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Article #136: Building Exterior Cleaning

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You've had a fire. The fire department - Again this is an excellent application
has come, put the fire out and all you for dry ice blasting. Watch the movie
see is one big mess. Upon closer clips on our web site to see how dry ice
investigation questions come. blasting cleans soot, smoke and charcoal
I. What method do we use to remove the from different types of surfaces.
soot and charcoal to evaluate the damage? III. Will we be able to remove that awful
- High pressure water blasting leaves smoke smell?
behind water in electrical components, - The removing of the smell is
equipment and insulation, if not properly accomplished by removing the smell source
removed will cause unwanted corrosion and and/or sealing the smell source to
rot, increasing cleanup, damage and long encapsulate it. Dry ice blasting removes
term maintenance costs. the soot, charcoal and smoke film, which
- Soda blasting leaves water and soda is the smell source, from accessible
behind, which requires additional areas.
cleanup, increasing cleanup, damage and - During a fire air currents carry smoke
long term maintenance costs. and soot into cracks, openings and areas
- Sand blasting leaves abrasive blast not in close proximity to the fire
media behind, which if not cleaned up itself, additional cleaning and/or
properly continues to cause damage in sealing of these places and inaccessible
electrical components, gears and areas may be needed.
bearings. It continues to fall from IV. Can we accomplish our cleanup without
horizontal surfaces, cracks and beams adding hazards to our environment?
years after the job is done, increasing - Dry ice blasting is safe and
cleanup, damage and long termmaintenance environmentally friendly. Dry ice is pure
costs. CO2 in its solid state, it is in its
- Dry ice blasting is the ultimate gaseous state in the air around us. When
surface cleaning process, it leaves no we inhale our bodies use the oxygen and
secondary waste stream behind. The only we exhale CO2. Green plants take CO2 from
cleanup after the dry ice blasting job is the air and give off oxygen.
done is the removal of the debris caused - Dry ice blasting is non-toxic,
by the fire. non-conductive and there is no employee
II. How do we remove the soot, charcoal exposure to hazardous cleaning chemicals
and smoke film from masonry and steel or solutions. Dry ice blasting meets the
surfaces? guidelines of the USDA, EPA, and the FDA.






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