Dry Ice Blasting

Hudsy Wudsy

I'll be embarrased if this is something that you are all familiar with. I, for one, never heard of it before. It's somewhat interesting, however it may always remain in the realm of industrial use only.



http://www.maintenanceresources.com/referencelibrary/ezine/dry_ice_blasting.htm

Unknown

This process is routinely used to remove black mold from the underside of building roof sheathing. I leaves behind just a fine wood dust.

Unknown

We've tried this to clean large offset printing presses and the results were always messy and less than satisfactory. I would think it would clean paint off sheet metal very well and not have to be careful as far as stretching or peening the metal, like with sand and some other abrasives.

SamJ

Somebody's always coming up with something new in this industry. A couple of years ago I was restoring a '54 Dodge 2-dr Station Wagon and we had the whole body, off the frame, blasted with walnut shells. That took away the paint, but not rust. There was hardly any rust anyway, but it showed where it needed to be removed. When it was prepped the result was great...the paint looks fantastic, way better than new. :cool:

Richard E.

I used Soda Blasting when I restored my '36 Terraplane and you can leave all of the glass and rubber in it. It removes paint and grease really well, but not rust. We had to bead blast everything after the Soda Blasting.