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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Noel Richardson on October 01, 2010, 09:20:34 pm

Title: dry ice cleaning
Post by: Noel Richardson on October 01, 2010, 09:20:34 pm

Hello  has anyone seen the dry ice blasting  cleaning process in operation.
is it a superior method to soda blasting and is the equipment exspensive.

Title: Re: dry ice cleaning
Post by: joe.b on October 02, 2010, 11:01:58 pm

soda blasting and the farrow system are the best ways to do it, personally dry ice blasting is just a ball ache

Title: Re: dry ice cleaning
Post by: Noel Richardson on October 02, 2010, 11:17:35 pm

hello joe.b have you much experience of this type of cleaning and whats the up,s and downs of the different processes.

Title: Re: dry ice cleaning
Post by: joe.b on October 03, 2010, 03:22:06 pm

well soda blasting and the farrow system work on similar principles, just using different blast media. these both offer good cleaning and surface removal, very controllable (can take permanent marker of an egg without damaging it!) but the farrow systems blast media can take more things off faster, different grades really.
the dry ice ive never used but researched and seen working and results, is very time consuming and doesnt offer hard hitting results.

Title: Re: dry ice cleaning
Post by: Blast Away on October 03, 2010, 08:16:13 pm

Hi Joe,

Soda Blasting is something I want to do rather than using harsh strippers for paint removal.

What pot would you suggest and how much cfm/psi would you suggest be about right for stripping from brickwork?

Seen this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Millar-Soda-Blasting-MSB-40Kg-Soda-Blaster-/260668281495?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb10a5297#ht_536wt_930

Is that not big enough?