Specialty Finishes

Everything we do is crystal clear. Or any color you want. We’re Specialty Finishes, the blasting and coating subsidiary of Vigor Industrial. For more than a quarter-century, we’ve prepped, primed and covered everything from ship hulls to car parts. Barges to buoys. Foodservice equipment to water tanks. And more. All in our leading facilities or on our customers’sites. All with our expert teams.

Facilities

Our home facility on Portland's Swan Island is one of the largest coating shops on the West Coast and is a leader in Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) application. Our center is tuned to maximize throughput and quality for both large and small-scale projects, and to meet or exceed the most demanding commercial and military specs. We offer a wide range of specialized blasting and coating equipment, including:

  • Pangborn 14-wheel vertical grit blast machine that's capable of handling material 12.5 ' high x more than 60' long. Designed to handle a profile between 2.0 - 3.5 mils, our unit, under the control of out expert craftspeople, will meet nearly all paint manufacturer's specifications for adhesion
  • 20t bridge crane handles materials efficiently, and our automated paint system increases productivity
  • standard blast booths and paint rooms
  • 636 Wheelabrator for smaller structural material

Our oversized paint booth in Portland is one of the largest in the industry, at 50' wide x 160' long x 40' high. With its 30' x 20' high door, this booth allows us to handle large-scale projects such as bridge components, missile silos, large marine parts and more. The 320,000 cubic foot spray booth with 156,000 CFM heated air make-up maintains booth temperatures up to 85 degrees for large industrial products. Two conveyor paint lines in Portland feature a 700 length with one powder and two liquid booths, and a 200 ft. system with a combined liquid/powder booth. Both offer curing ovens and flash off tunnels with airless, electrostatic, powder, plural component, and conventional HVLP spray systems.

Specialty Finishes - Facilities