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Homestead dry ice blasting
Most of what we clean around Homestead is equipment somebody cannot afford to damage.
The practical side
We work on driveways, in yards and inside shops that cannot take water on the floor. Which means no downtime spent in transit and no risk of damage moving it out of Homestead 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 Homestead
Nearby
Also working across Miami-Dade County
Questions from Homestead
What do most jobs look like?
It ranges from a single restoration project to a plant maintenance window. The method does not change much.
Is there a travel charge?
Distance can factor in. You will hear about it up front, not on the invoice.
What is the first step?
Describe the job and send a photo or two. Giancarlo or Kenny will call you, not a scheduler.
Will you travel to Homestead?
Yes, Homestead is well within range, and the compressor comes on the truck with everything else.
Do you need anything set up before you arrive?
Access to the equipment and somewhere to park the compressor. No water hookup, no drain and no wash bay.
Can you come outside business hours?
Often yes, a lot of industrial work happens overnight or during a planned outage. Give us the window and we will say straight away whether it is realistic.
The local conditions
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. Site type barely matters when the air, the hose and the collection all arrive together.
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 Miami-Dade County that is often the deciding factor.
What comes off
What comes off, and why
If you are wondering whether your buildup is a fit, start with this list. It is not every contaminant we handle, just the ones that come up again and again.
- Resin and mold release
Hardened resin on a fixture shrinks under the cold and lets go, and the metal under it does not lose any material.
- Paint and coatings
Taken off in a controlled way when what is underneath matters more than speed.
- Salt and corrosion product
A constant in South Florida. Removing it without stripping the protective finish is the whole trick.
- Ink and printing residue
Dried ink on precision roller faces, cleaned without altering the cell structure that does the work.
- Food residue
Carbonized product build-up in a plant where neither standing water nor a chemical film is acceptable.
- Grease and oil
Old oil soaks into the dirt around a leak and hardens. Cold makes it brittle, which is why it releases where a rag only smears it around.
- Carbon and soot
Hard black buildup on weld cells, ovens and engine parts. Fast cooling cracks it loose from the surface instead of grinding it off.
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 blast, then clean up
One mess instead of two: the pellet vanishes and we take away what it removed.
- You look before we pack up
A second pass while everything is still connected is free in every sense. A return trip is not.
- You describe the job
What it is, what is on it and whether it can stop. If the answer is that dry ice is wrong for it, you get that answer first, not last.
- 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
A factory finish, a repaint and bare steel can all sit on the same piece of equipment. Each one gets checked in a hidden spot first, because a setting that is safe on one can mark the next.
The comparison
Why not just pressure wash it
- Hand scraping
It is the fallback when nothing else is available, and it shows on the surface afterward.
- Media blasting
It takes the top off whatever it touches. That is the point on rusted plate and the problem everywhere else.
- Pressure washing
The water has to go somewhere, and on most equipment that somewhere is inside it.
- Solvent and degreaser
Chemistry works, but you inherit ventilation, waste handling and a film on the surface.
- Dry ice
Thermal contraction cracks the bond between deposit and surface, then the pellet gasses off. Nothing abrasive, nothing wet, nothing left.
What to expect on site
Everything the rig needs arrives with it. No tap, no drain, no outlet.
Anything nearby that should not be touched gets masked before we start. That is quicker than explaining it afterward.
We look at the room before the truck is unloaded. Carbon dioxide is harmless in open air but pushes oxygen out of a tight space, so an enclosed job gets ventilation planned in.
The noise is the one thing that surprises people the first time. It stops the moment the hose does, and nothing about it lingers.
Tell us what needs cleaning.
Tell us what you are working on and what is stuck to it. If there is a deadline or a shutdown date, put that in too.