All posts by: Chris King

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RAILWAY BRIDGE SAND BLASTING Working on a victorian railway bridge, as part of a restoration project. This bridge was in a poor state and needed to be restored in order to preserve its history. SAND BLASTING OR ABRASIVE BLASTING This structure needed to be preserved. So I was contacted and asked to undertake the first […]

SWIMMING POOL RESTORATION Sand blasting a two pack epoxy coating, from an outdoor swimming pool in west Bedfordshire. This was done with wet blasting & crushed glass, as the blast media. SAND BLASTING EPOXY COATING FROM A CONCRETE POOL I was contacted about the restoration of a 12 metre concrete outdoor swimming pool, that had […]

TELEPHONE BOX SAND-BLASTING Sand blasting or Abrasive Blasting an old style telephone box as part of a restoration project. HIGH PRESSURE ABRASIVE BLASTING CJK ABRASIVE BLAST CLEANING AND SURFACE PREPARATION Was contacted about the restoration cleaning of an old GPO telephone box. HISTORY  The old red telephone box, was the design of  “Sir Giles Gilbert […]

ABRASIVE BLASTING OR SAND BLASTING Abrasive blasting a truck body to remove paint.  As part of a general tidy up for the new addition, to the customers fleet. HIGH PRESSURE BLASTING This truck body was blasted at high pressure to remove old paint and flaking rust. The blasting also removed all the old labels and […]

STEAM CLEANING / PAINT REMOVAL This property is a heavy grade of pebble dash, that has failing paint and coatings. I was contacted to remove the failing coatings, prior to a re-application of a more suitable coating being applied after some repair work to the pebble dash coating. FAILING COATINGS  The previous coating was failing […]

ABRASIVE BLASTING IN BEDFORD Abrasive Blasting a truck chassis as part of a restoration project. This truck was ready for refurbishment & a general tidy up of its chassis by the means of abrasive blasting or what was formerly know as sandblasting. TRUCK CHASSIS The cleaning of a HGV chassis, is a time consuming job […]

LOW PRESSURE OAK BEAM CLEANING These beams have undergone abrasive blasting or sand blasting with very low pressure. This job was conducted in the North Bedfordshire area on a building with a timber frame construction. These beams had been covered with many types of paints, stains, coating and fillers, over the years.   The blast […]

OAK SAND BLASTING (ABRASIVE BLASTING) Using low pressure abrasive blasting to remove old varnish and stain from oak structures. Abrasive blasting or (Sand Blasting) can produce stunning results in the hands of the correct operator. At CJK we specialise in this type of restoration style cleaning. These types of job really do showcase just how […]