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Greengrit – Crushed Glass

Greengrit
is a crushed glass grit made from 100% post-consumer recycled glass. It is crushed, cleaned, sized, and packaged to provide the ideal blast media for many applications. Its angular shape allows Greengrit to cut through rust, paint, and oil, and yet it is lightweight enough to create a low profile on the surface.

  • Auto bodies and auto parts
  • Trucks
  • Fiberglas and plastics
  • Wood
  • Stainless steel
  • Pipelines
  • Concrete
  • Graffiti removal
  • Construction equipment
    …and many other sensitive surfaces.

Greenblast (Crushed Glass) Photo

Crushed glass is used for a wide variety of blast cleaning operations, such as the blasting of:

Advantages Of Greengrit – Crushed Glass

  • Wide range of grades available, including custom orders
  • Powerful – angular shape cuts through rust, paint, and oil
  • Gentle  – lightweight enough to clean surfaces without damaging underlying material
  • Non-metallic – won’t contaminate your surface
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Chemically inert. Crystalline silica levels are less than 1%

Available Sizes

10-20 20-30 30-60 40-70 60-140
US Sieve # mm % Retained % Retained % Retained % Retained % Retained
8 2.360 0 0 0 0 0
14 1.400 66.9 0 0 0 0
16 1.180 25.9 6.6 0 0 0
20 0.850 6.1 41.9 0 0 0
30 0.600 0.7 35.3 2.4 0.3 0
40 0.425 0.2 12 28.2 14.3 0
50 0.325 0.1 2.4 24.3 41.5 0.4
70 0.212 0.1 0.7 17.2 30.0 5.7
100 0.150 0.0 0.3 13 9.4 26.9
140 0.106 0.0 0.8 8.4 2.1 26.3
200 0.075 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.1 18.1
270 0.053 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 14.3
PAN 8.3

How does Greengrit Perform?*

Cleaning rate: 130-150 ft2/hour
Consumption*: 4.9 – 5.9 lb/ftsup>2
Blasting quality: In accordance with MIL-A 22262B (SH)

White metal blast cleaning

(SSPC-SP5)

*Based on internal tests. Rates vary based on blasting pressure and nozzle size.

Characteristics

Colour: Multi/Green
Bulk Density: 1.280 g/mL 80lb/ft3
Grain Shape: Angular
Solubility: Insoluble
Hardness: 6 Mohs (see our hardness index)

Packaging

  • 50 lb plastic bags, 40 bags /pallet
  • 3,000,lb. super-sack