There are many types, the most often used being:
- Steel shot (= round) and steel grit (= angular) in various hardnesses, dimensions and compositions (such as stainless steel and steel)
- Cut wire (stainless steel and steel)
- Glass beads
- Aluminium oxide in various purities
- Ceramic abrasive
- Nutshells
- Plastic
- Sand (not regular sand due to the presence of free silicium dioxide)
- Soda
