Surface Prep

Dry ice blasting penetrates deep into any pores, profiles, grooves, or crevices until it makes contact with the innermost surfaces.  It will remove microorganisms, grease, oil and most contaminates which contribute to coatings failure. When defects are removed and the deep surface is properly cleaned, coating adhesion and performance improve.

If the surface material needs a more stringent cleaning with profiling, we also offer more abrasive methods of removing contaminants:

• Abrasive blast cleaning - for the removal of mill scale, rust, old paint and similar contaminants. Abrasive blasting is not effective for removing oil, grease or chemicals. Using various types of blasting media.
• Wet abrasive blasting - Low-pressure options are used for pre-cleaning water-soluble contaminants and high-pressure blasting can be used for maintenance cleaning. Wet abrasive blasting is the preferable option to dry abrasive blasting when dust is a major concern. Wet abrasive blasting also has the option of adding abrasive material as needed.
• Hand tool cleaning - Wire brushes, sandpaper, scrapers, abrasive pads, chisels and chipping hammers are used when parts of a job are inaccessible to power tools, i.e., small corners and crevices.
• Power tool cleaning - Power tools scrape and chip away rust and paint. However, using these tools runs the risk of damaging some surfaces.