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Palm Aire dry ice blasting
Palm Aire work comes to us the same way most of it does: something is coated in build-up and cannot be sanded, soaked or dissolved.
How the work runs here
The compressor runs off the truck, so there is no wash pad to find and no runoff to manage. It is also why nothing has to be crated up and driven across town, the work happens where the machine already sits in Palm Aire.
Nothing of the ice survives the blast. That removes the entire cleanup problem every other method creates, leaving only the deposit that came off the equipment.
What we clean
Where this method earns its keep in Palm Aire
Nearby
Also working across Broward County
Questions from Palm Aire
How do I get started?
A short description and a couple of pictures is enough to start. An owner rings you back.
Do you cover Palm Aire?
Yes, Palm Aire is well within range, and the compressor comes on the truck with everything else.
What do we have to provide?
Access to the equipment and somewhere to park the compressor. No water hookup, no drain and no wash bay.
Will you work during a shutdown?
Usually. Tell us the window you have, including overnight or a planned shutdown, and we will tell you honestly what fits in it.
What kinds of jobs do you take here?
Everything from an engine bay in a driveway to a production line at shutdown. The process is the same, pointed at a different problem.
Do you charge for the drive?
Sometimes, on the longer runs. Either way it is discussed before anyone commits.
Conditions around Palm Aire
The heat matters more than people expect: baked-on residue cures harder in a South Florida summer. That is why so much of the work is removing what has bonded to a surface without taking the surface with it.
Light industrial, automotive and marine make up most of what we are called out for. The setup is the same in all of them, because everything the job needs turns up on the van.
With no slurry to contain and no media to recover, a confined Broward County site stops being a problem.
What comes off
The deposits we see most
The same handful of problems come up over and over. In every case, something has bonded to a surface it does not belong on.
- Food residue
Carbonized product build-up in a plant where neither standing water nor a chemical film is acceptable.
- Grease and oil
Oil film is the layer everything else sticks to. Remove it and half the job is already done.
- Carbon and soot
Carbon on parts that run hot all day. It is bonded by heat, which is exactly why a blast of cold undoes it.
- 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
Selective removal, layer by layer, on parts where media blasting would cut into the substrate.
- Salt and corrosion product
A constant in South Florida. Removing it without stripping the protective finish is the whole trick.
How a job runs
What happens once you call
We explain the whole job up front. If something below does not make sense, ask, and one of the owners will walk you through it.
- We look at access and containment
The planning is mostly logistics. Can the truck get near the equipment, and if not, how much hose do we need to cover the gap?
- We test a small area
Pressure and pellet size get dialed in on an inconspicuous spot before we touch anything visible. Painted parts, soft alloys and older finishes all behave differently, and the right setting on one is the wrong setting on another.
- 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
If something needs another pass we do it then, on site, while the rig is still running. That is a better outcome for everyone than a callback.
- You describe the job
The machine, the deposit and the downtime you can afford. Those three things decide the whole job, and we would rather know all of them before quoting.
The comparison
How this compares to the usual methods
- Hand scraping
Hours of work for an inconsistent result, with gouges where the blade slipped.
- Media blasting
Abrasive by definition. Anything with a tolerance or a finish worth keeping comes out changed.
- Pressure washing
Forces water where water should not go, looms, bearings, seams, and then the job stops while it dries.
- 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 contraction cracks the bond between deposit and surface, then the pellet gasses off. Nothing abrasive, nothing wet, nothing left.
What happens in your space
Masking happens first. Whatever is adjacent and vulnerable gets covered before the hose is picked up.
Outdoors there is nothing to manage. Inside a closed room, the CO2 coming off the pellets displaces oxygen even though it is non-toxic and leaves no trace. That is why airflow is planned before we begin.
This is not a quiet method. Ear defenders are standard issue on site for anyone nearby.
Cleaned surfaces will be cold. We mention it so nobody grabs a part straight off the nozzle, and so a little moisture as it warms does not look like a problem. It is not.
Tell us what needs cleaning.
Write a line or two about the job and where it is. One of the owners, Giancarlo or Kenny, gets back to you with honest answers.