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Laser Cleaning
Laser cleaning guidance for Canadian shops: pulsed vs continuous, rust and paint removal, air vs water cooling, and surface prep standards.
Topic hub
Laser cleaning guidance for Canadian shops: pulsed vs continuous, rust and paint removal, air vs water cooling, and surface prep standards.
Laser cleaning uses a focused fibre-laser beam to remove rust, paint, oxide and coatings by vaporizing the contaminant layer while the clean base metal reflects the beam, so the process is selective, self-limiting and chemical-free. For Canadian fabrication and restoration shops the practical questions are consistent: pulsed or continuous, air-cooled or water-cooled, how much power the work actually needs, and how the result compares with grit blasting and chemical stripping.
This category collects Vantix guidance on laser cleaning: the pulsed and continuous power ladders from 200 W air-cooled to 3 kW water-cooled, rust removal, paint stripping, weld prep, mold cleaning and heritage restoration, the SP-10 surface-prep standard, and honest comparisons against the processes it replaces. Every article here is written for people specifying or operating equipment.
