Marine Cleaning

Softblast specialise in the careful, non-abrasive, low pressure, wet- blast cleaning of hulls on yachts and boats, constructed of fibreglass, metal and timber, returning your boat back to its former beauty.

This system is designed to save you hours removing antifoul, layers of old paint and barnacles from your hull. It will leave you with a subtle keyed surface ready for repainting. It can also be used for exposing any osmotic blisters your boat may have ready for restoration.

The advantages of removing the antifouling and repainting are many. ‘The vessel will cut through the water with less drag, saving up to 40% fuel costs improving speed and performance.’ As recommended by Practical Boat Owner (March 2006)

We use a mobile, non chemical, cleaning system which is approved by boat yards and does not harm marine life.

Our trained operatives, can offer you a light delicate clean, using our skill and experience we clean back to the gel coat without damaging it, or back to the bare metal/ wood if required, by varying the blast pressure; size of nozzle and mineral granules in our system.

The ‘blast’ pressure we use is extremely low (usually 3-5 bar which is the same or less than a mains tap. The water used is minimal and is soaked up by the blasting media)

The 'wet' system captures dirt and blasting media preventing it from being air borne, thus helping it fall to the ground where Tarpaulins are laid, (keeping dust off the neighbouring boats)The residue can easily be swept away and disposed of responsibly. This greatly reduces the mess and health and safety risks to marine life associated with ‘dry’/sand blasting.

The system is used for work on all boats including pleasure boats, lifeboats, racing yachts, and historic vessels.

Softblast are committed to providing our services with due regard, to the environment and the health and safety of our personnel and the public at large.

Take a look below at some examples of our work.

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fibreglass hull before and after softblasting

For more information please contact us using the form on the contact us page or by phoning 07813 860 314

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