I saw this process done in an auto plant 10 years ago on the fans that cooled off the line workers. A plastic sheeting tent was set up over a small area on the line and a small crew would use one of these dry ice powerwashers to clean off the greasy dust build up. The frozen gas would disappear as it warmed up in the process and you could see the clumps of greasy dust just fall off the fan leaving it looking like new. They did not need to take the fans down, nor remove the cage from around the fan blades. Quite a process! I was impressed.
It's not a power washer.... as for dry ice it's food grade so many applications. I've used several different dry ice blasting machines. Dissappear..... as soon as it hits the surface it is gone. As for the people using it I hope they are well trained. A company i contracted for had them. People complained about the noise so they built a room around the work area. Someone came to see how they were doing and all of the workers were on the ground. The CO2 displaced all the oxygen. From that point on no employee was allowed to use them. Only outside contractors with confined space training. Did alot of confined space work. Certification every year. Proper safety gear used at all times. Including air monitors.
@@qud3913 It's the cost of the compressor that's the problem. A dry ice machine big enough for doing cars is maybe in the region of 6-10 grand but a compressor that can supply it with 200-250psi will set you back tens of thousands and it'll only power one machine at a time. There's smaller dry ice cleaners nowadays which are cheaper and only need smaller compressors but they're also much slower at doing a full car.
Dry Ice or Cryo Blasting has been used in industry for decades. I worked in plastic molding for 35 years and we used this method to clean our molds and tooling almost daily. From what I have been told NASA had a big part in developing this technology as a safe way to clean the tiles on the Space Shuttles.
I worked in the thermoforming and extrusion industries. One place I worked at used AFM(Abrasive Flow Machining) to remove Vinyl residue from the dies and also to keep the surfaces mirror finish. Over time though the tooling would wear out. The last couple plastic places I worked relied on various forms of sand blasting. Never did any Cryo blasting. But, Im glad im finally out of that line of work after 20+ years and now work as a Millwright contractor mostly on Conveyor systems.
@@theboz1419 I had no idea there was such a thing as abrasive flow machining but it seems like it makes sense. Genius idea. I swear manufacturing is an endlessly fascinating area. I wish I had studied mechanical engineering or metallurgy in school.
Since the grime, oil, and dirt doesn’t just disappear, I wonder what the process is for cleaning up and disposing. Do you vacuum the floor? Sweep it into a dust pan?
I hope they have a big shop fan moving as much as possible out of the shop first. Should probably have a filter on it too. Respirators and eye protection are a must. I’d hope the pavement in front of the garage gets regular street sweeper visits or it’s going to become a real oil slick.
It goes all over you and all over your equipment. So depending on what material you're removing you should spread plastic all over like you're working at Fukushima. It makes cleanup easier.
I'd never heard of this before seeing this video. It takes the underlying principle of sandblasting but incorporates a softer, self-annihilating medium. I have also previously seen how extreme cold can aid in the removal of stuck on things. I look forward to seeing how the concept spreads into areas beyond cars and what things it ends up being particularly good for.
Interesting, I've never seen dry ice used in this manner before. I could see this type of cleaning service growing to be more common everywhere in the future.
Hey Scot I got nothing to add but just appreciating the fact that you are answering every question and comment here even though some are hostile. Great video
Had a guy bring a unit into our plant. It worked awesome! Removed hardened glue from our packing lines without damaging the electronics. Really amazing! Only downside is that it can be expensive and there are some personnel safety factors to deal with. My company didn’t want to pony up the cost for it at that time. But seeing this makes me want to revisit and see if we can get it approved.
This is an incredibly effective method! I've had vehicles I've had to soak the transmission with degreaser then hit with a pressure washer. Then repeat that process at least once more before I would even attempt to start pulling the nuts and bolts! Nothing like spending the better part of 2 days cleaning and getting covered in the fluids being sprayed off before it can be disassembled. Curious to know how well this system works on oxidized metals though. This would be great if you could just pump up the p.s.i and partical size and get through the rust and paint for body repairs!
