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Plantation dry ice blasting
When we take a job in Plantation, the rig comes to the machine rather than the other way round.
How we work in this area
We work on driveways, in yards and inside shops that cannot take water on the floor. So the equipment stays put. Everything that has to move arrives on the truck instead.
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
What we get called for in Plantation
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Questions from Plantation
Can you work around our schedule?
Usually. Tell us the window you have, including overnight or a planned shutdown, and we will tell you honestly what fits in it.
Who calls you around here?
A mix, vehicle work, shop equipment, marine and light industrial. Same rig, different constraint each time.
Is there a travel charge?
It depends how far out the job is. We will be straight with you about it when you describe the work.
What is the first step?
Describe the job and send a photo or two. Giancarlo or Kenny will call you, not a scheduler.
Is Plantation in your area?
Yes, Plantation is well within range, and the compressor comes on the truck with everything else.
What does the site need to have?
Space for the rig and a way to reach the machine. Everything else arrives with us.
Why Plantation equipment ends up like this
Humidity is the constant. Anything bare oxidizes faster than it would almost anywhere else. So the job is usually less about scrubbing harder and more about not making the underlying problem worse.
The mix here runs from vehicle work in driveways to production equipment inside industrial units. The setup is the same in all of them, because everything the job needs turns up on the van.
The pellet turns to gas, so nothing runs off toward a drain and nothing abrasive stays behind in a bearing. On a cramped Broward County site that usually decides it.
What comes off
What dry ice actually removes
The rule of thumb is simple: anything stuck on rather than built in. These are the deposits we see most.
- Ink and printing residue
Ink and coating on anilox and press rollers, surfaces where changing the texture changes the print.
- 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 fused onto metal by repeated heating. Hit it with cold and it lets go, leaving the surface underneath intact.
- Adhesive and sealant
Bonded material that outlived whatever it was bonding, usually harder to shift than the part it is on.
- Resin and mold release
Residue from production that has hardened onto molds. We remove it with cold instead of chemistry, so there is nothing to rinse away afterward.
- Paint and coatings
Removed selectively where the substrate underneath has to survive, which rules out most abrasive approaches.
How a job runs
How a job actually runs
Below is the sequence we follow on site. If anything about it raises a question, ask us before the visit.
- We blast, then clean up
Inside a cabinet or around a motor, nothing gets trapped behind. The ice turns to gas on contact, and the dust and grease it knocks loose is collected before we go.
- 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
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.
- 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
Old paint can be fragile in ways that don’t show until it is hit. A small patch out of view tells us how it will behave.
The comparison
The other ways to do this
- Solvent and degreaser
Softens the contaminant but leaves a film, fumes and a disposal problem, and attacks finishes you meant to keep.
- Hand scraping
Labor-intensive and uneven, and whatever you scrape with eventually marks what you are scraping.
- Media blasting
It works by removing material, which is the problem. Acceptable on heavy steel, damaging on soft alloy, plating or a machined surface.
- Pressure washing
Water gets into everything and has to come out again before the equipment runs. Around electrics it is off the table entirely.
- Dry ice
Thermal contraction cracks the bond between deposit and surface, then the pellet gasses off. Nothing abrasive, nothing wet, nothing left.
What the job is like to stand next to
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
If you plan to put the part back to work right away, allow a few minutes. It comes off cold and may gather condensation before it reaches room temperature.
Everything the rig needs arrives with it. No tap, no drain, no outlet.
Masking happens first. Whatever is adjacent and vulnerable gets covered before the hose is picked up.
Describe what you are dealing with.
Send what you have, even a rough description and one photo. You will hear back from Giancarlo or Kenny directly, usually with a few questions.