The use of environmentally friendly abrasive blasting media for paint removal from wood surfaces

Abstract

This study determined some physical changes that occur on wood surfaces aged in a marine environment resulting from the removal of coatings using environmentally friendly media blasting. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood coated with water-borne and synthetic paints was exposed to a marine environment for 100 days. The aged paint layers were removed using five different media (sodium bicarbonate, hazelnut shell granules, corncob granules, walnut shell granules, and apricot kernel granules), varying blasting angles (45° and 90°), blasting distances (7 and 10 cm), air pressures (2 and 2.5 bar), and nozzle diameters (0.5 and 0.8 mm) using an automated blasting cabinet. The results showed that corn cob granules and sodium bicarbonate were less effective than other media for removing paint layers at the application parameters. The samples were tested for hardness, gloss, and total color change. Samples exhibited a remarkable total color change and gloss increase when the blasting distance was increased from 7 cm to 10 cm, while their hardness decreased. The highest gloss value was obtained on surfaces blasted with a nozzle diameter of 0.5 cm. Surfaces blasted with a nozzle diameter of 8 mm, however, yielded the highest total color change and hardest values.

Recent Innovations on the Reuse of Almond and Hazelnut By-Products: A Review

“…Different studies highlighted the possibility to use hazelnut shells as reinforcing and composing ingredients in some materials [114][115][116][117].…”

“…The solid and rigid behaviour of hazelnut shells makes it possible to think about a possible application as abrasive powder. This is the case studied by Kilinç et al [116], where the granules obtained from hazelnut shells' waste were employed in abrasive blasting, a mechanical technique to remove a paint layer on wooden material. The changes highlighted in the material properties were the function of the blasting parameters, meaning the distance between the nozzle and the treated object, the nozzle diameter, the angle used for treating, the pressure employed, and, of course, according to the abrasive material utilised.…”

“…Figure 4.Hazelnut by-products and innovative applications described in the literature for each fraction. Shell (fortified food[108], molecules extraction[96,[109][110][111][112][113], and materials[114][115][116][117]); skin (fortified food[118][119][120][121][122][123] and molecules extraction[96,109,110,124]); and oil cake (fortified food[125][126][127]). …”