Starbead, is high-quality glass microspheres resulting from the specialised processing of selected glass cullet.

Application

Cold working of metal surfaces, i.e. shot peening and honing.
General cleaning, removing of light foreign matter.
Decorative finishing, polishing, or matting.

Advantages

Used for the cold working of metal surfaces as well as for general cleaning, deburring and decorative finishing whilst retaining the dimensional integrity of items being blasted (e.g. pistons).
For delicate thin-walled parts and thin welds, peening with glass bead abrasive material provides the right balance of stress relief without over-stressing and causing damage.
A silica-free option for shot blasting, peening, honing, cleaning, and light deburring
Chemically inert and environmentally friendly
Available in a wide range of sizes
Can be recycled up to 30 times