MP Engineering provides vapour blasting, also known as vapour honing or wet blasting, from our Chippenham, Wiltshire facility. The process cleans, degreases and finishes metal components in a single operation, leaving a fine satin surface without embedding media or removing material from critical features. We finish parts machined in-house and accept components from engineering companies, restorers and private customers across the UK.
Our Vapour Honing process is quickly becoming the top choice for achieving high-quality surface finishes on both modern and heritage components. This dust-free, water-borne abrasive technique combines water, compressed air, and fine media to simultaneously clean, degrease, and finish parts without embedding media into the surface.
This produces a finer, satin-like finish superior to conventional blasting. Unlike traditional dry blasting, vapour blasting cleans by flow rather than impact, ensuring components of varying shapes and sizes are uniformly treated with minimal risk of damage. It is ideal for restoring old, corroded automotive, aerospace, and industrial parts, and has quickly become a customer favourite, particularly among those working on classic and older vehicles.
Classic and heritage vehicle parts. Vapour honing is one of our most requested services for owners and restorers of classic and older vehicles.
Precision machined components. For parts produced on our own CNC milling and CNC turning centres, vapour blasting provides a consistent cosmetic finish and removes machining and handling marks before dispatch, with no secondary supplier involved.
Automotive, aerospace and industrial parts. The process refurbishes components and prepares them for inspection, reassembly, or further treatment such as painting or powder coating.
Vapour blasting sits alongside our CNC machining, ultrasonic cleaning and mechanical assembly services, backed by more than 50 years of precision engineering in Chippenham. The same team can machine, finish, clean, and assemble a component, removing transport between suppliers and keeping quality control in one place.
Where parts have oilways, blind holes or internal passages, vapour blasting can be followed by ultrasonic cleaning to remove any residual media before the part is returned or assembled.
To discuss a vapour blasting requirement, call 01249 447403, email info@mp-engineering-uk.com or send photographs and approximate dimensions through our contact page.
You can drop off components at Units 17 & 18, Glenmore Business Park, Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate, Chippenham, SN14 6BB.
