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Collier Manor dry ice blasting
Collier Manor work comes to us the same way most of it does: something is coated in build-up and cannot be sanded, soaked or dissolved.
The practical side
The compressor runs off the truck, so there is no wash pad to find and no runoff to manage. Which means no downtime spent in transit and no risk of damage moving it out of Collier Manor and back.
Dry ice sublimates on contact, so there is no grit, no slurry and no secondary media to sweep up afterward. What is left on the floor is the grease or carbon that came off, and collecting that is part of the job.
What we clean
The work we take on around Collier Manor
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Also working across Broward County
Questions from Collier Manor
What sort of work do you get called for?
Everything from an engine bay in a driveway to a production line at shutdown. The process is the same, pointed at a different problem.
Does distance affect the price?
It depends how far out the job is. We will be straight with you about it when you describe the work.
How do we book it in?
Describe the job and send a photo or two. Giancarlo or Kenny will call you, not a scheduler.
Do you actually come out to Collier Manor?
We do. The whole point of a mobile setup is that Collier Manor is no further than any other stop on the schedule.
What do you need from us on site?
Just access and parking. There is no tap to find, no drain to use and nothing of yours to plug into.
How flexible are the hours?
Generally yes. Weekend and overnight work is routine, and the limiting factor is usually noise, not us.
What the climate does here
Salt carries a long way inland here, and it keeps working on metal every day of the year. Which is exactly the situation where a non-abrasive, low-moisture method is worth the call.
Shops, marine yards, warehouses and home garages all end up with the same problem in different forms. None of those settings need modifying: the compressor, hose and collection all come with us.
Because the media sublimates, there is no slurry running toward a storm drain and no grit left in a machine. On a tight site in Broward County that is often the deciding factor.
What comes off
What comes off, and why
If it is bonded to the surface rather than part of it, there is a good chance this takes it off. The list below covers most of what we are called out for.
- Food residue
Burnt-on product, fat and sugar on processing gear, with no chemical residue left on a contact surface.
- Grease and oil
The soft film that holds dust and swarf against metal. It is what makes a part feel dirty long after it looks clean, and it comes off first.
- Carbon and soot
Baked carbon on a manifold, oven or weld fixture. Thermal shock is exactly the wrong thing for the bond holding it on, which is why this works.
- Adhesive and sealant
Whatever the last repair left stuck to the mating face: gasket, sealant, deadener or adhesive.
- Resin and mold release
Release agent and resin build-up on tooling, where a solvent fix trades one residue for another.
- Paint and coatings
Taken off in a controlled way when what is underneath matters more than speed.
- Salt and corrosion product
The year-round problem on the coast. The finish holding corrosion back has to survive the cleaning.
How a job runs
Nothing about this should be a surprise
Nobody should have to guess what they booked. This is every stage of a job in the order it happens.
- We look at access and containment
The layout decides the method more often than the contaminant does. We work out reach and containment before quoting anything.
- We test a small area
An out-of-sight patch comes first so pressure and pellet size are proven before anything that shows. Soft alloys, older paint and bare metal each want different numbers.
- We blast, then clean up
There is no spent media to recover, only the deposit, which we collect before packing up.
- You look before we pack up
Walk it with us before the hose goes away. A second pass while the compressor is still running costs nothing; a return visit costs us both.
- You describe the job
Tell us the machine, the mess and the constraint. A couple of photos answers more than a long description, and if the honest answer is that something else suits it better, we say so.
The comparison
What the alternatives actually do
- Hand scraping
Labor-intensive and uneven, and whatever you scrape with eventually marks what you are scraping.
- Media blasting
Grit removes material to do its job, so a machined face or a plated part pays for the cleaning.
- Pressure washing
The water has to go somewhere, and on most equipment that somewhere is inside it.
- Solvent and degreaser
Softens the contaminant but leaves a film, fumes and a disposal problem, and attacks finishes you meant to keep.
- Dry ice
Thermal shock breaks the bond. The pellet sublimates, so nothing abrasive touches the part and nothing is left to collect but the contaminant.
What to expect on site
The rig needs compressed air, which the truck supplies. There is no hookup to find and nothing of yours to plug into.
We cover what should not be hit before anything gets blasted. It takes minutes and saves arguments.
The media is solid CO2, nothing toxic and nothing left behind, but it pushes oxygen out of a closed room. Ventilation gets planned before the hose is connected.
The process is loud. Hearing protection is standard for anyone in the working area, which is why you will see ear defenders in most of our photographs.
Describe what you are dealing with.
A short description and a location is enough to start. Add photos if you can. You will speak to an owner, not a scheduler.