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Washington Park dry ice blasting
Washington Park calls tend to arrive with a constraint attached, which is exactly where this method earns its keep.
The practical side
The compressor runs off the truck, so there is no wash pad to find and no runoff to manage. Which means no downtime spent in transit and no risk of damage moving it out of Washington Park and back.
Because the media disappears on impact, there is nothing abrasive left in a bearing and nothing to shovel up afterward. Whatever came off the surface is ours to gather before we leave.
What we clean
The work we take on around Washington Park
Nearby
Also working across Broward County
Questions from Washington Park
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.
Do you cover Washington Park?
Yes. Washington Park is inside our regular working area, and the rig travels to the job rather than the other way round.
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?
Most of the time. Shutdowns and after-hours work are normal for us; what matters is knowing the window early.
What kinds of jobs do you take here?
It ranges from a single restoration project to a plant maintenance window. The method does not change much.
Conditions around Washington Park
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. None of those settings need modifying: the compressor, hose and collection all come with us.
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 Broward County that is often the deciding factor.
What comes off
What comes off, and why
If it is bonded to the surface rather than part of it, there is a good chance this takes it off. The list below covers most of what we are called out for.
- Paint and coatings
Taken off in a controlled way when what is underneath matters more than speed.
- Salt and corrosion product
Salt deposit and the oxidation it starts. Anything abrasive removes the protection along with the salt.
- Ink and printing residue
Dried ink on precision roller faces, cleaned without altering the cell structure that does the work.
- Food residue
Carbonized product, fat, starch and sugar build-up on processing equipment, cleaned without chemicals touching a food contact surface.
- Grease and oil
The soft film that holds dust and swarf against metal. It is what makes a part feel dirty long after it looks clean, and it comes off first.
- Carbon and soot
Heat-bonded black deposit. Because heat put it there, a sudden cold front is what breaks its grip.
- Adhesive and sealant
Sealant squeezed out and cured where it was never supposed to set.
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 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
An out-of-sight patch comes first so pressure and pellet size are proven before anything that shows. Soft alloys, older paint and bare metal each want different numbers.
- 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.
The comparison
How this compares to the usual methods
- Media blasting
Grit removes material to do its job, so a machined face or a plated part pays for the cleaning.
- Pressure washing
Drives water into harnesses, bearings, panels and seams, then everything waits to dry. On electrical work it is simply not an option.
- 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.
- 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.
What to expect on site
We cover what should not be hit before anything gets blasted. It takes minutes and saves arguments.
The media is solid CO2, nothing toxic and nothing left behind, but it pushes oxygen out of a closed room. Ventilation gets planned before the hose is connected.
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
Surfaces come out cold. On some jobs that means waiting a few minutes before handling, and on others it means condensation as the part returns to ambient temperature.
Send us the job.
Give us the job, the address and a rough description, pictures if you have them. The call back comes from Giancarlo or Kenny directly.