At Tailgunner Mobile Blasting, we believe that restoring surfaces shouldn’t mean ruining the environment. Traditional sandblasting has a bad reputation for creating massive clouds of toxic dust and leaving harsh chemical residues behind. We do things differently.
As a mobile team serving communities across Nebraska and Iowa, we treat your property and our local ecosystem with the utmost respect. Here is exactly how we deliver heavy duty surface restoration with a lightweight environmental footprint.
1. Advanced Dustless Blasting Technology
The core of our green initiative is our dustless blasting system. By mixing water directly with our abrasive media inside the blast pot, we achieve a highly efficient clean while simultaneously solving the two biggest environmental headaches of traditional blasting:
- Suppressed Airborne Plumes: The water naturally blankets the blast media, trapping up to 92% of the dust before it can ever become airborne. This keeps the air clean for our technicians, your family, your neighbors, and local wildlife.
- Zero Chemical Strippers: Because our system relies on adjustable physical pressure and water velocity, we strip away stubborn powder coatings, epoxies, and multi layered paint without using toxic, harsh chemical strippers that soak into the ground.
2. 100% Recycled & Organic Media
We never use cheap silica sand, which poses severe respiratory health risks (silicosis) and introduces harmful fine particulates into the soil. Instead, we match your specific project (automotive, marine, brick, or wood) with eco safe materials:
- Recycled Crushed Glass: Our go to abrasive is made entirely from 100% recycled glass bottles. It is chemically inert, contains zero free silica, and won’t leach toxic metals or chemicals into your yard or local groundwater.
- Organic Media (Walnut Shells & Corn Cobs): For delicate surfaces like antique furniture, logs, or specialty automotive components, we use biodegradable, agricultural byproducts like crushed walnut shells. They get the job done flawlessly and naturally decompose right back into the earth.
3. Containment & Clean Water Management
Being a mobile operator means we are guests on your property, and we act like it.
- Preventing Runoff: We position heavy duty containment tarps and barriers underneath the blasting zone to collect spent media and stripped debris.
- Inert Leftovers: Because our blast media is non toxic and inert, any microscopic remnants left in nearby grass after our thorough cleanup will not harm your soil, damage your landscaping, or pose a threat to pets.
4. Stripping Historic Structures & Lead Safety
We take regional preservation seriously. When cleaning older historic brick buildings, structural steel, or classic cars in the Omaha metro and surrounding areas, we strictly monitor for older, toxic coatings like lead paint.
By employing wet blasting tech, we keep any hidden lead coatings damp and heavy, preventing toxic lead dust from drifting across neighborhood lines and ensuring it falls straight down onto our containment systems for safe, legal disposal.
Our Green Promise: We guarantee that the media we bring to your driveway, job site, or farm is completely non hazardous, non toxic, and safe for the local watershed.
Partner with a Cleaner Blasting Crew
Whether you are a commercial project manager trying to meet corporate sustainability goals, or a homeowner restoring a classic truck in your own backyard, we make sure your project is clean, compliant, and green.
Have questions about our eco friendly materials or containment setup? Reach out to us anytime at (402) 515-2431 or drop us a line via our Contact Page.