Dry Ice Cleaning / Restoration

Django x2 · 1 Nov 2021 at 10:57

Has anyone experience of dry ice cleaning / restoration? The results are amazing. Looking to see if it's something I can get done, or better yet, grab a machine myself, perhaps as hire.

Dis86 · 1 Nov 2021 at 13:27

Django x2 said:
Has anyone experience of dry ice cleaning / restoration? The results are amazing. Looking to see if it's something I can get done, or better yet, grab a machine myself, perhaps as hire.

I worry about it a bit. In a lot of the vids all they're stripping off is the protective wax coating applied by manufacturers.if you're going to recoat then sure, go for it, be very wary around your paint though.

Django x2 · 1 Nov 2021 at 14:55

Dis86 said:
I worry about it a bit. In a lot of the vids all they're stripping off is the protective wax coating applied by manufacturers.if you're going to recoat then sure, go for it, be very wary around your paint though.

it's the Karcher vid that's got my attention here:
https://www.kaercher.com/uk/professional/dry-ice-cleaning.html

and I've discovered my local oven cleaning specialist has invested in one of these too. The results on ovens look amazing

Dis86 · 1 Nov 2021 at 14:58

Django x2 said:
it's the Karcher vid that's got my attention here:
https://www.kaercher.com/uk/professional/dry-ice-cleaning.html

and I've discovered my local oven cleaning specialist has invested in one of these too. The results on ovens look amazing

I think what they're removing in that karcher vid is actually a wax sealant. I'm not saying they don't work BTW, far from it!

lordrobs · 1 Nov 2021 at 16:11

Dis86 said:
I think what they're removing in that karcher vid is actually a wax sealant. I'm not saying they don't work BTW, far from it!

Exactly! I was watching that thinking... I paid good money to have that stuff put on my car and that guy is blasting it off

Temujin · 2 Nov 2021 at 14:51

ObsessedGarage on youtoob did a fair bit about it recently, granted he's based in the US but could give you more insight into the uses.

tom_nieto · 3 Nov 2021 at 08:35

Django x2 said:
it's the Karcher vid that's got my attention here:
https://www.kaercher.com/uk/professional/dry-ice-cleaning.html

and I've discovered my local oven cleaning specialist has invested in one of these too. The results on ovens look amazing

Lol, I can just imagine it blasting the filler out of the underbody and sills of old British roadsters!

Django x2 · 17 Nov 2021 at 20:08

Going to revisit this again because of videos like this.

it's far more than just stripping the sealant

Diddums · 17 Nov 2021 at 21:12

Django x2 said:
it's the Karcher vid that's got my attention here:
https://www.kaercher.com/uk/professional/dry-ice-cleaning.html

and I've discovered my local oven cleaning specialist has invested in one of these too. The results on ovens look amazing

It's literally a mild sandblasting alternative, it even says in the vid "efficient removal of underbody coating" - ie, it strips whatever's on the surface but uses dry ice particles rather than media / sand / whatever this year's fashion is. Use it if you intend to treat the surface afterwards, but there's zero chance I'd be using it on a painted car which I'm not restoring.

Temujin · 17 Nov 2021 at 21:26

Django x2 said:
it's far more than just stripping the sealant

Here's the Obsessed Garage Playlist if you want more eye fodder, on an E36 M3 iirc

Django x2 · 18 Nov 2021 at 22:48

Diddums said:
It's literally a mild sandblasting alternative, it even says in the vid "efficient removal of underbody coating" - ie, it strips whatever's on the surface but uses dry ice particles rather than media / sand / whatever this year's fashion is. Use it if you intend to treat the surface afterwards, but there's zero chance I'd be using it on a painted car which I'm not restoring.

ok, so to be clear, the complete opposite of what they've used it for in the M5 resto video? Gotcha