Dry Ice Blasting vs Sandblasting vs Pressure Washing
All three methods remove the dirt. The real question is what else comes off with it, and which one is right for the part you are trying to protect.
All three methods remove the dirt. The real question is what else comes off with it, and which one is right for the part you are trying to protect.
Conductive dust, carbon tracking and oil mist build up on panels and switchgear that cannot be washed or blown out. Here is the method that works instead.
Grease, carbon, adhesive, release agent, ink, coatings and salt come off. Rust and mill scale do not. A straight list of what this method can and cannot do.
Media blasting pits the aluminum and a pressure washer floods the connectors. How thirty years of baked grease comes off with the car still assembled.
Dried salt pulls moisture from humid air and keeps corroding long after the boat leaves the water. Why abrasive cleaning leaves you worse off than you started.
Carbonized product resists a wash-down, and stronger chemistry or higher pressure each create a new problem. How dry cleaning fits a sanitation window.
On industrial work the schedule is the job. Where the hours really go, and what to establish before the room gets handed over to a cleaning contractor.
The full sequence of a job, from the first phone call through ventilation, masking, the test patch, blasting and cleanup, including the parts nobody expects.
Clean Slate is firefighter owned and operated. What the fire service taught Giancarlo and Kenny about preparation, straight answers and turning down work.
Teardown costs labor, downtime and reassembly risk. How to tell whether your equipment genuinely needs disassembly before cleaning, and when it honestly does.