Most substrate materials in as-received condition (unprepared) are not receptive to adhesives and therefore require some form of surface pretreatment to improve their adhesion characteristics.
Surface pretreatment processes broadly fall into the ...
Grit blasting, also referred to as abrasive blasting, sand blasting or shot blasting, is an effective surface cleaning and roughening method which aids adhesion promotion. The process involves bombarding surface with abrasive media using an air ...
