The Ultimate Guide to
Starting a Business with Dustless Blasting

Pioneering a brand new industry.

Ready for a change? Dustless Blasting is pioneering a brand new industry — mobile paint stripping and cleaning. With versatile equipment that is made to move, you can offer a wide variety of onsite services.

Here is what inspired us to create this exciting business opportunity:

• Revenue Potential: The mobile paint stripping and cleaning industry is valued at over $10 billion annually, with strong year-over-year growth.

• High Demand: Look around. Everything is painted, rusty, or dirty. The demand for this service is everywhere, but providers are few and far between.

• Low Overhead / Startup Costs: You can start a business for around $50,000!

• Quick Startup Time: You can be operational in days — not weeks or months.

• High Margins: Need we say more?

• Scalable Growth: It’s easy to scale your business by adding trailers and crew as you grow.

• Smart Risk: We give you the best of both worlds. Benefit from a community of business owners, marketing support, and a trusted brand to help you succeed — all without franchise fees.

Did we mention it’s NOT a franchise?

You work hard for your money, so we believe you should keep all the profits.

• No ongoing fees

• No corporate limitations

• No territories

• Keep 100% of your profits

We believe in setting you up for success, so you can count on training, support, marketing materials, and advertising services.

Your success will never be dependent on someone else again.

Video: What is Dustless Blasting?

Dustless Blasting is a form of wet abrasive blasting that efficiently removes paint, corrosion, and coatings from a variety of surfaces including metal, brick, and wood.

Unlimited Revenue Potential

Dustless Blasting equipment owners have a distinct competitive advantage from the start.

Armed with brand recognition, marketing support, reliable American-made equipment, and a self-contained rig that’s made to move, you’re able to perform countless onsite jobs that others simply cannot.

You can offer paint stripping, cleaning, and etching services in a variety of high demand markets. Some examples include:

• Commercial: building exteriors, graffiti removal, line stripe removal, stone etching, and more.

• Residential: home exteriors, decks, patio furniture, swimming pools, auto restoration, and more.

• Fleet: fleet trucks, buses, railroad cars, ships, boats, and more.

• Construction: masonry cleaning, heavy equipment cleaning, paint stripping, and more.

• Industrial: factories, refineries, machinery, metal buildings, tanks, towers, offshore equipment, and more.

The bottom line is that almost everything is painted, rusted, or dirty, and will eventually need to be restored. By offering this valuable alternative to purchasing new items, you are making money while saving your customers lots of money too. It’s a win-win for everyone.

Blog Post: How many ways can you use Dustless Blasting?

Blog Post: 5 Reasons Why Dustless Blasting is the Best Startup Business

I had more business than I could handle. I made my investment back in about 2 months.

— Ryan W, Business Owner

Part Time

• Supplement your income on the weekends

• Make some extra cash in retirement

• Fit around an unconventional work schedule
  (e.g. offshore worker, teacher, firefighter)

Even if you only plan to run your Dustless Blasting machine for 5 hours a week, the cash adds up significantly. That’s because our contractors make, on average, $300 per hour of blasting.

Full Time

• Escape your nine-to-five

• Start working for yourself

• Stop making someone else rich

If you can run your machine for 10, 20, or even 40 hours a week, you’ll see why so many of our contractors are happy to quit their jobs in favor of working for themselves.

I've already got jobs lined up and I haven't even gotten home yet! I'm looking forward to getting home and getting started.

— Lorne A, Business Owner

See more of Lorne's story here.

Scaling up

If you start to get more business than you can handle, scaling up is simply a matter of buying another machine, teaching someone how to use it, and sending them off to do the jobs you can’t. Based on blasting for under 20 hours a week, your business could plan to deliver sales of about:

• $300,000 in the 1st year with 1 mobile system

• $600,000 in the 2nd year with 2 mobile systems

• $900,000 in the 3rd year with 3 mobile systems

• $1.2 million in the 4th year with 4 mobile systems

Some of our business owners have done just this. So if you want to take control of your financial future, this might be the opportunity you’re looking for.

Adding Services

The opportunities to make money don’t stop after you have removed all the old coatings, rust, and grime for your customer. Use the auxiliary air ports to power paint guns, air tools, and more.

This means that you can offer sealing, priming and/or painting services in addition to blasting — and charge a premium for doing so. After all, this makes you a one stop shop for your customers.