I am seeing a cleaning process with dry ice for the first time and I think it might be one of the most important inventions on cleaning industry. It is amazing and I hope it would be common.
Nevermind. I see Tommy on your map. Except you have the wrong location. You have Kent,CT which is where his house is. His new shop (and old shop) are in New Milford.
I was wondering, that chemical/physical processes stands behind this mesmerizing effect. It's great, that you included explanation of this phenomenon, that's really fascinating!
Essentially no-mess sandblasting. It's possible that the temperature shock helps. Is it possible that the solid to gas occurs the instant that it's on the surface and that pressure pops things off? I'm a bit skeptical. I think that you need to hit the surface with the particle and it probably bounces off before sublimating.
Dry ice blasting is the way to go. By no means is it new. 30 some years ago in my hometown of Cincinnati Ohio in an outlying suburb is a company by the name of Cold Jet. One of the first to experiment with dry ice blasting. Great video
Very interesting. I’ve seen dry ice used in home remodeling. Mike Holmes Reno’d a ‘grow house’. The moisture had filled the house with mould. Even after removing all the drywall, the 2X4 studs were black with mould . But with a sandblasting type gun with dry ice, the wood looked brand new and the mould was dead.
"grow house" with brackets... yeah, I know those... My advice: pay the electricity bill, don't steal it. And control the smell with carbon filters...those are the two main giveaways for police...
If I'm not mistaken, Dry Ice Blasting was developed by the aviation industry or military to remove paint from aircraft bodies. A method that produces such shock expansion and contraction, fracking, that even coatings can be removed. On aircraft this eliminates any mechanical damage to the aircraft structure and surfaces. I read about it years ago... hope I'm right. 😄👍
I wonder if this process becomes global. Think about the environment. Plus some of the customers who have a bit of an OCD regarding the cleanliness of their car. Yes, I'm one of those customers. Would love this entire spa experience for my baby car. :)
you do not have OCD because of a dirty car obsessives compulsive disorder should be quintuple checking if you packed your lunch and go to sleep going nuts if you locked the doo after after checking 12 times
We use it in our factory to clean creosote from our board press coolers. We press wallboard out of wood pulp and it creates a backed on mess. I'm an electrician so don't really understand the whole process, just know it's dirty and dry ice does the job cleaning it. They used to use some pretty volatile chemicals, but went to dry ice a few years ago.
It works very well for asphalt paving equipment too. Chips away all the oil that builds up throughout the construction season. The company I work for rents one those big machines for a few days a year to clean off the SS1 oil filled equipment.
What an interesting idea! Sand blasting with dry-ice so that it evaporates on its own. Does a surprisingly good job, too. I was especially impressed by the work on that old leather car door panel.
@@bane8305 it’s extremely cold but as a flame is extremely hot but you can put your hand thru it with no pain there’s potential to harm the material but that’s where constant movement comes in aswell as changing size of particulate. Exc
So let me get this right. Would this technically be considered a sort of bead blasting treatment but just using ground up dry ice instead of an actual abrasive medium? To be honest, it’s a pretty good idea
@Pablo Morales wear a $0.10 mask. Crystals of sand is not a virus or bacteria its considerably large particles that can be caught by cheapest masks. How much that machine cost? I will estimate $200k plus dry ice storage and buying. how much will habe a sandbox cost under a car? This box does not need to be inside the shop. And if you buy slightly more expenside blaster it will have suction right on it to capture most of media still saving you 98% of this popsicle gun.
@@ruslan1394 Sand blasting is incredibly hazardous, even with "harmless sand" free silica dust causes silicosis, a widely known condition that affects many workers across multiple industries, it is cumulative and uncurable, causing a really bad quality of life in later years for many people. Thinking a cheap ass mask is good enough to protect someone for continuous work is not a good idea. Every time a sand particle hits a surface, it fractures and makes those microscopic particles that get into your lungs and never leave. Breathing in any kind of dust is really bad for people, especially insoluble, sharp materials You are totally right about the cost on this dry ice blasting though, its got to cost $5000 for the "base level" detail at a place that uses this kind of equipment.
