20 services · Miami, FL
Core Ice Blasting Services
Most cleaning problems arrive with a constraint attached: it cannot get wet, it cannot be scratched, it cannot be taken apart, or it has to be back in service the same shift.
What we clean, and what it is covered in
The build-up here is grease, carbon, adhesive and production residue across every kind of substrate. A mobile rig means the compressor, hose and operator arrive at your shop, plant or driveway.
Most of the people who call are anyone who has been told their part is too delicate to clean properly. What they are protecting against is that the cleaning does more harm than the dirt did, which is exactly why an abrasive or a solvent is the wrong answer.
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Questions about this work
What makes dry ice right for this work?
Most cleaning problems arrive with a constraint attached: it cannot get wet, it cannot be scratched, it cannot be taken apart, or it has to be back in service the same shift.
Do you clean in place?
A mobile rig means the compressor, hose and operator arrive at your shop, plant or driveway. Most of this work does not need a teardown.
Will it damage the surface?
On most substrates, no. The pellet is soft and sublimates on impact, so the work is thermal rather than abrasive. We test an inconspicuous spot first on anything unusual.
Is there any residue afterward?
None from the media. Dry ice sublimates, so what is left is the contaminant we came to remove, and that is ours to clean up.
Do you come to us?
Yes. The rig is mobile and works 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 rather than a guess over the phone.
What comes off
What comes off, and why
What the method removes depends less on the deposit and more on how it is attached. Here is what we take off most often, and why the cold works on each.
- Food residue
Burnt-on product, fat and sugar on processing gear, with no chemical residue left on a contact surface.
- Grease and oil
Oil film is the layer everything else sticks to. Remove it and half the job is already done.
- 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.
- Resin and mold release
Resin and release agent on tooling, often cleaned while the tool stays mounted. No solvent residue and no change to the surface.
- Paint and coatings
Removed selectively where the substrate underneath has to survive, which rules out most abrasive approaches.
- Salt and corrosion product
The year-round problem on the coast. The finish holding corrosion back has to survive the cleaning.
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.
- You look before we pack up
Walk it with us before the hose goes away. A second pass while the compressor is still running costs nothing; a return visit costs us both.
- 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.
- 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
Some coatings are meant to stay. A test on an unseen spot shows whether the ice takes only the grime or starts to work on the finish underneath.
- We blast, then clean up
We do not leave you with a mess to deal with after we drive away. The buildup gets swept up and the work area is left the way you need it.
The comparison
The other ways to do this
- Hand scraping
Hours of work for an inconsistent result, with gouges where the blade slipped.
- 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
The water has to go somewhere, and on most equipment that somewhere is inside it.
- Solvent and degreaser
Trades the deposit for a residue, plus ventilation and waste to deal with, and it is hard on the finish.
- Dry ice
Cold breaks the bond and the media vanishes. The substrate is untouched and there is no second mess to clean up.
What to expect on site
Bring us to the equipment and we handle the rest. The air supply is ours and it travels with us.
We cover what should not be hit before anything gets blasted. It takes minutes and saves arguments.
If the space has no windows and no door that opens to the outside, tell us before the visit. Airflow in a closed room is settled before the first pellet goes in.
Expect noise. Everybody inside the working area wears hearing protection, us included.
Why us
How we work
- We will tell you no
Some jobs want a different method. We would rather say that up front than discover it on your machine.
- We test before we commit
Anything unusual gets an inconspicuous test area first. Painted parts, soft alloys and older finishes all behave differently.
- The rig comes to you
Shop, yard, driveway or dockside, the van carries the whole setup, so nothing has to be moved.
- We clean up after ourselves
Nothing of the blasting media remains, so the only cleanup is the dirt itself, and that is ours to handle.
- Firefighter owned and operated
Giancarlo and Kenny both came out of the fire service, and the discipline that job demands is the discipline this one gets.
- You speak to an owner
The person who picks up is the person doing the work. Nothing gets lost between the quote and the job.
Tell us what needs cleaning.
What is it, where is it, and what is stuck to it? That is enough to start. Giancarlo or Kenny will answer personally.