How is Ice Blast different than abrasive or water blasting?
Ice Blasting does not generate dust common with most abrasive media blasting operations. This is especially important for operators involved in lead based paint or asbestos abatement jobs where airborne particulate levels must remain low. Ice Blasting is non-abrasive and will not leave a profile (*on most substrates). Typical water blasting operations produce 1 to 6 US gallons per minute (60 to 360 US gallons per hour) of liquid that generally needs to be contained and collected. At 10 gallons per hour a large cost-reduction factor in containment and disposal, especially of hazardous materials, can be realized with Ice Blast. How is Ice Blast different than Dry Ice (CO2)? For one, dry ice blasting requires the purchase of a blast media i.e. CO2. This comes in either block or pellet form that requires insulated storage and handling. Also, dry ice has a relatively short shelf life; it disappears, or loses its mass, by sublimation during transportation, storage and handling at up to 10% p