Looks great! Would be awesome if you would lay out a basic price list for this as well. Say just underbody for a typical sedan, crossover and SUV, engine bay for same, both together, etc.
Really late reply but I'm only watching it now, the environmental part was embellished with technicalities. He doesn't add carbon by freezing and blasting it (same amount) but freezing things that cold takes A LOT of energy, that's why energy consumption goes up in the summer because of ACs. All energy consumes carbon, and freezers are essentially removing heat from something and dumping it on the air (is thermal pollution a thing yet? 😂). Not to mention cleaning parts like near the tires is mostly for temporary looks, all that grease is up on the air or the ground now, and just a hundred miles in will be all dirty again. Of course there are parts worth cleaning and extending their life, mainly cultural relevant things like old cars and such.
Not to disagree too much about the environmental impact... The energy required to create dry ice already puts you in the positive pollution department even if you don’t produce it. That said... still better than anything I’ve seen yet honestly.
My biggest concern would be damage to small rubber bits like vacuum hoses and the like. I am assuming that this is where the artistry comes in? Are there any areas, materials or surfaces outside the interior that this cleaning method won't work on?
I worked on a large home that had mold on the first floor, floor system during construction. It cost over $60,000 to have all the 18” i-joists in the crawl space, dry ice blasted and vacuumed. Worked really well.
Wow very interesting and very cool after it's done! I am very impressed by this method! It almost feels like sand blasting only without the sand portion! Thank You for the clear description of this process!
That looks truly amazing. The question I have is I know it's not a cheap process so doesn't the car start to get grimy the second you start driving it home? Are there any kind of inhibitors that keep it that clean for at least a couple of days? Like I said I think it's a very cool process of just trying to see the point of cleaning your undercarriage like that on a driver
Like many things in life, it's not meant to be for everyone or every car. When you consider the amount of perfectly restored garage queens around the world, you get a sense of the type of clients which would desire this service. Our pursuit at DryceNation is to preserve cars rather than restore them. A preservation service as opposed to restoration which involves disassembly, stripping to bare metal, then recoating, plating, or painting.
I just replaced both my heads and gaskets and all surrounding gaskets and I would have loved to have a handy tool like that and would still love it to be able to clean out everything under the hood and from the ground to the roof
The fix for your concern would be to add a new rustproofing, consider that you might need to clean the factory rustproofing in order to find hidden rust, threat it, then apply new rustproofing in order to enjoy your classic car for another 20-30-40 years. And if you don't plan on using the car on salty winter roads, you can ceramic coat the underside, and do a simpler clean with dry ice a couple times a year to renew the underside ;)
Always fun to see something novel. I do have a question - Where does the dirt go? I presume blasted into the air as the N2 goes gaseous, then presume it just settles.. Can you just sweep/vacuum it up? I just liked the idea you could present the owner back with their clean car and the bag of the dirt you'd separated from it. "Here's your old Porche and here's 2kg of mixed Porsche patina"
@@jakejakedowntwo6613 Yes, but with a sandblaster you end up with sand (with some of what you blasted off mixed in/attached) - and normally you'd contain this. What struck me here is that as the CO2 disperses, you just end up with as perfect separation of your part and the dirt.
If I really want something cleaned, and it’s a nightmare, I use a power washer then a copper brush and a degreaser for detail work…I see now I’m a caveman with a club.
@Fernando Ledezma I paused it. Put on headphones and replayed it twice just to make sure. My girlfriend cracked up at that and she doesn't even turn wrenches. We know it was just word vomit but you know these idgits in this world are gonna HEAR that and use it as LAW and start uncalibrating their torque wrenches left and right. Haha
Now that is pretty cool! Corncob works good to, 40 years ago we used crushed corn cob to clean off greasy electric motors at the steel plant,that stuff was good because it did not subject the motor to any moisture.
Yeah true ,-but probably no point doing the top painted part of vehicle, as that will be rubbed back to primer or bare metal during rub back, and then painted with primer any way before receiving the paint layers and clear coat...
