Spray painting steel without proper prep is one of the fastest ways to waste a coating budget. Rust, mill scale, old paint and contamination stop new coats from bonding — especially on farm, industrial and outdoor steel across the Mildura and tri-state region.
OTEK Engineering offers in-house sandblasting and spray painting so fabricated and repaired steel can move from prep to coat without leaving the same local process.
What sandblasting does for steel
Sandblasting strips contaminants and creates a consistent profile for coatings to key into. That matters for protective finishes on plant frames, pipework, fabricated assemblies and repaired components that face weather, dust and wash-down.
Prep quality shows up months later. A coat over poorly prepared steel can look fine on day one and fail early under Sunraysia conditions.
Keeping blast and paint on one job ticket
When sandblasting and spray painting sit with your fabricator, sequencing is simpler: fab or repair, blast, coat, return to service. Fewer handovers mean fewer delays and clearer accountability if the finish needs adjustment.
OTEK blasts work fabricated in Mildura and items brought in for prep ahead of spray painting — useful when you already have steel that needs a reset before coating.
Planning blast and paint with your welder
Tell us what you are coating, the environment it lives in, and whether fab or welding is still required. We’ll confirm whether blast-only, paint-only or a full fab-to-finish path makes sense.
Call 0428 882 072 or request a quote for sandblasting and spray painting in Mildura and across VIC, NSW and SA.
