Abrasive blasting
Grit blasting steel, rock, timber and glass back to a sound surface. Structural steel, trailers, machinery frames, tanks and farm gear all go through the booth.
Timaru · South Island coverage · Blasting & coatings
Steel blasted back to bare, and coated so it stays that way.
Farm gear, steel, plant, marine and industrial work blasted and coated from our Timaru workshop, with onsite crews across the South Island.
Example reviews
Dropped a stock crate and hay feeders off Monday, back on the truck Thursday. Finish is miles better than the coating they came with.Dave R., Washdyke
Blasting and coating, start to finish
From the blast booth to the spray shop, we handle steel, rock, timber, glass and all sorts of industrial work, in the workshop or onsite across the South Island.
Wet blasting
Wet and high-pressure blasting for plant, tanks, concrete and building exteriors. Salt, grime and loose coating off before anything gets painted.
Protective coatings
Epoxies, zinc primers and two-pack systems from International Protective Coating (Akzo Nobel), Carboline and Resene Automotive.
Arc-spray & spray painting
Arc-spray, steelwork and machinery finished under cover in three separate spray booths, with onsite blasting and painting when the job cannot travel.
Structural steel & plant
Beams, gantries, silos, conveyors and handrails blasted and re-coated on a maintenance cycle, so a line isn’t shut down twice for the same steel.
Rust removal & surface prep
Rusted, flaking or previously painted steel taken right back and checked over before the first coat goes anywhere near it.
Steel, plant and marine gear
From a single stock crate to a run of structural steel or a full plant shutdown.
More from the workshop
A selection of Blast Craft workshop, blasting, coating and onsite project work.
16 Shaw Street, Timaru
A Timaru blast shop run by the two owners.
Blastcraft Limited has been blasting and coating in Timaru since 1984. Andrew Larsen and Mark Johnson have more than 25 years’ experience between them, and took full ownership in 2021 after running the business for many years before that.
Andrew and Mark both quote and schedule the work, and both stay hands-on on the shop floor, in the yard and on site. They handle farm gear, trailers, structural steel, plant, machinery and industrial work, with crews travelling across the South Island.
Facilities include a 14m x 14m blast booth, three separate spray booths, and onsite blasting and painting. The team is trained in heights and EWP work, confined spaces and Totika requirements.
- Andrew and Mark have more than 25 years’ experience
- Large 14m x 14m blast booth and three separate spray booths
- Onsite blasting and painting across the South Island
Who you’ll be dealing with
Ring the office and you’re talking to an owner, not a call centre.
Owner · Quotes, scheduling & site work
Andrew Larsen
Quotes and schedules jobs alongside Mark, then works across the yard and on site. Call 027 453 3291 or email andrew.larsen@blastcraft.co.nz.
Owner · Quotes, scheduling & shop floor
Mark Johnson
Quotes and schedules jobs alongside Andrew, while working hands-on across the shop floor, yard and site. Call 027 453 3294 or email mark.johnson@blastcraft.co.nz.
Blast & coating crew
The shop floor
Hands on the nozzle and the gun. Shop work through the week, and on the road when the gear has to travel.
What customers say
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Example reviews“Dropped a stock crate and a set of hay feeders off on the Monday, back on the truck Thursday. Finish is miles better than the coating they came with.”
“Rang about a rusted-out balustrade on a coastal build. They came and looked, quoted it in writing, and the price didn’t move at the end. Straightforward to deal with.”
“Our frames sit in salt air year round. Blastcraft blasted and re-coated the lot and two seasons on there’s still no rust bleeding through the paint.”
“Old cast iron bath, blasted back and sprayed the colour I’d picked. They talked me through what would and wouldn’t hold up first, which I appreciated.”
Tell us what needs blasting.
Give us the size of the job and what it’s made of and we’ll tell you straight whether it’s a shop job or one we come to you for.
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Workshop(03) 684 5167
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Andrew027 453 3291
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Mark027 453 3294
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Address16 Shaw Street, Timaru 7910
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HoursMonday to Friday, ring for on-site and after-hours work
Servicing Timaru and the wider South Island.