Video: Make More Money with Sealing, Priming, Painting

Remarkably affordable

Unlike most start up businesses, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, you can own your Dustless Blasting equipment for the cost of a pickup truck. Hundreds of contractors have used this remarkably affordable machine to supplement their income or quit their day jobs.

Each unit is self-contained, so you’re ready to start blasting as soon as you pick up your machine.

What’s more, Dustless Blasting allows you to make more in an hour than many people make in a day. This is truly a machine that pays for itself in no time.

You can own this machine for the cost of a pickup truck.

Price List

Other costs and considerations

• A truck or SUV to pull the trailer (Can my truck pull it?)

• Consumables

  • Blast Abrasive

  • Rust Inhibitor

• Business insurance

• Dustless Blasting Marketing Services

Blog Post: What is my total investment?

Financing is available

Dustless Blasting is proud to offer a financing option for your purchase. Equipment financing offers you several advantages.

• Preserve cash flow

• Predictable monthly expense

• Start making money right away

Blog Post: The Advantages of Financing

These machines are no joke. Build quality is top shelf...they are worth every penny.

— Dennis P

The Importance of Marketing

It doesn’t matter how good your services are if potential customers can’t find you. 

Good marketing is essential for the success of any business, and mobile paint stripping and cleaning is no exception. It is the single best way to get customers, grow your business, and make more money.

Blog Post: The Importance of Marketing

Although Dustless Blasting is not a franchise, you still get some of the perks of a traditional franchise, like brand recognition. Benefit from the millions we spend on national advertising campaigns that give your service a trusted name. 

MMLJ has been in the surface preparation business for over 75 years, so we know a thing or two about the industry. Through our marketing services, we can share this winning formula with business owners like you. 

Marketing Services

Printed Materials

We can create professional trifold brochures, quote forms, business cards, shirts, and more — all customized with your company information.

Just imagine the time it takes to find local designers, and then the time you would spend educating them about blasting, and why your service is better than the competition...it goes on and on.

You could spend that same time with a handful of professionally created marketing materials, and land your first few jobs. 

It's a huge tool to have right away.

— Mike O, Business Owner

Academy: How to Use Printed Materials to your Advantage

Explore: Shop for Printed Marketing Materials

Online Presence and Advertising

The vast majority of consumers — 97% to be exact — go online to find a local service. If you want them to choose your company, you need to be on the web. We can build you a customized website for your business that’s full of information, pictures, and videos to show off your work.

We will also create social media ads and Google ads for your business, which are shown to thousands of potential customers in your area.

Video: Premium Online Presence Overview

Hands-on Training

Operating your Dustless Blasting machine is incredibly simple, and only takes a few minutes to learn. Receive hands-on training in Houston, TX when you pick up your machine.

Dustless Blasting Academy

The Academy features in-depth articles and videos, which will give you the techniques to become a blasting expert. Try searching the Academy for topics like:

• Choosing the Right Abrasive (VIDEO)

• How to Price Jobs

• Adjusting and Optimizing Media Flow (VIDEO)

• Containment and Cleanup Tips (VIDEO)

• Everything You Need to Know about Blast Nozzles (VIDEO)

• Cold Weather Blasting

Private Facebook Group

This group is a forum to share advice, ask for help, and learn from experienced and successful business owners.

Membership is exclusive to owners of mobile equipment, as well as their spouses and business partners.

I feel like it's a family — a support system where people truly want you to succeed.

— Diane M, Business Owner

See more of Pat & Diane's story here.

Online Store

Shop online 24/7 for blast equipment, accessories, consumables, parts, and more. Need it right away? Next-day delivery and in-store pickup are available for most items.

Personalized Help

You are always welcome to contact us for technical support by submitting a ticket or giving us a call.

Is it really dustless?

Dustless Blasting uses water to suppress the plume of dust, allowing you to work almost anywhere with minimal containment and cleanup.

Imagine that you are stripping a car in a football stadium. With Dustless Blasting, the blast media would be contained in an area about the size of the logo in the center of the field. On the other hand, if you were dry sandblasting, the entire stadium would be filled with airborne media.

Unfortunately, the process isn’t magic. Media that goes into the machine must come out, and it doesn’t disappear into thin air. But compared to sandblasting, the process creates far fewer airborne particles.

Where is the equipment made?

