| Dry Ice Blasting has become one of the premier | | | | purposes, Dry Ice Blasting will provide a deep cleaning |
| commercial cleaning services today. Dry ice blasting is | | | | for stucco, sidewalks, patios, garages or even walls. |
| an alternative to pressure washing that involves | | | | Dry Ice Blasting can work into the deep surfaces of |
| shooting small pellets or particles of dry ice onto a | | | | concrete to remove surface contamination and leave |
| contaminated surface. The dry ice penetrates the | | | | the area renewed without abrasive damage or |
| contaminant and then breaks it apart from the inside | | | | cleanup. |
| out by immediate evaporation. Because of the | | | | Plastic |
| non-abrasive nature of the dry ice blasting method, | | | | Plastic injection molding and die extrusion parts often |
| commercial cleaning services have been using it on all | | | | gather residue on the inside of equipment which |
| kinds of common surfaces such as metal, concrete | | | | causes imperfections to occur in the molds. Dry Ice |
| plastic and wood. | | | | Blasting is gentle enough on surfaces to remove |
| Metal | | | | residue on plastic molds while keeping the integrity of |
| Metals are a common surface cleaned by dry ice | | | | its shape and outcome. industrial cleaning services |
| blasting because of its use in factories, power plants | | | | offered to plastics industries are often requested to |
| and other industrial fields. Machines, conveyors and | | | | clean mixers, mold machines, molds, extruder screws, |
| other tools can collect grime, oil and other hazardous | | | | packaging equipment and/or ovens. |
| buildup, causing them to slow down or break. Dry Ice | | | | Wood |
| Blasting is able to penetrate through the grime and | | | | Dry Ice Blasting is even easy enough on surfaces to |
| buildup, down to the surface of metals without | | | | clean wood structures or facades. Wood is often |
| causing abrasive damage or particle lodging into | | | | cleaned with other abrasive methods such as sand |
| crevices or gears. Electrical components attached to | | | | blasting and water blasting. But those methods are |
| metals are not a problem either because dry ice | | | | detrimental to the natural properties of wood and |
| evaporates immediately or does not harm live | | | | can cause physical and water damage. The |
| electrical equipment. With so many components | | | | evaporative nature of dry ice blasting helps remove |
| connected to machines, dry ice blasting makes it | | | | dirt, oil, mold and smoke damage that is ingrained into |
| easy to clean without having to take them apart | | | | the wood. |
| piece by piece to be cleaned. | | | | These basic components all make up much of the |
| Concrete | | | | foundation of services and industries like aerospace, |
| Concrete is another popular substance cleaned by | | | | electrical, food and beverage, foundry, historical |
| commercial cleaning services. Common cleaning needs | | | | restoration, marine, packaging, printing and |
| for concrete include fire damage, graffiti, oil spills, | | | | pharmaceuticals. Dry Ice Blasting has proven to be |
| mud stains or other surface contaminates. Depending | | | | the most proficient source of industrial cleaning and |
| on the type of concrete, different dry ice blasting | | | | restoration for these industries and more because it |
| methods might be used. For example, some kinds of | | | | is sanitary and consistent. More and more commercial |
| concrete are perforated and substances can | | | | cleaning services are switching to methods of dry ice |
| penetrate the depth of the concrete so a gentler | | | | blasting and the results are apparent in the increased |
| approach must be used. Because concrete is such a | | | | productivity and length of life of machines. |
| common material used for practical and decorative | | | | |