That truly is amazing, jaw dropping! I don't think you can beat that, however if you added Lazer cleaning to your rust removal you're cleaning business would be untouchable. Now, all you need to do is to remove the parts that you cannot get access to with the dry ice cleaner eg. Top of exhaust and dirt dust sand Etc that builds up between the thin parts like heat shields plastic guards and other closely installed parts.
@@ScottAles Congratulations on your venture, I had never heard of, or seen dry ice cleaning before a few months ago. I believe my first exposure was in one of Tommy's videos, and now I'm seeing your machines specifically, being used more and more. Great job campaigning the products and spreading the word so effectively. Truly an impressive technology and I respect the man who was the first in the market. I can't forsee this being a fad, prepare for the copycats and competing distributors when it really takes off
That's what I'm wondering. I'm looking to get into something new. What about vacuums and filtration and insurance and all the little things that add up. I'm curious about how much it is all-in.
Can this be used for House cleaning? There are many stains on the Wall, Carpet, Furniture, Counter-Tops, Bathtubs, Sinks, Toilets, etc...that are hard to reach and remove ?
In a large printing company in (Sydney Australian) with multi unit printing machines ( 6 - 10 - 12 colour machines with a perfecter units ) they had a specialist cleaning company that came in at least twice a year that used this technology (dry ice cleaning ) 25 years ago, so this is not a new technology but it is very good at cleaning, doesn’t work to good with high humidity ( tends not to dry off ) but yes very effective.
just make sure you have proper ventilation but yea I have seen this as an alternative to sandblasting. really cool to see this application in a cleaning setting makes me want to start my own business doing this how satisfying to watch.
Did job like this on a news paper printing press good way to remove built up paint and motivated me to find a different job. Been making dips and dressings for the last 20 years lol!!!
This just ruined all other forms of cleaning for me. Now, no matter what I'm doing or how I'm doing it... I know that it could be done faster and easier with this method. AMAZING
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)!
I really was impressed it looks time consuming but the results are really worth it and afterwards it will be a pleasure to repair anything on the car that clean.
This is amazing! Somone should invent a machine that would blast H2O out at high pressure like that. Then you could get the cleaning of the high pressure blast, along with the solvent cleaning of the water, all for the low price of plain tap water. If only.
I saw this process done in an auto plant 10 years ago on the fans that cooled off the line workers. A plastic sheeting tent was set up over a small area on the line and a small crew would use one of these dry ice powerwashers to clean off the greasy dust build up. The frozen gas would disappear as it warmed up in the process and you could see the clumps of greasy dust just fall off the fan leaving it looking like new. They did not need to take the fans down, nor remove the cage from around the fan blades. Quite a process! I was impressed.
It's not a power washer.... as for dry ice it's food grade so many applications. I've used several different dry ice blasting machines.
Dissappear..... as soon as it hits the surface it is gone. As for the people using it I hope they are well trained. A company i contracted for had them. People complained about the noise so they built a room around the work area. Someone came to see how they were doing and all of the workers were on the ground. The CO2 displaced all the oxygen. From that point on no employee was allowed to use them. Only outside contractors with confined space training.
Did alot of confined space work. Certification every year.
Proper safety gear used at all times. Including air monitors.
@@Bass_attack7755 Why wouldnt they just make them wear oxygen masks?
Cost
Wow.. 10 years ago!
Seems to me it never took off because how expensive and unpractical it is.
@@qud3913 It's the cost of the compressor that's the problem. A dry ice machine big enough for doing cars is maybe in the region of 6-10 grand but a compressor that can supply it with 200-250psi will set you back tens of thousands and it'll only power one machine at a time.
There's smaller dry ice cleaners nowadays which are cheaper and only need smaller compressors but they're also much slower at doing a full car.
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen.
😆
Icy what you did there
Badamm-tsss
This guy needs to chill out
True!
Dry Ice or Cryo Blasting has been used in industry for decades. I worked in plastic molding for 35 years and we used this method to clean our molds and tooling almost daily. From what I have been told NASA had a big part in developing this technology as a safe way to clean the tiles on the Space Shuttles.