We are proud to be a 100% American manufacturer located in Houston, TX. Is there a warranty? MMLJ pressure vessels (blast pots) are backed by a lifetime warranty. Other components, such as the compressor, axles, and water pump are covered by their own individual manufacturer warranties.

Video: The Dustless Blaster vs. Fake Chinese Knockoff

Where can I buy spare parts?

Consumables, wear parts, nozzles, hoses, accessories, and more can be purchased in the Online Store. 

Do you offer financing?

Yes! Dustless Blasting is proud to offer a financing option for your purchase. You can easily get pre-qualified online.

Which machine should I choose?

Your choice will depend on the type of jobs you want to tackle. All our machines are capable of the same process, but we offer various sizes that are appropriate for many different jobs, from small hobby projects to large industrial jobs.

The most popular machines for starting a business are the DB500 Mobile XL and the DB800 Mobile XL.

Blog Post: Which machine should I choose?

Can my truck pull the mobile machine?

When fully loaded, the compact DB500 Mobile S weighs about 5,500 lbs and it can be towed by most trucks.

The larger DB500 Mobile XL weighs about 9,100 lbs when fully loaded. It generally requires a 1-ton truck to tow it.

Finally, the DB800 Mobile weighs about 9,700 lbs when fully loaded.

What kind of abrasive can be used?

For wet blasting, you can use any abrasive as long as it is clean, consistent, and sinks in water. The most inexpensive and popular choice of media is 40/70 recycled crushed bottle glass.

The mobile machines are also capable of dry blasting and soda blasting, for which you can use any media that a traditional dry blaster or soda blaster can use.

Academy: Choosing the Right Abrasive (VIDEO)

What about rust?

By using our specially formulated rust inhibitor, you can prevent flash rust for up to 72 hours. Add the inhibitor to the blast water to prevent flash rust during blasting, and then use it as a rinse after blasting is complete.

Academy: How to Prevent Rust (VIDEO)

What PPE is required?

The Dustless Blasting® process is far safer and cleaner than traditional blasting methods. When open air blasting, we recommend (at minimum):

• Eye protection, such as a face shield or safety glasses

• Hand protection, such as leather gloves

• Ear protection, such as earplugs or earmuffs

The RPB® Nova 3® Comfort System is the best way to stay safe and comfortable while blasting. The included climate control module can provide supplied air that is 20°F above or below the ambient temperature.

Blog Post: How Dustless Blasting Helps You Stay OSHA Compliant

Is Dustless Blasting eco-friendly?

Since the debris is captured with the water during the blasting process, Dustless Blasting makes containment easy, so it's perfect for use in areas with strict environmental rules and regulations. 

• Use 1/3 less abrasive than traditional sandblasting

• Use a tiny fraction of the water used in power washing

• Avoid toxic chemical strippers

Blog Post: Dustless Blasting vs. Power Washing

Is Dustless Blasting a franchise?

Dustless Blasting is not a franchise. There are no fees or royalties, ever. You truly own your business and are free to make 100% of the decisions and keep 100% of the profits. You still get some of the benefits that come with a traditional franchise, like brand recognition and pre-made marketing materials.

Do I need your marketing materials?

We do not require our contractors to purchase our marketing materials. However, consider this: Your time is valuable, especially when launching your business. You won’t get paid $300/hour to design a brochure in Microsoft Office, but you can make that kind of money blasting. Isn’t your time better spent landing that first job? You don’t have to develop a marketing strategy, design business cards, or learn to code a website when we’ve already done all that for you.

How do I price jobs?

Pricing varies significantly throughout the country, so it’s important to base your prices on YOUR area. Though we can’t give you exact pricing, we can share tips, tricks, formulas, and ballpark numbers in our How to Price Jobs Guide.

Entrepreneurship is a learning process and a journey of discovery. You don’t need to know everything to take the first small step, and when starting your own business, oftentimes, the best way to learn is by doing. Now, you have the tools and information you need to start — all that’s left to do is to get to work.

Get a Quote

Get a complete picture of your investment, including any applicable tax and shipping by getting a quote. 

Secure Financing

Get pre-qualified for a small business loan here.

See it in Action

Check out our youtube channel to see the incredible power of Dustless Blasting.

Chat with an Advisor

Click here, or call 281-972-4176 and speak with a business advisor about starting a business in your area.