Category: Technical
How Does Laser Cleaning Actually Work?
Laser cleaning removes rust, paint, soot and coatings using pulses of focused light. The contamination absorbs the energy and lifts away as dust and vapour….
Subcontract, Hire or Buy? Choosing the Right Route to Laser Cleaning
A good share of the emails we get ask two questions in the same message: what would it cost for you to do this, and…
Laser Cleaner Repairs: Common Faults and What Goes Wrong
“The prism in the head doesn’t appear to be working.” That’s a real enquiry, more or less word for word. We get a version of…
Laser Cleaning Carved Stonework: Risk, Control and Test Patches
A conservation officer won’t let you near a listed facade with a grit pot. That’s usually how these conversations start. Laser cleaning gets specified on…
The Limitations of Laser Cleaning: What It Can’t Do
Most of what you will read about laser cleaning online is written by people selling it. So here is the other half of the picture,…
Stripping Paint from Timber with a Laser: What Really Happens to the Wood
This is the question we are asked more than any other. Someone has a run of Victorian sash windows, a set of panelled doors or…
Does Laser Cleaning Damage the Surface? A Substrate by Substrate Guide
It is the first question almost everyone asks, and it is the right one to ask. Laser cleaning removes rust, paint, coatings and contamination without…
Common Myths About Laser Cleaning, Debunked
Laser cleaning has moved from niche technology to a serious option across construction, restoration, manufacturing and heritage work. But it’s still new to a lot…
Does Laser Cleaning Damage Metal? What the Science Says About Substrate Safety
It’s the first question almost everyone asks about laser cleaning: if a laser is powerful enough to strip rust, paint and coatings off steel, surely…
The Laser Cleaning Glossary: Every Term Explained
Laser cleaning comes with its own vocabulary. Some of it is physics, some is equipment and some is safety law. If you’re reading a quote,…
