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Westwood Lakes dry ice blasting
Westwood Lakes work comes to us the same way most of it does: something is coated in build-up and cannot be sanded, soaked or dissolved.
What a job looks like locally
Everything arrives on the van: compressor, hose, operator and containment. That is the practical reason a mobile rig beats hauling equipment somewhere: the machine never leaves Westwood Lakes.
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
What we clean in and around Westwood Lakes
Nearby
Also working across Miami-Dade County
Questions from Westwood Lakes
Do you cover Westwood Lakes?
Yes. Westwood Lakes 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?
Just access and parking. There is no tap to find, no drain to use and nothing of yours to plug into.
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?
A mix, vehicle work, shop equipment, marine and light industrial. Same rig, different constraint each time.
Does distance affect the price?
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.
Conditions around Westwood Lakes
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. Site type barely matters when the air, the hose and the collection all arrive together.
No runoff and no residual grit, which matters more than it sounds on a Miami-Dade County job with neighbors close by.
What comes off
What this takes off
The method does not care much what the contaminant is, only that it sits on top of something. Here is the usual list.
- Paint and coatings
Removed selectively where the substrate underneath has to survive, which rules out most abrasive approaches.
- Salt and corrosion product
A constant in South Florida. Removing it without stripping the protective finish is the whole trick.
- Ink and printing residue
Dried ink on precision roller faces, cleaned without altering the cell structure that does the work.
- Food residue
Carbonized product build-up in a plant where neither standing water nor a chemical film is acceptable.
- Grease and oil
The greasy base coat that traps grit and dust. It releases early and takes the loose material with it.
- 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
Bonded material that outlived whatever it was bonding, usually harder to shift than the part it is on.
How a job runs
The sequence, start to finish
There is no mystery to how these jobs run, and no part of it we would rather you did not ask about.
- We look at access and containment
Siting the compressor, masking what must not be touched, and catching what comes off, settled before the first pellet.
- We test a small area
The first pellets go somewhere you will never see. Once that spot comes clean without marking, we know what pressure to use on the rest.
- We blast, then clean up
Nothing is left of the pellet, so the only thing to collect is what was on your equipment. That collection is part of the work we quoted.
- You look before we pack up
We would rather you find the missed spot while we are standing there than a week later. Another pass on the day is the cheapest fix available.
- You describe the job
Describe the equipment and the mess. If it cannot come offline that changes the plan, so say so early.
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
Water gets into everything and has to come out again before the equipment runs. Around electrics it is off the table entirely.
- 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
It is the only one on this list where the media stops existing the moment it has worked.
Before we turn the rig on
Outside on a driveway or a lot, there is not much to set up. Inside, we ask about the size of the room and how it is ventilated before we bring the hose in.
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
The surface will be cold when we finish. We will tell you on the day if a piece needs a few minutes before handling or will show some condensation on the way back to room temperature.
We bring our own air supply on the truck. You do not need to find an outlet, a compressor or a water line for us.
Tell us what needs cleaning.
We only need the basics to get started: what it is and where. Add a photo if you have one. You will be talking to Giancarlo or Kenny.