Red-D-Arc dry ice blasting equipment cleans paint booth for customer

A Wisconsin manufacturer got help from Red-D-Arc.

Dry-ice blasting is a fast, convenient industrial cleaning tool, and Red-D-Arc Welderentals has served many a customer with this powerful solution. Most recently, a manufacturing company in Wisconsin contacted Red-D-Arc to ask how feasible dry-ice blasting would be for their paint operation. The company had to undertake a deep clean for a client’s paint booth, removing heavy over-spray from walls, floors, windows, lighting covers, fixtures, and sprayers. Then the bare surfaces would undergo protective clear coating.

A tailored turnkey rental package

The Red-D-Arc team evaluated the onsite compress-air needs, calculated removal rates and estimated ice-consumption levels for this project. After providing a clear picture of the job scope, Red-D-Arc offered a turnkey rental package tailored to the environment and painting operation.

Over-spray presents many challenges for cleaning. To meet these challenges, Red-D-Arc recommended two of its dry-ice blasting machines. The customer used this equipment to clean the paint booth, with Red-D-Arc also supplying about 3,500 pounds of dry ice. The process was successful enough that the customer rented the machines for a longer period to clean a second booth for its own client. The company is now seeking to introduce dry-ice blasting into its paint room to clean spillage on floors, pressure pots, and feed lines, and Red-D-Arc’s specialists are assisting.

Dry-ice blasting is the perfect solution for maintenance cleaning in paint booths and other environments where cleanliness and production up-time are important. Since dry ice turns into a gas upon impact, users do not contend with grit, secondary waste, or moisture. There is no dry-out period that delays work after the project, and the only material to clean up is whatever is removed from the surfaces. As a safety bonus, dry ice is non-abrasive, non-conductive, and non-sparking.

Red-D-Arc offers a Dry-Ice Blasting Industrial Paint Booth Rental Package, which provides rental equipment, dry ice, specialist expertise and support. This package gives clients the opportunity to adopt superior housekeeping practices, improve booth up-time associated with cleaning maintenance, and decrease defect rates associated with over-spray buildup, paint drips, and particulates. Red-D-Arc’s specialists can recommend the perfect solution.

To learn more, contact Red-D-Arc.

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