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About dry ice blasting
Dry ice blasting is an abrasive blasting process that uses solid carbon dioxide as its media, more commonly known as “dry ice”. Dry ice sublimes at room temperature, leaving no residue or traces; moreover, sublimation is near-instant and almost explosive, making it ideal for abrasive blasting. When dry ice is propelled at a surface, dry ice pellets instantly sublime on impact and the rapidly expanding gas blasts the dirt or paint layer away. Since its kinetic force is minimal, dry ice blasting does no damage to the underlying material at all, making it ideal for use on glass, wooden surfaces etc.
Dry ice blasting equipment is akin to sandblasting equipment, except that the container keeps the solid carbon dioxide cool. Dry ice blasting also poses no health hazards nor is it abrasive, leaving the material intact. Thus dry ice blasting is suitable for a great variety of tasks in any environment; paint removing, cleaning and so on. The only difficulty is in obtaining the dry ice for use with dry ice blasting equipment.