Dry ice cleaning?

[ejay]

I stumbled across this and thought it would be a really good method of removing old undercoating or detailing prior to sale to get that frame extra cream puff.

This guy claims to be the only shop in the US to use this method. I've never fathomed such a thing.

See for yourself as demonstrated on this old Mercedes. BTW I have no affiliation with this guy, his company, or the equipment he uses.

 

[qslim]

That stuff was just starting to get traction in Florida shortly before I left for mold remediation, shortly after that caught on people started using it to clean boats.

If I remember right the dry ice is ground in a little hopper & shot out of a hose like any other blast media. When the dry ice particles hit the work surface they sublimate into a gas & that expansion loosens up whatever is on the surface without chemicals or abrasions.

I'd be surprised if this was the only dude doing this, search 'dry ice blasting' & you'll find a lot of folks that have the equipment.

 

[derekmac]

I've seen it used for removing factory seam sealer on the floors of cars, but I've never seen it used like this.

 

[TWiG01]

Seems to work well, and the nice thing is at least the media (dry ice) disappears unlike other forms of media. The only challenge would be storage/ useful service life.

 

[taylormade73]

Really nice results. But, if I did my Jeep, it would immediately go out in the yard, roll around in the mud, pee on itself and then ask to come back inside with an innocent look on its face.

 

[Mike_H]

We did dry ice blasting on injection mold cavities at one of the places I worked. Good results to clean up the leftover "stuff" you get from the melted plastic and grease residual. The steel was unaffected, but the nasty stuff just disappeared.