Horrible company, they had us wait for over An hour and the gentleman supposedly was on the phone never came down to talk to us and we had showed up twice. Our customer is willing to pay for their compressor to be thrown in the trash and purchase of a new compressor because they don't want to deal with them anymore this compressor is worth over 60 K. I will send pictures to follow up to show that they do not want to be with them a very, very bad company. read more

Weird, no one answers the phones! Since Bob passed, it's a bit iffy. Not sure what the new owners are doing or handling the business... ?

Wowza good service. My first trip to Sandman & definitely not my last. The Office Manager was extremely knowledgeable, knew her inventory & offered several suggestions after I explained I was trying to MacGiver a solution for creating texture on a deck rather than enjoying a freestyle skating spree with even the slightest bit of moisture. Unfortunately with the wonkyness of COVID supply chain, I ended up with my 3rd choice which netted 100% satisfaction. Impressive . . .amount of equipment in stock. Incredible . . .selection. Inconceivable. . .fast service from recommendation, to payment, to Felipe a felt loading your purchase. read more

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Leading up to the hurricane of the century, sometimes you drag your feet thinking "it won't happen to me." Then the day comes when you just don't want to take a chance and go on a wild goose chase for a precious resource - sand. Illegal to take from the beach, the only option is buy it. Referred here by other building supply companies, Mr. Sandman offers all kinds of sand, sand blasting, equipment, and building supplies. Located in the commercial/industrial area mauka of the airport, it was easy to find and get to just off Nimitz Highway. Immediately the people working there were in high gear and ready to help. I had the pleasure of dealing with Pattie, who was just as friendly on the phone as in person. Sand was charged at the normal prices and was reasonable. They had all sorts of emergency gear laid out in the office including plastic sandbags, and plastic tarps. It was simple to set up an account, pay, and get going. Felipe loaded the car quickly and with a smile. I would come back here again if the need should arise! read more

Don't know what changed with these people. I have been buying from them for years. All of a sudden they act like they don't want to sell to us. We only buy twice a year. I called to see if they had the produce in stock. "Lady" acted all nice. Said she showed she had one of the items I needed. Said she would check and call me back. When she called back, the tone changed. Very abrupt, unfriendly tone. Felt like she had something against me. "We don't have it. We no longer carry it" Then she just hung up. This was blasting media. How can they "no longer" carry it. Like I stated, I had been buying the same thing for years without a problem, or a piss poor attitude. To bad. They were always very helpful and nice before. read more

Always helpful for my media needs. I always go to them to get my glass bead, aluminum oxide, abd garnet media's for my blast cabinet.

We run a small, custom cabinet shop. We were in the market for a new, bigger and better air compressor and stopped in to see what they had. We received a quote ( 18k) and discussed it and researched it and decided to lease it. Our old compressor ran all of our air tools and sanders, it was noisy, but it always worked. We were told that the new compressor would not run out of air, would cost us less to operate and would be easy to operate. Skip forward...the delivery and install were terrible, they didn't give us the correct tank configuration and had to return several times. We never got a manual at all or any maintenance schedule, so when it went down the first time we had to be down ( and send the guys home) for two days. We spent hours on the phone with codes and buttons- ridiculous. Then we had to do routine maintenance - filters, oil- pretty basic except that the cost was over a thousand dollars. So, expensive...terrible service....and then we had some testing done and find out that we could save money using a different compressor altogether. If you need sand- maybe you should shop here, but other than that, look elsewhere. read more

Everything you wanted to know about media blasting but were afraid to ask. I am the owner of Oahu Powder Coating and I don't know what we would do without Mr. Sandman Inc. Media-blasting is the foundation of a consistent and high quality coating and we aren't about to trust anyone else on this island or in the country on the subject. Owner Bob Freeman and Patty his assistant as well as his entire staff has been a highly valued resource to my company. When I first visited Mr. Sandman Inc. I knew only what my faulty assumptions allowed me to know. Since then we had nothing but great results. I am not about to ruin a good thing. I look forward to continue to do business with Mr. Sandman Inc. in the years to come. read more

Great selection reasonable prices. Old school industrial business. Ms. Patty is very helpful and knowledgeable. She was helpful and helped me save money and buy the right blasting media instead of letting me get the wrong stuff for a higher sale. She was great even though I'm just a hobby guy looking for a small sale and free info. read more

Sand for an aquarium....guessing that's all these guys do is sell the sand? I have taken items to this establishment on three different occasions, for three years, to have cleaned. Each time, i got a different employee giving nothing but excuses as to why they could not sandblast my items. I had no clue you couldn't sandblast cast iron or solid steel, did you? I have never seen a specialized business so interested in not doing any business. Total waste of time if you are an individual who has items such as boat parts, machine parts or auto parts that could be, and traditionally have been, cleaned by sandblasting or blast media. Sorry, but Mr. Sandman has been nothing but asleep. read more

everyone who works at this shop are idiots who just seem to enjoy being idiots. We rented a floor grinder machine from them and it must have been over 50 years old because the plug didn't fit into any modern electrical outlet. But did they bother to tell us that when we reserved our rental or give us an adapter? After hauling this machine back to our shop and finding out, we called and It was like "oh yeah, you need and adaptor and we dont have any. Try this other guy to get that." My husband had to find this other guy who literally made an adaptor and charged us $200. Day 1 of rental lost to this stupidity. Then after complaining about the $200 spent, Sandmand offered to buy the adaptor cord from us when we returned the machine. Upon return, they said "Ooooooohh we cannot credit you, we gonna just send you a check in the mail." The check arrived weeks later for half the amount. Explanation? "You paid too much." Between the Horrible machinery, horrible customer service, and horrible attitude, there is really no reason to go there. I think these are just horrible people running a horrible business. read more

Don't trust these folks! Paid quite a lot of money to fix a piece of equipment after 2 months in the shop returned it and it worried fit like 5 months and they refused to try and fix it again!! read more

Needed sand for my aquarium, and price was 1/4 the price per pound compared to Petco, but smallest bag is 100 lbshere. The one lady in the office was helpful as she had several vials with different colors and grain sizes to compare. All in all, if you need a lot of sand for aquariums and/or have something to do with leftover sand, I would recommend this place. If you only need little bit, probably more convenient to just buy the 25 lb bag from Petco. read more

Awesome place if you need sand for your aquarium...