Tools & Methods
Hand-held tools and methods for surface preparation, how they differ, and the cordless battery platforms behind them.
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What is surface preparation?
Surface preparation is the cleaning and, where required, profiling of a substrate before coating: removing mill scale, rust, old coatings, oil, soluble...
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How to Prepare Metal for Painting: Surface Preparation Methods Compared
To prepare metal for painting, degrease it first (SSPC-SP 1), then remove rust, mill scale and old coating to the cleanliness grade...
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Preparation is everything!
A coating only performs as well as the surface under it. Preparation has two jobs: remove contamination to the specified cleanliness grade,...
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Preparing steel with MontiPower's power tools
Steel preparation means removing mill scale, rust, old coating and contamination and creating an anchor profile so a new coating can bond....
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Tools for surface preparation
MontiPower® makes hand-held rotary tools for surface preparation without loose abrasive. The Bristle Blaster® cleans steel and creates an anchor profile in...
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The different tools for surface conditioning
Surface conditioning tools clean metal and prepare it for coating. The main groups are abrasive blasting (sand, grit, glass bead, shot, vapor),...
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MontiPower: the solution in the field of surface preparation
Abrasive blasting is effective, but it brings silica and dust hazards, spent media, containment and a reliance on specialist crews. MontiPower®'s Bristle...
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All about MontiPower's metal cleaning machines
MontiPower®'s metal cleaning machines are handheld power tools rather than blasting systems. The Bristle Blaster® removes rust, mill scale and coatings from...
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Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless: SSPC-SP10 Surface Prep Without Grit, Without a Cord
The Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless is an 18 V CAS battery tool that, in documented tests, produces cleanliness comparable to ISO 8501-1...
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MontiPower Ultimate Cordless Tools: Built on CAS Battery Technology
MontiPower® Ultimate cordless tools — the Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless, MBX® Cordless and Vinyl Zapper® Ultimate — run on 18 V batteries...
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What Is the CAS (Cordless Alliance System)? A Guide for Industrial Maintenance Teams
CAS (Cordless Alliance System) is a multi-brand 18 V battery platform founded in 2018 on Metabo battery technology. One CAS pack powers...
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CAS vs AMPShare: Choosing the Right Multi-Brand Battery System for Industrial Maintenance
CAS (Cordless Alliance System, initiated by Metabo in 2018) and AMPShare (launched by Bosch in 2022) are both open 18 V multi-brand...
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Recyclability
MontiPower® belts are made from recyclable materials — steel wire, cloth, polyamide backing and threading, shipped in carton — and used belts...