Sanitizer vs Disinfectant
The terms sanitizer (or antiseptic) and disinfectant are often used interchangeably. While sanitizers can often disinfect, there are some technical and ... Read More
How to Use Sanitizer
Using sanitizers to clean surfaces may not be as simple as it seems. When cleaning a surface, spray the sanitizer on ... Read More
Giving Back during COVID-19
As we mentioned in last week’s post, Kramer Industries has started offering Hand Sanitizer to businesses and individuals to help them ... Read More
Pivoting in a Time of Crisis
In addition to the tragedy and death caused by COVID-19, this pandemic has created extreme disruption in many industries and for ... Read More
Burnishing Aluminum Diecast Parts
The next two posts are a pair of tests that we did for a customer. Both posts are the same part, ... Read More
Blasting Aluminum Diecast Parts
Different from last week’s post, in this test, the customer wanted a uniform, matte surface finish. In order to provide some ... Read More
Granite Tile Tumbling
To create showroom samples or small granite tiles, larger pieces of granite are saw cut to the desired size and shape. ... Read More
Polishing Acrylic Tubes
We have covered polishing acrylic pieces multiple times on this blog. These parts provide some additional challenges. Specifically, there an ID ... Read More
Remove Heat Treat Scale from a Worm Shaft
Heat treating steel parts is used to change the physical (sometimes chemical) properties of the metal. This process can harden the ... Read More
Cleaning Saw Cut Wood
Often when wood parts are cut out, they have sharp edges, saw cutting marks, and burrs on the edges (see picture) ... Read More
Prepping Steel for Paint
Many metals are naturally susceptible to oxidation. This is the reaction of the metal with oxygen to form an oxide. Steel, ... Read More
Phenolic Canvas Fiber Removal
Phenolic canvas is a composite material consisting of layers of fabric fibers that is impregnated with a phenolic resin. This type ... Read More
Polishing Tool Steel
Polishing hardened tool steel to a low Ra value often requires more than one step and long cycle times. Ra is ... Read More
Optical Clarity on Acrylic
Acrylic plastic is poly(methyl methacrylate) commonly known as plexiglass and commercially as Lucite and Plexiglas among others. When polished it can ... Read More
Deburring Brass
Brass is relatively soft metal that oxidizes easily. Care needs to be taken to not damage the surface and to ensure ... Read More
Tumble Blasting
Tumble Blast systems remove hard to reach burrs, remove rust and scale, and prepare a surface for bonding while producing either bright ... Read More
Tumbling Parts with Complex Geometry
Tumbling Complex geometry parts The after picture of this highly polished part looks like the results were excellent in achieving a ... Read More
Cleaning and Polishing 3D Printed Titanium
3D Printed Titanium Polishing Additive manufacturing or more commonly, 3D printing, provides a significant challenge for surface finishing. These challenges revolve ... Read More
Brass Parts Cleaning
Brass Parts Cleaning When soldering brass, the welded joint needs to be cleaned from excess flux and from discoloration of the ... Read More
Polishing Acrylic Plastic
Polishing Acrylic Plastic This test had multiple objectives. When the part was made, it had sharp edges and a lightly scratched ... Read More
Crushed Glass vs. Glass Beads
Glass Media Differences Probably the most important aspect of any finishing project is deciding on the proper blasting media to use. ... Read More
The Best Way to Remove Old Paint
Surface Finishing Guide Surface finishing is a necessary step for more than just new products. Old, neglected items that need a ... Read More
Heat Treated Tool Steel Polishing
Heat Treated Tool Steel Polishing Steel is often heat-treated for a variety of reasons. Heat treatment involves heating the metal to ... Read More
Cleaning Paint Plugs
Cleaning Paint Plugs Paint plugs and masks are used in paint lines to protect areas of a part against being painted. ... Read More