ABC Sandblasting & Coatings

Great guy, great service. I needed 4 old wheels sandblasted. Gilbert quoted me an excellent price, and turn around was just one day. Highly recommended.

I can’t recommend Gilbert and ABC Sandblasting & Coatings enough! I have a six-​piece set of antique patio furniture that I had planned to strip and repaint myself. Three pieces of this set had sat on a cliff-​side for over 80 years so, needless to say, it was in pretty rough shape. Tons of rust and paint chips. Before I got to work I figured I’d get a quote on sandblasting first. I called Gilbert on a Sunday evening and within 45 minutes, he arrived at my house to check out the furniture! He gave me an incredibly reasonable quote and took the furniture with him right there and then. Within 24 hours, he dropped my perfectly sandblasted and primed furniture off to my house. The following weekend I was able to paint the furniture and it turned out perfectly. I am overjoyed that I called Gilbert and would recommend his services to anyone. Thanks Gilbert!

2pm: Call ABC Sandblasting, Gilbert (the owner) answers the phone.
me: «Hi, I need a truck tool box, 70“x18“x18″, standard low rise tool box, sand blasted. Do you sand blast on site? Do you have somewhere I can bring the tool box?»
Gilbert: «yes, you can bring it to (redacted address)»
me: «can you quote a price?»
Gilbert: «a box is a box is a box. I gotta see it»
me: «i’ll bring it to you then»
Gilbert: «ok, come on»
2:40pm Show up to Gilbert’s home address and see someone working on the front porch
me: «You the sandblast guy?»
guy on porch: «no, he’s not here right now»
me: «he told me to come by?»
guy on porch: «well, maybe he’s on his way back?»
me: «ok, I’ll wait»
2:48pm Gilbert shows up with another gentleman
me: «you the sandblast guy?»
Gilbert: «yeah!»
me: «here’s the box:»
Gilbert: «yeah, I can sandblast that, and you should do this inner lip»
me: «well, I figure I can just sand that part (so as not to get sand inside the box)
Gilbert: «well, it will look different»
me: «ok, well then if it’s not a problem, do it»
Gilbert: «of course, I’ll do it»
me: «when should I come back, or should I pick it up somewhere?»
Gilbert: «nah, the shop is in Del Valle, I’ll bring it back here at 5pm. $ 100.»
2:50pm Gilbert and the gentleman who’d shown up with him (Robert) proceed to pick up the tool box out of my truck bed and carry it to their flatbed. Robert immediately loses his grip and drops the box. He picks it up again, loses his grip, repositions, then loses it again, but not dropping the box. This guy looks drunk, and the box weighs no more than 45#, I can carry it by myself with ease. The get it to their truck and strap it to the flatbed. Leaving shortly after.
5:00pm Drive by Gilbert’s house and park for a few minutes. Leave for an errand at work.
5:20pm Drive back by Gilbert’s on my way to a friend’s house, both of which are also on the way home.
7:40pm Get a message from Gilbert saying my box is ready for pick-​up; I just missed this call before deciding to leave my friend’s house, so I backtracked and stopped by Gilbert’s
8:00pm Drive up to Gilbert’s house, box it strapped to the back of his flatbed pickup.
Gilbert: «here it is»
me: (upon inspection) «you didn’t blast the inside rail?»
Gilbert: «yeah, we did, we just must have missed that little part (where I was looking)»
me: (shining the flashlight on the entire rail) «you didn’t do any of it.?»
me: (looking the rest of the box over, there are more areas where they went light on the sand blasting or missed completely) «can I get a discount?»
Gilbert: (visibly upset, begins to strap the box back down to his bed) «you know what?! I’ll just keep it!»
me: «now wait a minute, don’t get hasty, you didn’t do what you said you’d do, and I’m just asking for a discount»
Gilbert: «this piece of shit tool box isn’t worth $ 100»
me: «that’s not the issue, the issue is your performance, you didn’t do a good job, now I have to finish it»
8:02pm My daughter, who had come with me, is now standing a few feet in front of me and between Gilbert and myself, holding her ears, looking upset
Gilbert: (yelling) «what do you know about sandblasting? Why don’t you just do it yourself?»
me: «Listen, calm down, I don’t need you getting worked up and upsetting my daughter. I don’t know about sandblasting, that’s why I brought it to you, and you dropped the box when you first touched it, and delivered it back without doing what we agreed you would do.»
me: (then I start looking at it more closely, and I noticed that the front and back were bowed out) «furthermore, you bowed it out because you rushed the job. I know that when you weld thin metals, you space out your welds to allow the metal to cool and not expand, because metal expands when you heat it up and thin metals will grossly distort. You should have done small sections to prevent this»
Gilbert: «This box is a piece of shit! You should do it yourself!»
me: «when you realized it was thin, you should have prepared accordingly or not taken the job»
Gilbert: (calling Robert, who shows up even more drunk than he was when he dropped my box at 2:45pm) «Robert! I thought you said you blasted this lip?»
Robert: «yeah?»
me: «you didn’t, obviously»
Gilbert: «Robert, just grab the box» (which I had already moved from his flat bed to my truck bed, after paying him)
me: «no, I’ll just leave»
Robert: «Your daddy better leave, before he gets his ass whipped»
8:10pm At this point, things have severely deteriorated. Gilbert starts towards his truck, saying that he’s got something for me, so I hustled in to the driver’s seat and took off. 7 year old daughter crying in the back seat, saying those men were being mean.
Worst. Experience. Ever.

