Rust · Paint · Undercoating
Classic & Collector Automotive
Media blasting warps thin sheet metal and rounds off every stamping it touches. On a numbers-matching car, that is not a cosmetic problem — it is a provenance problem. Laser strips the coating and leaves the stamp.
No warping, no metal loss
There is no media hitting the panel and no mechanical force at all. Thin body panels that would oil-can under a blast cabinet come out flat.
VIN stamps, emblems and date codes survive
Blasting softens the edges of every stamping. Ablation is a surface process — the numbers stay crisp and legible.
The surface is ready to coat immediately
No grit trapped in seams to blow out later and ruin a fresh paint job. No masking, no cabinet, no teardown just to clean one area. The panel comes off the laser ready for primer.
What comes off
- Surface rust and heavy corrosion
- Old paint, primer and body filler edges
- Seam sealer and undercoating
- Carbon, oil and oxidation on engine parts
- Chrome prep and pot metal cleaning
Surfaces we work on
Who this is for
- Collector and concours restorations
- Restoration and hot rod shops
- Vintage motorcycle and aircraft owners
- Museums and private car collections
Straight answers
When laser is the wrong tool.
Laser is not a universal solvent and we would rather tell you that now than after you have paid a mobilisation fee. It does not fill, fair or rebuild anything — it is a cleaning process, not a repair process. It is slower per square foot than blasting on large plain surfaces, so on a 40-foot run of ordinary steel fence, blasting is genuinely the better buy.
Some stone will darken or roughen if the parameters are wrong, which is exactly why every job starts with a test patch in an inconspicuous spot and nobody proceeds until you have looked at it.
Send photos. If this is not your answer, we will say so and tell you what is.
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