Electric sandblasting creates abrasive-blasting action without an air compressor. Instead of compressed air, the BLSTR sander uses a high-speed electric mechanism to accelerate grit onto the surface — giving you genuine abrasive blasting in a handheld tool.
The BLSTR sander V2.0 uses a high-speed ceramic blast wheel rotating at up to 18,000 RPM to accelerate abrasive grit from the attached bottle toward the work surface. Adjustable speed and grit flow let you tune the action to the material and coating, while the laser guide helps indicate the working area.
No compressed air: a ceramic blast wheel spinning at 18,000 RPM throws the grit at the surface.
Grab it, plug it in, strip the part. No compressor to start, no hose to uncoil, no blast pot to fill. The BLSTR sander wins on the jobs where setup time is the job.
Spot work, detail work, one-off jobs. Where a compressor setup would take longer than the work itself.
Chairs, carved chests, ornamental trim, garden benches.
Victorian doors, window frames, skirting, handrails.
Frames, fuel tanks, brake hardware, garden tools.
Gates, railings, planters, fireplace surrounds.
Big industrial work, day-long blasting, large flat surfaces. Below that scale, BLSTR sander. Above it, blast pot.
For localized preparation, restoration and detail work, BLSTR sander can reduce the need to mobilize a full compressor-based setup.
If you've ever wanted sandblasting results without the sandblasting setup, you're in the right place.
If you've ever wanted sandblasting results without the sandblasting setup, that's what the BLSTR sander is for.
The traditional way to sandblast something is to buy a compressor setup. Even a basic one means a compressor, a blast pot, hoses, PPE, and somewhere to store it all. You're looking at hundreds to thousands of euros before you blast anything, plus the noise the moment you switch it on.
For a workshop that uses it every day, that's a sensible investment. For everyone else (a homeowner restoring furniture on weekends, a painter walking into a customer's living room, a small joinery with the occasional blasting job) it's a lot of cost, space, and hassle for not much use.
The alternatives don't really work either. Hand-sanding can't reach into corners, carvings, or mouldings. Chemical strippers are messy and increasingly restricted. Wire brushes scratch. Heat guns are slow and risky.
Electric sandblasting fills the gap. You get sandblasting results in a tool that costs a fraction of a compressor setup, fits on a shelf, and is quick to set up once the correct abrasive and PPE are ready.
That's exactly the problem BLSTR sander was invented to solve.
Winner of the Belgian Dobbit Innovation Award 2025-2026.
In 2024 we were funded in under 24 hours on Kickstarter
The same tool handles four very different materials, depending on grit and settings:
The same abrasive-blasting principle, in a very different workflow. A very different experience on the day.
The basics of electric abrasive blasting and what the BLSTR sander is built for.
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Handheld electric sandblasting. No compressor, no blast pot — from home projects to industrial maintenance.
