that’s plaguing your project’s metal surface? Removing rust ... Read More
We’ll Finish It Off: Benefits of Our Outsourcing
How Outsourcing Services Will Improve Your Finishing Project So, you have a project that requires surface finishing. Do you attempt to ... Read More
The History of Abrasive Blast Cleaning
We’ve Been Around for Years, and So Has Abrasive Blast Cleaning Here at Kramer Industries, we’ve been immersed in the world ... Read More
Benefits of Blasting vs. Chemical Use
These Benefits of Blasting Will Steer You Clear of Chemical Use When it comes to prepping and cleaning your project’s surface, ... Read More
Abrasive Media: Types and Choice
Which Abrasive Media is Right for Your Project? When finishing a project with a blasting, barrel tumbler, or vibratory system, you’ll ... Read More
These Surface Preparation Methods Are A Must
Implement These Surface Preparation Methods Before Each Project Correctly preparing a surface is incredibly important to the overall look, feel, functionality, ... Read More
Quality & Control: Surface Roughness Testing
How Surface Roughness Will Affect Your Project Surface roughness refers to the specific depth and contour of ridges on a surface. ... Read More
Benefits of Finishing 3D Printed Parts
Finishing 3D Printed Parts Will Enhance Your Overall Product When first printed, 3D printed parts are still in a raw state. ... Read More
Water Blasting vs. Sandblasting
What’s Right for Your Project?: Water Blasting vs. Sandblasting When it comes to finalizing a project, the selection of a surface ... Read More
Mesh vs Grit
There is often confusion about the differences between the terms mesh, grit, sieve size, micron, micro-inches and others. These are all ... Read More
Black Acrylic Polishing
Polishing Black Acrylic We have written a number of posts about polishing acrylic (here, here and here and more). The 4-step dry tumbling ... Read More
Wood Part Tumbling
Cleaning Wood Tumbled Parts A common process for removing machining marks, hairs and rounding edges on wood parts is barrel tumbling ... Read More
Cleaning Routered Wood
Routered Wood Parts When wood blocks are routered or machined to a specific geometry, there are always rough surfaces and wood ... Read More
Polishing Stainless Steel
Refining stainless steel is much of a skill, a discipline, and quite a vital route for attaining metal surfaces that gleam ... Read More
Warping Thin Metal
Warped Aluminum Panel Abrasive blasting is used for many different purposes including cleaning, stripping paint or rust, peening and preparing a ... Read More
Glass Bead vs Aluminum Oxide Grit
Among the titans of the surface preparation industry stand two distinct media: glass beads and aluminum oxide grit. Each carries its ... Read More
Acrylic Duck Calls
Acrylic Duck Calls Above is an other good example of the results that can be obtained with dry barrel tumbling using ... Read More
Tumble Blasting Steel Parts
Steel Parts The parts pictured above needed to have a uniform matte finish and all have the same finish. The parts ... Read More
