Sandblasting in Laval and the North Shore
Induscoat sends its mobile sandblasting units to the industrial parks of Laval and the North Shore, from Saint-Eustache to Repentigny. We strip steel structures, equipment and concrete right at the operator's site, then apply the coating. Crews leave from LaSalle, Montreal. Send photos and dimensions and the quote comes back within 24 business hours.
What can you strip in our plant or yard?
Just about anything that rusts or flakes and is hard to move. On the steel side: building columns and trusses, mezzanines, overhead cranes and their runways, pipe supports, vessels, silos, yard trailers and bins, heavy equipment frames. On the concrete side: plant slabs ahead of a coating, containment curbs, loading docks, pits and basins.
We take off corrosion, mill scale, blistered paint and contaminants, down to the grade required by the coating that follows. Work is performed by our crews and qualified subcontractors. Industrial and commercial customers only: no residential work, no private vehicles.
Which cities in Laval and the North Shore do you cover?
Laval from end to end, with its industrial parks along the highways. In Lanaudière: Terrebonne, Mascouche and Repentigny. In the Lower Laurentians: Blainville, Boisbriand, Saint-Eustache and Mirabel, out to the industrial zones around the airport.
This territory is made up of light industrial buildings, warehouses, metal fabrication shops, processing plants and equipment yards. Jobs here are often mid-sized and close to one another: several can be grouped in the same week for the same industrial park.
How does a job in an industrial park unfold?
In four stages. First the survey: your photos and dimensions are often enough to price the job, and a visit settles the rest. Then preparation: method and abrasive selection, containment plan, compressor location, operator permits and schedule.
On the day, the crew sets up screens or an enclosure, protects whatever must not be touched, then blasts section by section. Each section is dusted off, checked and primed before moving to the next. Last comes demobilization: abrasive collected, waste removed, premises left clean. In a building shared by several tenants, schedule and noise are agreed in advance with the property manager.
Which method suits your surface?
It depends on three things: the material, what has to come off and what is nearby. Structural steel pitted with rust is handled with dry abrasive, which is more productive. Next to a production line, an employee parking lot or a neighbour, wet abrasive keeps dust on the ground.
An aluminum housing, a stainless part or a mould is cleaned with glass bead, which does not bite into the metal. A machine with motors and wiring is cleaned with dry ice: the pellet evaporates on contact and only the loosened dirt remains. Concrete is prepared by blasting, shot blasting or grinding, depending on the thickness of the planned coating. When abrasive is ruled out, hydro blasting takes over.
How clean does the steel need to be?
To the grade written on the coating data sheet or in your specification. SSPC/AMPP standards give the owner, the applicator and the inspector a common language. SSPC-SP 6, commercial blast, tolerates light shadows on part of the surface. SSPC-SP 10, near-white metal, tolerates almost none. SSPC-SP 5 demands uniformly white metal.
The harsher the environment (immersion, chemicals, burial), the higher the grade required. The roughness left by the abrasive is measured and must fall within the product's range. If you have no specification, we propose the grade and the system together, so that one matches the other.
What happens to the dust, spent abrasive and old paint?
They stay inside the work zone, then leave with us. In an industrial park, the neighbours are a few metres away: the zone is closed off with tarps, air is drawn to a dust collector, and building openings are protected. Outdoors, work stops if wind carries dust beyond the containment.
If the structure is several decades old, the paint may contain lead. We have it analyzed before starting. If the result is positive, CNESST measures apply: reinforced containment, protective equipment, monitoring of worker exposure and disposal of the waste through an authorized channel.
Does the steel have to be painted right after blasting?
Yes. Bare steel has no protection left: the slightest condensation brings up a film of rust, and the surface would then have to be blasted again. The site rule is simple: in one shift, blast only the area that can be primed before leaving.
That is why we do both. Coatings are Induscoat's main trade: anti-corrosion painting, internal tank lining, cold galvanizing, epoxy flooring on the prepared concrete. The system is chosen before blasting, products are on site on day one, and thicknesses are measured and recorded at every coat.
Regions served
- Laval and its industrial parks
- Terrebonne, Mascouche and Repentigny
- Blainville and Boisbriand
- Saint-Eustache and Mirabel
Industries served
- Metal fabrication and machine shops
- Processing plants
- Warehouses and distribution centres
- Transportation, equipment yards and aerospace
- Municipal assets and water treatment
Services & solutions
- Mobile dry abrasive blasting
- Low-dust wet blasting
- Glass bead and dry ice cleaning
- Concrete preparation: blasting, shot blasting, grinding
- Lead paint removal under containment
- Primer and coating applied after blasting
Brands distributed
- Induscoat, own brand (Canada coatings)
Operational mobilization
No shop in Laval or on the North Shore: mobile units come up from LaSalle for each job. The survey, containment plan, permits and schedule are settled before arrival, and jobs in the same industrial park can be grouped.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have a blasting shop in Laval?
No. Induscoat has no shop in Laval or on the North Shore. Our mobile crews leave from LaSalle, Montreal, and blast at your site with their own equipment. You have nothing to transport.
How much does sandblasting cost in Laval and the North Shore?
Pricing is by quote. The factors are the area to treat, the thickness of rust or paint to remove, the target cleanliness grade, height and access, containment, lead analysis and the imposed schedule. Our sandblasting cost guide explains them. Send photos and dimensions: quote within 24 business hours.
Can you blast a single part or a small batch?
Our service is built for assets and equipment treated in place. For a single part or a small batch, describe the need in your request: we will tell you plainly whether a trip makes sense or a local shop is a better fit.
Does wet blasting damage steel?
No. The water only knocks down the dust. It does cause flash rust if the surface is left untreated: an inhibitor is added to the water, the surface is dried, then the primer is applied within the time allowed by the manufacturer.
Do you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. In an occupied building or a plant in production, blasting is often done outside operating hours. The schedule is set at the quote stage, along with the site's noise rules.
Explore our solutions
Blasting to plan in Laval or the North Shore?
Send photos, dimensions and the site's city: we propose the method, the containment and the coating to apply afterward. Quote within 24 business hours.
Induscoat is the Quebec-Ontario subsidiary of Induscoat Group, an industrial group active in Canada and Morocco.
Induscoat, the Group's Quebec-Ontario subsidiaryAreas we serve
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Quebec
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Montreal
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Ontario
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Industrial coatings and maintenance on the Côte-Nord
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec
- Industrial coatings and maintenance in Montérégie