Dry ice blasting

[dickdale]

Does antone has an experience with dry ice blasting/co2 blasting? What are the pro's and con's about this type of blasting?

 

[Richard Cranium]

First I've heard of it. Is this for the entire body of a car or components?

 

[Xp29h]

Maybe Im way off base here.. But I don't have any first hand experience with it but I have seen it done with Mold removal..it's great stuff for that! Here is a site that does it here in Maine, Maybe they can give you some info on what other type of material it would work on.etc.. Hope it helps a little..

http://www.mainecontractordirectory.com/maine-dry-ice-blasting-mold-remediation

 

[super-bee_ski]

Same here!
Never heard of it and I am confused as to why it would be a viable process?

 

[Stumper]

I've used it before to clean industrial machinery for painting. Worked good and evaporated fully after spraying. Of course all the rust and scale debris will still be there. Another positive is that it is cold as sprayed.

 

[bm02tj]

I is great when you cannot have sand or glass left behind
and does not cause heat warpage or the metal eaten
soda or walnut shells also do not eat the metal

 

[Seax440Dodge]

We ice blast stuff stuff where I work, we also glass bead blast... there's pro's and cons to both

the main reason I wouldn't ice blast a car is the obvious one: ice blasting is cold.... really, really cold, and it will cause condensation on the piece that you clean. Pretty much everything we ice blast flash rusts in the blink of an eye

but if it's dirty, greasy, grimey or moldy ice blasting is awesome, you can pretty much peel it off layer by layer. but if it's thick rust or enamel paint plan on spending some time, bead blasting will eat through it a lot quicker

First I've heard of it. Is this for the entire body of a car or components?

and to answer that... I'd ice blast individual components if they just need cleaned up.. I found the original gas cap to my Charger wedged in with the filler neck, ice blasting wouldn't touch it, but bead blasting did good on it

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[Bubber]

We use it at work for cleaning our concrete floors. Does a good job!