Types of Surfaces That Can Be Cleaned With Dry Ice

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