Profile: Intech Services, Inc. specializes in providing Teflon coating services. Aluminum oxide is widely used as a material for cleaning & providing a uniform surface or anchor pattern. It is a tough recoverable medium for quick removal of paint, rust, and scales, and has also been specified for pre-paint adhesion. Aluminum oxide has a blocky shape with multiple sharp cutting edges that penetrate work pieces, dig out microchips, and leave exceptionally clean etched surfaces. It is effective on metals, glass, ceramic, marble, granite, and other stone, and has an MOHS hardness of 9, which means it is a very tough & durable material. Because it fractures during blasting, it does not put out large quantities of dust into the atmosphere when used. Glass beads are spheres of uniform size & hardness formulated of chemically inert soda-lime glass. The impact of the beads removes foreign substances from the base surface without contamination & dimensional change. Applications range from cleaning, cosmetic, de-burring, and light peening. It is one of the most versatile blast finishing materials available.