Blast prep your shop can schedule its line against.
Fabricators and coating shops around the Ark-La-Tex live and die on substrate prep, and most would rather buy it verified than run a blast operation on the side. Bossier Sandblasting is the prep partner built for that: batches to spec, profiles measured, dates kept.
The arrangement, plainly
You fabricate or you coat; we prep. Batches run at your yard or ours, priced by the lot from $400 on the published sheet, blasted to the SSPC standard and profile your process specifies, gauge-verified, inhibitor-protected, and back in your queue on the promised date. Shops in Minden and Shreveport run this as a standing weekly or monthly rhythm, which flattens mobilization to almost nothing and makes prep a line item instead of a variable.
Why wet suits shop yards
A batch blasted dry in your yard dusts your building, your intake fans, your parked inventory, and your neighbors. The same batch blasted wet is a contained puddle on tarps. That difference is why outsourced prep can happen at your location at all, and running at your yard saves the freight both ways on heavy lots.
What travels with every batch
- The profile reading, measured with a gauge against your spec, written per lot.
- The standard achieved, SP 6 or SP 10 as ordered, because warranties cite standards.
- The protection applied, inhibitor product and timing, matched to your coating chemistry.
- The date honored, which is the entire reputation of a prep partner, so we schedule honestly and pad weather instead of promising past it.
Set up a batch or a standing run
Shop name, typical lot, and target profile to (318) 666-4671.
Shop questions, answered straight
How does outsourced blast prep work for a fab shop?
Your fabricated steel gets blasted to the profile your coating step specifies, verified with a gauge, protected with a rust-inhibitor rinse, and returned on the date your production schedule planned around. Lots price from $400 on the published sheet, and standing weekly or monthly runs drop mobilization to near nothing. You weld and coat; the prep becomes a known quantity.
Why would a coating shop outsource blasting instead of doing it in-house?
Because a blast pot, media handling, dust management, and an operator are a whole second business. Shops that coat for a living usually find that buying verified prep by the batch beats running that business badly on the side, and the wet method means the batch can run in your own yard without dusting your building, your intake fans, or your customers’ cars.
Can you blast to the profile our powder or paint line specifies?
Yes, and the number gets measured rather than assumed: media and pressure are matched to the target, the finished profile is checked with a gauge, and the reading travels with the batch. Adhesion warranties reference profile numbers, so the number is the deliverable as much as the steel is.
What about flash rust between your prep and our coating?
Every batch finishes with a rust-inhibitor rinse that holds the surface clean for days, matched to your coating chemistry so there are no compatibility surprises. Shops with same-day lines can take batches uninhibited by arrangement; everyone else gets the protection window their schedule actually needs.
The method is explained on the wet vs dry page, one-off equipment work on the equipment page, every rate on the published sheet, and it all starts at the homepage.