There is a dirty secret in the coating industry: many shops claiming to be experts are just middlemen with a spray gun. They don't own a blast room. They farm out the dirty work of cleaning your metal to the lowest bidder, then spray over whatever comes back. Rusty Lions refuses to operate this way because we know it is a recipe for disaster. If your coating shop doesn't blast on-site, they aren't a coating shop; they are a decorative paint booth.

Think about the logistical nightmare of outsourcing prep. You pay a shop to restore your vintage car frame. They send it out to an industrial blaster who mostly strips dumpsters. That blaster uses dirty media contaminated with grease and oil. They blow the paint off, sure, but they embed contaminants into the steel. Then, the part sits on a truck in the humidity for two days. By the time it gets back to the "coater," it is covered in invisible flash rust and road grime. They spray powder over it, bake it, and hand it to you. Six months later, it peels. Who is at fault? Good luck getting an answer.

We challenge you to ask your vendor where the blasting happens. If they say "we have a guy," pick up your parts and leave. You need a facility that controls the entire ecosystem. We blast your parts with clean media to create the perfect anchor pattern. We inspect it instantly. We coat it immediately. There is no travel time. There is no contamination window. That is the only way to ensure the Powder Coating Services you pay for actually last.

Stop letting vendors gamble with your money. Outsourcing the most critical step of the process—the preparation—is laziness. It shows they care more about keeping their overhead low than keeping your metal protected. A real shop invests in the heavy equipment needed to do the job right. They don't rely on third-party vendors who don't care about the final finish.

It comes down to control. If you can't control the surface prep, you can't guarantee the finish. We control everything, which is why we can stand behind our work when others hide behind their subcontractors. Don't be the victim of a fragmented process. Demand a provider that has the capability to handle your project from start to finish without leaving the building.

Conclusion Outsourcing sandblasting compromises quality and invites failure. A dedicated, in-house process is the only way to ensure a clean, bondable surface. Don't settle for shops that pass the buck; demand total process control.

Call to Action Work with a shop that owns the job from start to finish. Contact Rusty Lions for fully integrated metal restoration. Get the truth about your project at https://rustylions.com/.