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North Miami dry ice blasting
North Miami work comes to us the same way most of it does: something is coated in build-up and cannot be sanded, soaked or dissolved.
What a job looks like locally
We work on driveways, in yards and inside shops that cannot take water on the floor. That is the practical reason a mobile rig beats hauling equipment somewhere: the machine never leaves North Miami.
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
What we clean in and around North Miami
Nearby
Also working across Miami-Dade County
Questions from North Miami
Will you travel to North Miami?
Yes. North Miami is inside our regular working area, and the rig travels to the job rather than the other way round.
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.
What do most jobs look like?
A mix, vehicle work, shop equipment, marine and light industrial. Same rig, different constraint each time.
Do you charge for the drive?
Distance can factor in. You will hear about it up front, not on the invoice.
How do I get started?
A short description and a couple of pictures is enough to start. An owner rings you back.
The local conditions
Afternoon storms mean equipment that lives outside is wet, then hot, then wet again. It is also why an abrasive method costs you twice: once in the cleaning, again in the finish you removed.
Residential garages and small shops sit alongside the commercial work on any given week. Site type barely matters when the air, the hose and the collection all arrive together.
No runoff and no residual grit, which matters more than it sounds on a Miami-Dade County job with neighbors close by.
What comes off
What this takes off
The method does not care much what the contaminant is, only that it sits on top of something. Here is the usual list.
- Adhesive and sealant
Whatever the last repair left stuck to the mating face: gasket, sealant, deadener or adhesive.
- 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
The year-round problem on the coast. The finish holding corrosion back has to survive the cleaning.
- Ink and printing residue
Dried ink and coating build-up on rollers and press components, where the surface texture is the product.
- Food residue
Carbonized product build-up in a plant where neither standing water nor a chemical film is acceptable.
- Grease and oil
The greasy base coat that traps grit and dust. It releases early and takes the loose material with it.
How a job runs
The sequence, start to finish
There is no mystery to how these jobs run, and no part of it we would rather you did not ask about.
- We blast, then clean up
The ice is gone on impact. What is on the floor afterward came off your machine, and clearing it is ours to do.
- You look before we pack up
Inspect it with the rig still set up. Anything you are not happy with gets another go before we leave.
- 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
Access drives the plan: reach, siting, masking, and the route the removed material takes off the job. It is the part customers think about least and we think about most.
- We test a small area
Rubber, plastic trim and wiring insulation react differently from metal. If any of that sits near the dirty area, the test checks it too, so we know where to back the pressure off or mask instead.
The comparison
Why not just pressure wash it
- Solvent and degreaser
Chemistry works, but you inherit ventilation, waste handling and a film on the surface.
- Hand scraping
It is the fallback when nothing else is available, and it shows on the surface afterward.
- Media blasting
Cuts into the substrate by design. Fine on structural steel, wrong on aluminum, plating, machined faces or anything with a tolerance.
- Pressure washing
Drives water into harnesses, bearings, panels and seams, then everything waits to dry. On electrical work it is simply not an option.
- 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.
Before we turn the rig on
Nothing is left behind on the part once the ice is gone. The one thing we watch is the air in a closed space, and fans or open doors take care of that.
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
If the equipment needs to run right away, tell us. A cold surface can collect condensation, and we can plan around that before it goes back in service.
You will not lose an outlet or a circuit to us. The compressor on the truck runs the blaster on its own.
Describe what you are dealing with.
There is no sales pitch on the other end. Two firefighters own this business, and one of us will call you to talk through the job.