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Doral dry ice blasting
When we take a job in Doral, the rig comes to the machine rather than the other way round.
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 Doral.
Solid to gas on impact. Nothing settles into a bearing, nothing runs toward a drain, and the only residue is what was already on the part.
What we clean
Where this method earns its keep in Doral
Nearby
Also working across Miami-Dade County
Questions from Doral
Does distance affect the price?
It depends how far out the job is. We will be straight with you about it when you describe the work.
How do I get started?
Describe the job and send a photo or two. Giancarlo or Kenny will call you, not a scheduler.
Is Doral in your area?
Yes. Doral is inside our regular working area, and the rig travels to the job rather than the other way round.
What does the site need to have?
Access to the equipment and somewhere to park the compressor. No water hookup, no drain and no wash bay.
Can you work around our schedule?
Most of the time. Shutdowns and after-hours work are normal for us; what matters is knowing the window early.
Who calls you around 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.
Why Doral equipment ends up like this
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. Driveway or plant floor, the requirement is the same: room for the rig and access to the machine.
With no slurry to contain and no media to recover, a confined Miami-Dade County site stops being a problem.
What comes off
The deposits we see most
Most calls involve one of the following. The common factor is a bond between two things that should not be bonded.
- Grease and oil
Oil film is the layer everything else sticks to. Remove it and half the job is already done.
- Carbon and soot
The hard black crust on a housing, an oven or a weld cell. Bonded by heat, and the first thing to release under thermal shock.
- Adhesive and sealant
The stubborn film under old tape, or the gasket that tore and left half of itself behind.
- Resin and mold release
Production residue cured onto tooling. Solvent softens it and leaves its own film; the ice lifts it and takes nothing with it.
- 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 and coating build-up on rollers and press components, where the surface texture is the product.
How a job runs
What happens once you call
If you have not seen this done before, the process is worth reading once. Nothing below is hidden in a footnote.
- We look at access and containment
The layout decides the method more often than the contaminant does. We work out reach and containment before quoting anything.
- We test a small area
Settings get proven somewhere nobody looks before they get used somewhere everybody does. What is correct on cast iron will mark aluminum, so the test is not a formality.
- We blast, then clean up
There is no spent media to recover, only the deposit, which we collect before packing up.
- 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
We start with what it is and what is on it. Whether it can come offline matters as much as the contaminant, and a wrong-tool answer is one we give up front rather than after the invoice.
The comparison
The other ways to do this
- 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
The water has to go somewhere, and on most equipment that somewhere is inside it.
- Solvent and degreaser
Good at softening, bad at leaving. There is always a residue and always a drum to get rid of.
- Hand scraping
Hours of work for an inconsistent result, with gouges where the blade slipped.
- Dry ice
It is the only one on this list where the media stops existing the moment it has worked.
What happens in your space
Cold surfaces are the one aftereffect. Depending on the piece that is either a few minutes of patience or some condensation while it returns to room temperature.
Everything the rig needs arrives with it. No tap, no drain, no outlet.
Anything nearby that should not be touched gets masked before we start. That is quicker than explaining it afterward.
Dry ice is carbon dioxide in solid form. It is non-toxic and leaves no residue, but it does displace oxygen in an enclosed space, so ventilation is part of the setup rather than an afterthought.
Tell us what needs cleaning.
Send the equipment, the location and a short description. Photos help. You will hear back from Giancarlo or Kenny, not a call center.