When most people think of mobile sandblasting, they think of things like auto body repair and graffiti removal, when the applications for this technology are much broader. However, it is also used to inscribe headstones. Here is a little more information about mobile sandblasting and how it might help you someday. 

Understanding Mobile Sandblasting

What Is Mobile Sandblasting? 

Sandblasting is the science of propelling fine particulates in a controlled manner onto a medium to remove surface material. Although many sandblasting systems used by businesses are too large to move, mobile sandblasting units are small and portable enough to transport to other places, allowing workers to inscribe gravestones already installed in cemeteries. 

Before technicians can use sandblasting to inscribe a gravestone, a rubber stencil needs to be made. The rubber stencil is either hand cut with a knife or a computer-controlled stencil cutting machine. Each letter and image is removed from the stencil, and a rubber mask is applied to the stone with an adhesive. Each exposed area is carefully sandblasted. After the stencil is removed, the stone surface that was covered by rubber remains polished, but the areas cut out of the rubber will have the desired lettering and imagery. 

How Can Mobile Sandblasting Help You?

You never know what the future holds, which is one of the reasons mobile sandblasting is so useful. Information such as future grandchildren’s names can be added in the cemetery. Mobile sandblasting is also used when one partner passes away before the other if they have a joint headstone. Technicians can use mobile sandblasting equipment to inscribe the life and death dates for the second spouse when they pass away right in the cemetery. If you need a house number or name engraved in a large landscaping boulder in front of your home or business, mobile sandblasting also allows it to be engraved on the spot. 

Whether you are planning a memorial service or you need to order a grave marker for a loved one, talk with the professionals at Hirons Memorial Works in Mt. Orab, OH. Using the latest mobile sandblasting equipment, these experienced technicians can help you celebrate the life of a friend or family member by creating gorgeous memorials. To learn more about their selection of monuments, visit their website or call (888) 444-6356.