
British Library railings and gates
London
Completed new railings and gates for the British Library, cleaning and painting over 300 panels.
Client · British Library
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd · Company 07832698 · Trading heritage since 2007
Active·subcontractor·Head office Workington
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd, established in 2007, is a specialist in blast cleaning and industrial protective coatings. Based in Workington, West Cumbria, the company serves a wide range of sectors including Nuclear, Petrochemical, Construction, Marine, Agricultural, Domestic, and Motorsport, both locally and nationally. They pride themselves on quality and high standards, having completed numerous demanding projects.
Their facility is equipped to clean most materials, from large structural carbon steel to delicate machined components, removing rust, paint, and milscale. They work to stringent industry standards, including BS EN ISO 8501-1 and SA 2. Protective coatings are applied in a controlled environment, with options for various application methods and multi-coat systems.
Coating inspection is also offered on-site by a BGAS/CSWIP Grade 2 Coating Inspector. Solway Blast Cleaning has invested significantly in expanding its facility to accommodate larger contracts, now boasting the largest blast cleaning and painting facility in West Cumbria with a 10-ton lifting capacity. They have achieved the BS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality standard for Blast Cleaning of Surfaces and painting, underscoring their commitment to excellence and client satisfaction.

London
Completed new railings and gates for the British Library, cleaning and painting over 300 panels.
Client · British Library

Blast cleaned and painted industrial collection baskets for the nuclear industry, including stencil work.
Client · Nuclear industry

A 7-ton heavy fabrication with carbon steel and stainless steel components, masked and painted with a 3-part complex system.

A large carbon steel fabrication for industry, with a multi-coat system applied internally and stencil work as specified.

Structural steel work blast cleaned and painted with a 3-part system: Zinc Rich Epoxy, Epoxy Intermediate, and Acrylic Urethane finish.

China
Large carbon steel wedges, blast cleaned and painted in-house to specification, then shipped to China for installation on a new power plant.

Complex industrial trolleys for the nuclear industry, coated in a polysiloxane finish (BS 18D43) after weld inspection.
Client · Nuclear industry

Cambridge
A handmade sign made from copper for the Queens College in Cambridge, installed in 2013.
Client · Queens College in Cambridge

China
Stainless Steel Wedge Meters bead blasted clean to remove heat transfer and markings, then sent to China for installation.

Items blast cleaned, primed, painted yellow and masked off before painting black with stencil work as requested.

A stainless steel wedge weighing over 1 ton, bead blast cleaned in-house to provide a clean finish and mask off gasket faces.

China
Stainless Steel Venturi, bead blast cleaned in-house prior to shipping to China for installation.
British Library, Shepley Engineers Ltd, Nuclear industry, Petrochemical, Construction, Marine, Agricultural, Domestic, Motorsport, M-Sport, BTCC Vauxhall team - 888 race engineering, Workington RNLI station and 10 others.
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Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd offers high-quality blast cleaning and industrial protective coating services to all sectors, including Nuclear, Petrochemical, Construction, Marine, and more. Their listed services include Painting & decorating, Steel fabrication, Cladding and Restoration & heritage.
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd is registered at WORKINGTON, CA14 3YA, in North West.
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd states that it works across West Cumbria.
Companies House lists Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd as active.
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd displays BS EN ISO 9001:2015 on its website.
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd works in Industrial, Commercial, Public, Residential, Infrastructure, Energy, Agricultural, Retail, Leisure, Healthcare and Education.
Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd was incorporated on 2011-11-02, though the company says it has traded since 2007.
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