Most sandblasting contractors in Michigan are one or two-man operations. One pot, a rented compressor, one job at a time. That works for a small fabrication shop or a residential fence.
It doesn’t work for a 40,000 square foot industrial facility, a multi-structure plant shutdown, or a cooling tower restoration with a hard deadline. Those jobs require real capacity — people, equipment, and air supply at a scale that matches the scope.
That’s what Blasting Jack was built for.
Crew Size
We can mobilize 10 to 20 trained blast operators on a single project when the schedule demands it. These are our people — trained to our standards, working under our supervision. We don’t subcontract the labor to meet a headcount.
That depth matters on jobs with compressed windows: plant shutdowns that have to be done over a weekend, new construction schedules where the blast-and-prime sequence controls the entire project timeline, or multi-phase work where different sections of a structure need to be running simultaneously.
Equipment and Air Supply
We’ve invested heavily in our own equipment fleet. We’re not renting a compressor for every job or scrambling for availability. We own the machines that show up on your site.
We carry enough air capacity to run up to four blast setups simultaneously on a single job. We own the lifts, the material handling equipment, the containment systems, and the cleanup equipment. When we show up, we show up complete.
For anything beyond our owned fleet, we have a long-standing working relationship with McCalister / Michigan CAT — one of the largest heavy equipment rental operations in the state. Additional compressors, specialty lifts, large material handlers — we can round out any gap quickly with reliable machines. You won’t get a call from us saying equipment fell through.
Safety and Compliance
Large GCs and construction managers have documentation requirements for every sub on their site. We’re prepared to meet them.
Our crews operate under OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 training, documented respirator fit testing, and full compliance with OSHA’s crystalline silica standard (29 CFR 1926.1153). For projects involving lead paint or regulated coatings, we handle containment, air monitoring, and waste protocols. We carry the insurance and provide the documentation your prequalification process requires.
We’ve been working on commercial and industrial job sites in Michigan since the 1980s. We know what compliance looks like on a union job site, a manufacturing facility, and a municipal infrastructure project.
Who Calls Us
General contractors, construction managers, and facility owners bring us in when the blast scope is too large or too technical for a typical small sub. That includes plant and facility managers running scheduled shutdowns, infrastructure contractors on bridges and water systems, fabricators needing structural steel cleaned and primed to spec, and painting contractors who need a blasting sub they can stand behind in front of their client.
The reason they keep calling is simple: we show up with the right people, the right equipment, and the documentation to work on their site — and we hit the schedule.
Get a Scope Review
If you have a large-scale blast project in Michigan, contact Blasting Jack for a direct conversation about your scope and timeline. We’ll tell you straight whether we’re the right fit and what it takes to get it done.
No pitch. Just an honest assessment from a contractor that’s been doing this for decades.