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Fifteen categories and 208 individual jobs. All of it the same process pointed at a different problem: thermal shock breaks the bond, the contaminant releases, and the part underneath is untouched.
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Where to start
One process, many problems
Dry ice blasting removes what is bonded to a surface without touching the surface. No water, no chemicals, and no blasting media left behind, because the pellet turns to gas the moment it does its work.
That is why the same rig cleans an engine bay, a switchgear cabinet, a bakery oven and a boat hull. The constraint changes; the method does not.
Questions we get asked first
How do I know which service I need?
Describe the equipment and what is on it. If dry ice is the wrong tool we will say so on that call rather than after taking your money.
Do you do residential work as well as industrial?
Both. The same rig cleans a garage floor and a production line.
Will it damage the part?
On most substrates, no. The pellet is soft and sublimates on impact.
Is there chemical residue?
None. No solvent is used, so there is nothing to leave behind.
Do you travel?
Across South Florida from Miami out to roughly a hundred miles.
What does it cost?
It depends on the equipment, the contaminant and the access. Describe the job and we will give you a real figure.
What comes off
What comes off, and why
Not sure whether yours qualifies? Ask yourself whether it was added on top. If it was, the odds are good, and the common cases are listed below.
- Carbon and soot
Baked carbon on a manifold, oven or weld fixture. Thermal shock is exactly the wrong thing for the bond holding it on, which is why this works.
- Adhesive and sealant
Sound deadening, tape residue, gasket material and sealant that has cured onto a face it was never meant to stay on.
- Resin and mold release
Mold release and resin cure onto a tool face over many cycles. The ice lifts them off without changing the shape of the mold.
- 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.
- Ink and printing residue
Dried ink and coating build-up on rollers and press components, where the surface texture is the product.
- Food residue
Carbonized product build-up in a plant where neither standing water nor a chemical film is acceptable.
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 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
The job is not finished because we say so. It is finished when you have looked at it.
- You describe the job
We ask four things: the equipment, the contaminant, the location and whether it can be taken out of service. Pictures beat paragraphs every time. Some jobs are a poor fit for dry ice, and you will hear that from us early, before you have spent anything.
- 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
Plating, decals and old paint are where people get nervous, and fair enough. We prove the setting on a spot nobody will ever look at before it gets anywhere near the parts that show.
The comparison
Why not just pressure wash it
- Pressure washing
It is fast and it is wet, which is fine outdoors and unusable on anything with a winding in it.
- Solvent and degreaser
Softens the contaminant but leaves a film, fumes and a disposal problem, and attacks finishes you meant to keep.
- Hand scraping
Fine on a patch, hopeless on a machine, and the blade leaves its own evidence.
- Media blasting
It works by removing material, which is the problem. Acceptable on heavy steel, damaging on soft alloy, plating or a machined surface.
- Dry ice
Thermal contraction cracks the bond between deposit and surface, then the pellet gasses off. Nothing abrasive, nothing wet, nothing left.
What to expect on site
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.
Ventilation is part of how we plan the job from the first conversation. It is never a step we add halfway through after the room starts to feel stuffy.
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
Send us the job.
Tell us what you are working on and what is stuck to it. If there is a deadline or a shutdown date, put that in too.