256-990-5504
Dry ice blasting · The Triangle, NC

Industrial cleaning that leaves nothing behind.

We blast dry ice pellets at grease, carbon, adhesive, soot and mold. The grime lifts off. The pellet turns to gas. There is no water to dry, no chemicals to rinse, and no spent grit to shovel out of your equipment.

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Licensed & insured Nights & weekends 50-mile radius
The difference

Every cleaning method leaves something. Ours leaves gas.

The cost of a cleaning job is not just the cleaning. It is the cleanup after the cleanup — the containment, the disposal, the drying time, the grit you find in a gearbox three weeks later. Here is what each method leaves on your floor.

Sandblasting
Spent grit + airborne dust
Soda blasting
Soda residue + slurry
Pressure washing
Wastewater to contain
Chemical cleaning
Solvent waste + fumes
Dry ice blasting
Nothing — only the grime you removed

Dry ice is frozen CO₂ at −109°F. On impact it lifts contaminant off the surface, then turns straight from solid to gas and disappears. The only thing left to sweep up is the dirt that was already there.

What we clean

Built for the jobs where water and grit are not an option.

If it is electrical, food-contact, precision-machined, or still bolted in place, dry ice is usually the only method that works without a teardown.

01 — Food & beverage

Production lines & ovens

Conveyors, fillers, fermenters, bakery ovens and packaging equipment. Dry, chemical-free, and food-safe — CO₂ leaves no residue on contact surfaces.

02 — Restoration

Fire, smoke & mold

Soot and char removal from framing, joists and masonry, plus mold remediation on wood substrates. Faster than wire-brushing and it reaches the grain.

03 — Manufacturing

Equipment & motors

Gearboxes, drives, panels and machine frames cleaned in place. Non-conductive, so electrical components stay energized-safe when properly isolated.

04 — Tooling

Molds & dies

Injection molds, vents and extrusion dies cleaned hot and in-press. No abrasion means no loss of tolerance and no re-polishing.

05 — Masonry

Brick & historic surfaces

Paint, carbon and biological growth off brick, stone and timber without the pitting that sand leaves on soft historic material.

06 — Fleet & equipment

Undercarriage & engine bays

Road salt, grease and undercoating stripped from trucks, trailers and ag equipment. No water forced into bearings or wiring harnesses.

How a job runs

Three steps, and the first one is free.

We test a small area, on site

Pick your worst surface. We bring the machine out, blast a patch of it, and you see the result in about 30 minutes. No charge, no obligation. This is how nearly every dry ice job gets sold, because photos of someone else's equipment prove nothing about yours.

You get a fixed quote

After the demo we walk the scope and send a written price — dry ice, compressed air, labor and disposal all included. If the job needs a shutdown window, a confined-space permit or a lockout procedure, that is in the quote too.

We work around your schedule

Most plant cleaning happens on nights, weekends and shutdown days. We plan around your production calendar, mask and contain the area, monitor CO₂ throughout, and leave the space swept and ready to run.

Pricing

Clear rates, quoted before we start.

Every price below includes dry ice, compressed air, labor and cleanup. We confirm a fixed number after the walkthrough — you will never get a surprise line item.

Start here
Free
On-site demo · 30–45 min

We clean a test patch of your worst surface so you can judge the result before spending anything.

Hourly
$175
Per hour · 2 hr minimum

Best for small equipment, single machines and spot work where the scope is hard to predict.

Half day
$1,200
Up to 4 hours

Typical for a production line section, a mold set, a fleet vehicle or a single restoration room.

Full day
$2,800
Up to 8 hours

Shutdown work, whole-line cleaning, large restoration jobs and multi-machine scopes.

Prices start at these rates Nights & weekends +25% Travel beyond 50 mi quoted separately Net 30 available for commercial accounts
Recent work

Before and after, from our own jobs.

Every photo here is work we did in the Triangle. No stock images.

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Safety & compliance

We arrive ready for your sign-in sheet.

Dry ice blasting is loud, cold, and releases CO₂ — which is heavier than air and pools in low spaces. Handled properly it is one of the safest cleaning methods on a plant floor. We treat that seriously, and we bring the paperwork your EHS manager will ask for.

Insurance
General liability, commercial auto and equipment coverage. Certificates and additional-insured endorsements issued on request before we mobilize.
Air monitoring
Continuous CO₂ and oxygen monitoring on every job, with forced ventilation in enclosed areas. We stop work before levels approach the OSHA limit.
Hearing
Dual hearing protection for our crew and clear exclusion zones for yours. Blasting regularly exceeds 120 dB.
Lockout
We follow your LOTO program, not ours. Nothing gets cleaned until the equipment is isolated and verified with your team.
Training
OSHA-trained operators with manufacturer equipment certification and written hazard communication and confined-space procedures.
Questions

What plant managers ask us first.

Will it damage my equipment?
Dry ice is non-abrasive. Pellets are soft and sublimate on impact, so they lift contaminant without cutting into the substrate underneath. That is why it is used on injection molds and historic brick, where sand would destroy the surface. On very soft or already-failing coatings we test first during the demo.
Can you clean electrical equipment?
Yes. CO₂ is non-conductive and the process is completely dry, which is the main reason plants use it on motors, drives, panels and switchgear. We still follow your lockout/tagout program and isolate anything that needs isolating before we start.
Do we have to shut down production?
Often not. A lot of dry ice work is done in place and even hot — molds get cleaned in-press, ovens while still warm. When a shutdown is required, we schedule into your existing maintenance window rather than asking for a new one.
What does it cost compared to what we do now?
Per hour, dry ice blasting costs more than a pressure washer. Per job it is often less, because there is no disassembly, no drying time, no wastewater to capture and dispose of, and no spent media to haul away. The demo is the fastest way to find out which is true for your equipment.
Is there anything dry ice is not good for?
Yes, and we will tell you. Heavy rust and thick mill scale usually need an abrasive method — dry ice will be slow and expensive on those. It also needs line of sight, so deeply blind passages are a poor fit. If your job is one of these, we will say so at the demo instead of selling you a bad result.
How far do you travel?
We cover roughly 50 miles from Raleigh, which includes Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, RTP, Apex, Garner, Clayton, Wake Forest, Sanford and Smithfield. We do go further for multi-day work — just ask.
Get a quote

Tell us what needs cleaning.

Send a photo of the surface and we will tell you honestly whether dry ice is the right tool. If it is, we will come out and prove it on a test patch at no charge.

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Where we work

  • Raleigh
  • Durham
  • Cary
  • Chapel Hill
  • RTP
  • Morrisville
  • Apex
  • Garner
  • Wake Forest
  • Clayton
  • Smithfield
  • Sanford

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