I worked in the thermoforming and extrusion industries. One place I worked at used AFM(Abrasive Flow Machining) to remove Vinyl residue from the dies and also to keep the surfaces mirror finish. Over time though the tooling would wear out. The last couple plastic places I worked relied on various forms of sand blasting. Never did any Cryo blasting.
But, Im glad im finally out of that line of work after 20+ years and now work as a Millwright contractor mostly on Conveyor systems.
This looks like one of the most visually satisfying jobs in the world, like pressure washing set to maximum clean.
Is incredible is the first time I heard about dry ice for cleaning
@@theboz1419 I had no idea there was such a thing as abrasive flow machining but it seems like it makes sense. Genius idea. I swear manufacturing is an endlessly fascinating area. I wish I had studied mechanical engineering or metallurgy in school.
Since the grime, oil, and dirt doesn’t just disappear, I wonder what the process is for cleaning up and disposing. Do you vacuum the floor? Sweep it into a dust pan?
I hope they have a big shop fan moving as much as possible out of the shop first. Should probably have a filter on it too. Respirators and eye protection are a must. I’d hope the pavement in front of the garage gets regular street sweeper visits or it’s going to become a real oil slick.
Anything that freezes and releases is going to melt and stick somewhere else. It's really sad they didn't cover this main topic of interest.
Dry ice blasts this stuff into absolute small particles, micro or nano particles if you will.
@@manoman0 but still it would be a tick layer of dust and oil somewhere if you didnt clean it properly
It goes all over you and all over your equipment. So depending on what material you're removing you should spread plastic all over like you're working at Fukushima. It makes cleanup easier.
I'd never heard of this before seeing this video. It takes the underlying principle of sandblasting but incorporates a softer, self-annihilating medium. I have also previously seen how extreme cold can aid in the removal of stuck on things. I look forward to seeing how the concept spreads into areas beyond cars and what things it ends up being particularly good for.
I think it's used to clean telescope mirrors.
Interesting, I've never seen dry ice used in this manner before. I could see this type of cleaning service growing to be more common everywhere in the future.
It should be banned its CO2 Carbon dioxide ;-)
Like washing clothes or suits. Would be dope
Its old tech though. They were using it at the Glad plant I worked at in 2006.
@@WorksopGimp you shod be banned for all that CO2 coming from your flap.
@@WorksopGimp Without CO2, plants/trees wouldn't have anything to feed on in order to produce their waste, which is oxygen for us.
That's a business I wouldn't mind looking into. Cleaning has such a high reward factor! Amazing!
DryceNation
Hey Scot I got nothing to add but just appreciating the fact that you are answering every question and comment here even though some are hostile. Great video
Had a guy bring a unit into our plant. It worked awesome! Removed hardened glue from our packing lines without damaging the electronics. Really amazing! Only downside is that it can be expensive and there are some personnel safety factors to deal with.
My company didn’t want to pony up the cost for it at that time. But seeing this makes me want to revisit and see if we can get it approved.
This is SUPER-cool! I hope that Harbor Freight (or some other source of low-cost tools) soon offers a consumer-level dry-ice blasting system
This is an incredibly effective method! I've had vehicles I've had to soak the transmission with degreaser then hit with a pressure washer. Then repeat that process at least once more before I would even attempt to start pulling the nuts and bolts! Nothing like spending the better part of 2 days cleaning and getting covered in the fluids being sprayed off before it can be disassembled. Curious to know how well this system works on oxidized metals though. This would be great if you could just pump up the p.s.i and partical size and get through the rust and paint for body repairs!
We can, very easily.
They can use lasers to remove paint and rust
@Repent! fcking psyco everywhere
Try using bicarb sprayed. Similar result
@@kennethken8974 You will understand soon.
I am seeing a cleaning process with dry ice for the first time and I think it might be one of the most important inventions on cleaning industry. It is amazing and I hope it would be common.
There is a guy in Florida that sells these machines. He has small ones and bigger ones.
@@ScottAles You the guy that sold the machines to Tommy?
@@dylanh4657 Yes I did a bit of research and realised it wasn't a new stuff
Nevermind. I see Tommy on your map. Except you have the wrong location. You have Kent,CT which is where his house is. His new shop (and old shop) are in New Milford.