Ion Art has used ABC Sandblasting a number of times and we are always pleased with their work. They are very enthusiastic and have a great hands-​on approach. We will definitely be using ABC again for our sandblasting needs.

Not only did Gilbert do what I needed, he completely restored our BBQ smoker AND offered to deliver it– on Father’s Day no less! He went above & beyond to help me! All with a smile and for a reasonable price! Go local!

Gilbert Garcia is NOT to be trusted on any level. Months have passed and even after being informed that the crib was finished and would be delivered on numerous occasions, today we found out he hasn’t even done the work on it (he said he lost the paper work and didn’t know what to do). It is clear that the only way to avoid being scammed by Gilbert Garcia is to NOT do business with him or his company. Check out how many other bad reviews are posted on here.
We filed a theft report with the police department and are now awaiting legal actions against him.

Called ABC and they offered to pick up my antique daybed and have it to me the next day, which is one reason I let them do the job. Also, the quote was reasonable.

Gilbert did an excellent job on our vintage patio furniture. We asked him to sandblast it and prepare it for paint. He completed with work in one day and we are very happy with the results. We will use him again!

Friday ¹²⁄₂₁: Well, unfortunately, we cannot seem to get our patio furniture returned. I had Gilbert come out on December 3^rd and he picked up six patio chairs, a metal patio table and a chaise lounge — all of which belonged to my husband’s grandmother. I wanted to surprise my husband by having it sandblasted and painted for him. Gilbert assured me that he would have it back to us — at the latest, a week from then. I’ve called numerous times and twice they have set a date/​time for delivery and not shown up. We are going on three weeks and they no-​showed again last night and are not answering our calls today. I left a voice mail last night requesting the exact location where we could go pick up our furniture — nothing. Google maps shows the business address as a residence. I am really hoping this will be resolved immediately as Gamma’s furniture means a lot to us… I’d be happy to revise this review if we can get our furniture back. At this point — we just want it returned. I’m really disappointed that someone would be this evasive knowing that it was a Christmas gift… and the furniture belonged to our family. Sad that this would happen around Christmas. I would also be more than understanding if anyone at the company had communicated with me to let us know there was going to be a delay… at this point, I’m wondering who the heck actually has our furniture!
Saturday ¹²⁄₂₂: Update: My husband and father in law had to randomly show up at the office/​home address listed for ABC Sandblasting. The gentleman there said he would take them to our furniture and apologized — apparently, no one had ever started the job and just kept putting us off. Gilbert was there, but wouldn’t come out to talk to my husband or father in law. We had to rent a trailer from UHaul and pick our furniture up at another location. I would have been completely understanding if Gilbert had just told us that he was running behind and the job was going to take much longer. Instead, we were told it was done and really got the run around. Very disappointing to say the least. Now — I’ve got to find someone else to do the job AND my husband didn’t really get a Christmas gift — except for having to drive down from Cedar Park and pick up our furniture, which had not been finished. :(

Woo hoo! Gilbert Garcia at ABC Sandblasting & Coatings did a FABULOUS job on my antique cast iron lawn furniture! They picked it up and delivered it impeccably, and it was done in a day!!! Service to the max. 512−462−9754. My mom, dad and grandmother would be so proud. Their furniture now looks brand new!
I especially liked the way Gilbert was teaching his son the business. Good man.

Gilbert ALWAYS delivers! usually same day, A+ has NEVER let us down

I called on a Tuesday to have metal patio furniture refinished, they picked up the same day and delivered back on Thursday and the pieces looked brand new! Low low price too. Thanks Gilbert!

Did exactly what they promised to do and went above and beyond to get my items back to me. Will use again.