Culwell Abrasive Inc. is family owned and operated since our founding in 1984 as Custom Sandblasting. What began as a part-time job in high school in 1976 apprenticing with his father and uncle at Culwell Brothers Painting Inc., soon turned into a full-blown business venture for Mike Culwell, owner and founder.
Having trained in the big oil fields of California sandblasting and coating tanks, Mike soon turned his attention to other commercial, residential and custom sandblasting projects as he began to build his resume as a specialty sandblasting contractor.
We are very good at what we do not only because of our many years experience in the sandblasting industry, but also because we take pride in our workmanship, customer satisfaction and doing a job well done. High standards and an eye for detail, yet still able to complete our work in a efficient and timely manner ensures lasting relationships with well-known contractors, small businesses and homeowners alike throughout Southern California.
Projects and References:
- Limonite Underpass at Van Buren Riverside – Decorative design for Veteran’s Memorial
- SpaceX Rocket Launch Pad Arm for Satellite
- Los Angeles Unified School District Middle Schools #1 & #4
- Los Angeles Community College District – Historic Van de Kamps Building Burbank
- Santiago Canyon College Orange exposed aggregate CMU block walls
- Disneyland California Adventure – Grizzly River Run Ride
- Disneyland – Indiana Jones Ride
- Disney Theater Founders Monument
- Legoland – concrete curbing exposed aggregate, wood gazebos, Dragon Roller Coaster steel
- The Tides at Crystal Cove for Standard Pacific Homes – 21 homes interior and exterior wood to decorative finish
- Ponte Family Estates Winery of Temecula – wood to expose grain
- Urban Outfitters Newport Beach – wood to decorative finish
- Ocean Towers, Santa Monica – 20 story exterior building seismic retrofit following 1990 Northridge earthquake
- Huntington Beach Central Park and Sports Complex – exposed aggregate concrete
- Graphite Business Center Corona – tilt-up concrete exposed aggregate
- Sheriffs Facility San Pedro
- Pier T Long Beach – concrete and steel buildings
- Evergreen Terminal Long Beach
- Cal State Northridge
- Foothill Transit Ontario
- Metrolink Laguna Niguel, Glendale, Gold Line (Los Angeles)
- Target Montclair
- Wal*Mart Murrieta