@@melihherenn It's basically media blasting (Sand, Bead/Glass, Vapor etc) but outside of a blasting cabinet, cause the dry ice just evaporates.
I was wondering, that chemical/physical processes stands behind this mesmerizing effect.
It's great, that you included explanation of this phenomenon, that's really fascinating!
the dryice gets grinded and then shot onto the surface with high pressure air, then the dryice, after taking the dirt particle with it, evaporates
Essentially no-mess sandblasting. It's possible that the temperature shock helps. Is it possible that the solid to gas occurs the instant that it's on the surface and that pressure pops things off? I'm a bit skeptical. I think that you need to hit the surface with the particle and it probably bounces off before sublimating.
@@brianwest2775 solid to gas is known as "sublimation".
I have seen many Dry Ice videos. You folks are the most professional that I've seen so far. Honesty, integrity and openness go a long.way
Dry ice blasting is the way to go. By no means is it new. 30 some years ago in my hometown of Cincinnati Ohio in an outlying suburb is a company by the name of Cold Jet. One of the first to experiment with dry ice blasting.
Great video
This is truly an incredible process.
I have always liked watching them use this process on art pieces and old wooden structures.
it's amazing for removing mold and mildew from wood
Only problem you’ll need about 50 k for the setup and 500+ lbs of ice per car you want to do
@@zaceryhammond1144 It isn’t really ice. Dry ice is frozen Carbon dioxide (CO2)! That’s why he clearly stated that there wasn’t any water involved!
@@mosesm6040 wow you are impressively stupid honestly There is actually water tho water from the air as the parts cooled water will condense.
"we use a torque wrench to break the lug nuts loose"
huh?
Just one of my many misstatements this year so far! After 45 years of using a torque wrench, I do know the difference. 🤣
Caught that too but yea i wouldn’t knock him for it, people make mistakes especially with speaking lol
Lolol I say this all the time accidentally haha. I'll mean impact but I'll say torque wrench for some dumb reason haha
Agreed.
That was not a torque wrench.
1/2 inch breaker bar.
Very interesting.
I’ve seen dry ice used in home remodeling.
Mike Holmes Reno’d a ‘grow house’. The moisture had filled the house with mould. Even after removing all the drywall, the 2X4 studs were black with mould . But with a sandblasting type gun with dry ice, the wood looked brand new and the mould was dead.
Mold
@@marianobazan6596 People in some countries spell “mold” with a U.
Britain's spell it with a U.
"grow house" with brackets... yeah, I know those...
My advice: pay the electricity bill, don't steal it. And control the smell with carbon filters...those are the two main giveaways for police...
@@TheChzoronzon
Or 'just say no' to drugs.
If I'm not mistaken, Dry Ice Blasting was developed by the aviation industry or military to remove paint from aircraft bodies. A method that produces such shock expansion and contraction, fracking, that even coatings can be removed. On aircraft this eliminates any mechanical damage to the aircraft structure and surfaces.
I read about it years ago... hope I'm right. 😄👍
The fact that when restored, it looks like that tells me I don’t have to worry about having it cleaned. ❤
We have been doing this for over a decade now and the results are truly incredible.
What parts of the car do u avoid?
This guy's voice is so calming... he sounds like an audiobook
Sounds like a salesman trying to sell ice to an Eskimo in December.
@@harriettedaisy2233 🤣👍🏼
I wonder if this process becomes global. Think about the environment. Plus some of the customers who have a bit of an OCD regarding the cleanliness of their car. Yes, I'm one of those customers. Would love this entire spa experience for my baby car. :)
It is global now! We have Dryce members in 4 countries and counting...
you do not have OCD because of a dirty car obsessives compulsive disorder should be quintuple checking if you packed your lunch and go to sleep going nuts if you locked the doo after after checking 12 times
@@elmuffinmanthecartelguy7296 The term is used to relate to others generally. I agree with your correction.
@@ScottAles how can I get in this industry?
