APPLICATIONS · AUTOMOTIVE
Engine bays, undercarriages, interiors and restoration work — cleaned without water, chemicals or blast media. Dry ice is dry, non-abrasive and non-conductive, so it goes where a pressure washer can't and leaves nothing behind but the dirt you removed.
THE PROBLEM
Pressure washing drives moisture into connectors, harnesses and control modules, and traps it in seams and cavities where corrosion starts.
Sand and glass bead erode soft parts and lodge in threads, hoses and body seams — leaving a second cleanup job after the first one is finished.
Degreasers mean fumes, gloves and disposal.Anything they can't reach has to come apart first, and every hour of teardown is an hour the bay isn't earning.
THE SOLUTION
No water and no conductivity means sensors,looms, connectors and control units can be cleaned in place without shorting or corrosion risk.
CO₂ pellets are about as hard as gypsum.They lift grease, tar and adhesive without cutting paint, chrome, alloy, rubber or trimunderneath.
Pellets reach into seams, brackets and tight compartments that a brush can't. The vehicle goes back together — or straight back out —with no drying wait.
Dry ice sublimates to gas. There's no waste water to trap and treat, no spent media in the shop, and no chemical drums to dispose of.
From engine bays to upholstery, dry ice blasting cleans vehicle surfaces that water,chemicals and abrasives can't safely touch.
MAKE YOUR OWN ICE
Pelletized dry ice only stays usable for a few days, so shops that buy it end up planning work around deliveries and paying for ice that sublimates away unused. L2P machines make pellets on demand from bottled liquid CO₂, which stores indefinitely. All the shop needs is bottled CO₂, a 15 HP compressor or better, and a standard 120V outlet.
WORKING SAFELY
Dry ice blasters run between roughly 75 and 125 dB(A) depending on nozzle and pressure,so hearing protection is required. Operators should also wear gloves, eye protection, sincedirect contact with dry ice causes cold burns. OSHA's permissible exposure limit for CO₂ is0.5% by volume — not an issue in an open shop, but enclosed rooms and blast cabinetsneed ventilation with CO₂ monitoring. Training and PPE come with every system we place.
Kärcher dry ice blasters suited to workshop and restoration work — from portable make-your-own-ice units to high-output systems.
Book an on-site demo and watch dry ice blast a surface like yours.
