{"id":232,"date":"2022-09-25T09:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T09:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireachstaging2.co.uk\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2023-05-29T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:36:08","slug":"grit-blasting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/?page_id=232","title":{"rendered":"Grit Blasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3.png 2400w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-1024x149.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-768x112.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-1536x224.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-2048x299.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-825x120.png 825w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-1920x280.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-600x88.png 600w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-1-3-400x58.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Treating your narrowboat to this service is the best thing it could possibly receive to its painted surface, this is because steel naturally wants to rust caused by the mill scale. Mill scale on new steel is dark in colour unless exposed to the damp then it rusts. When a boat is sand or grit blasted the grit penetrates the steel removing this mill scale, significantly increasing the life of any further paint on the hull or cab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sand Grit Blasting is the key to a long lasting, problem free, successfully painted narrowboat. Also very important is the conditions in which the narrowboat is painted! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-366 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-825x550.jpeg 825w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image0-22.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Treating your narrowboat to our grit blasting service before blackening it is the ultimate solution for maintaining its painted surface<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>When a boat is sand or grit blasted&nbsp;<strong>the grit penetrates the steel removing this mill scale, significantly increasing the life of any further paint on the hull or cab<\/strong>. Sand Grit Blasting is the key to a long lasting, problem free, successfully painted narrowboat.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-1024x149.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-1024x149.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-768x112.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-1536x224.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-2048x299.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-825x120.png 825w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-1920x280.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-600x88.png 600w, https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Copy-of-Traditional-Boat-Painters-2400-\u00d7-350px-14-400x58.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treating your narrowboat to this service is the best thing it could possibly receive to its painted surface, this is because steel naturally wants to rust caused by the mill&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/?page_id=232\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grit Blasting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibsonandkentwright.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}