Dry ice blasting
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Dry ice blasting is the use of the solid form of carbon dioxide ("dry ice") as an abrasive blasting medium. | Dry ice blasting is the use of the solid form of carbon dioxide ("dry ice") as an abrasive blasting medium. | ||
| − | Because of the prohibitive cost of dry ice blasting, it's simply not currently economically justifiable for stripping paint from body panels. | + | Because of the prohibitive cost of dry ice blasting, it's simply not currently economically justifiable for stripping paint from body panels. In addition, dry ice may not be abrasive enough to remove all paint coatings. |
The main advantage of dry ice is that it doesn't leave any residue, because dry ice sublimates at room temperature. It's a relatively mild blasting media, used for cleaning electric motors and other delicate parts where the introduction of blasting media could be disadvantageous. Dry ice does not leave an anchor pattern. | The main advantage of dry ice is that it doesn't leave any residue, because dry ice sublimates at room temperature. It's a relatively mild blasting media, used for cleaning electric motors and other delicate parts where the introduction of blasting media could be disadvantageous. Dry ice does not leave an anchor pattern. | ||
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*http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/once-all-wiki-soda-blasting-162700-3.html | *http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/once-all-wiki-soda-blasting-162700-3.html | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice_blasting | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice_blasting | ||
| + | *[http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=199604570618MD&q=&uid=788180023&setcookie=yes Dry ice blasting for paint stripping and surface preparation] | ||
==Related== | ==Related== | ||
| − | [[Media blasting]] | + | *[[Media blasting]] |
| − | [[Soda blasting]] | + | *[[Soda blasting]] |
| − | [[Sandblasting]] | + | *[[Sandblasting]] |
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