@@rodknee7824 We have a complete system for anyone no matter their intent, fun, full or part time, work for someone else... DryceNation
We use it in our factory to clean creosote from our board press coolers. We press wallboard out of wood pulp and it creates a backed on mess. I'm an electrician so don't really understand the whole process, just know it's dirty and dry ice does the job cleaning it. They used to use some pretty volatile chemicals, but went to dry ice a few years ago.
This I've never seen or heard of. Cool
It works very well for asphalt paving equipment too. Chips away all the oil that builds up throughout the construction season. The company I work for rents one those big machines for a few days a year to clean off the SS1 oil filled equipment.
What is the name of the company that you rent the machine from?
How much does it cost for rental n dry ice?
Amazing cleanup!! I have never seen or heard this until today!! I’d love to have a home kit to clean everything!
I would love to give this a try been a detailer for nearly 12 years.
Come visit us in Central Florida, DryceNation
You missed out on something big all those years 🙃
Now, short clips of dry ice cleaning have gone viral. It deserves to be hyped. 💚👍🏼
What an interesting idea! Sand blasting with dry-ice so that it evaporates on its own. Does a surprisingly good job, too. I was especially impressed by the work on that old leather car door panel.
Drice blasting
It was a vinyl door.
Brilliant. Perfectly articulated by the subject matter expert
Amazing process - never knew about this
I'm curious if the tempature change would add any wear and tear to the metal of the car
@@bane8305 it’s extremely cold but as a flame is extremely hot but you can put your hand thru it with no pain there’s potential to harm the material but that’s where constant movement comes in aswell as changing size of particulate. Exc
I had never heard of this before, it is brilliant in so many ways!
Oh thank you. This is everything the best for cleaning. A masterpiece visually and simplicity. The bestcto you. Thank you for producing this video
This should reach the masses. The best technology in the world of automobile maintenance.
So let me get this right. Would this technically be considered a sort of bead blasting treatment but just using ground up dry ice instead of an actual abrasive medium? To be honest, it’s a pretty good idea
Correct.
@@ScottAles except sand widely available and costs cents. Same sand can be reused over and over. Its also enviromentaly CO2 neutral 🙄.
@Pablo Morales wear a $0.10 mask. Crystals of sand is not a virus or bacteria its considerably large particles that can be caught by cheapest masks. How much that machine cost? I will estimate $200k plus dry ice storage and buying. how much will habe a sandbox cost under a car? This box does not need to be inside the shop. And if you buy slightly more expenside blaster it will have suction right on it to capture most of media still saving you 98% of this popsicle gun.
@Pablo Morales well said. A cheap mask can-protect you that is why you could wear it to protect against COVID. Oh what have I said
@@ruslan1394 Sand blasting is incredibly hazardous, even with "harmless sand" free silica dust causes silicosis, a widely known condition that affects many workers across multiple industries, it is cumulative and uncurable, causing a really bad quality of life in later years for many people. Thinking a cheap ass mask is good enough to protect someone for continuous work is not a good idea. Every time a sand particle hits a surface, it fractures and makes those microscopic particles that get into your lungs and never leave. Breathing in any kind of dust is really bad for people, especially insoluble, sharp materials
You are totally right about the cost on this dry ice blasting though, its got to cost $5000 for the "base level" detail at a place that uses this kind of equipment.
Looks great! Would be awesome if you would lay out a basic price list for this as well. Say just underbody for a typical sedan, crossover and SUV, engine bay for same, both together, etc.
Thank you so much for the thoroughly explanation on how dry ice cleaning works and all the environmental info as well ... great video! 👏👏👏👏👊💙🚗
Really late reply but I'm only watching it now, the environmental part was embellished with technicalities. He doesn't add carbon by freezing and blasting it (same amount) but freezing things that cold takes A LOT of energy, that's why energy consumption goes up in the summer because of ACs. All energy consumes carbon, and freezers are essentially removing heat from something and dumping it on the air (is thermal pollution a thing yet? 😂).
Not to mention cleaning parts like near the tires is mostly for temporary looks, all that grease is up on the air or the ground now, and just a hundred miles in will be all dirty again. Of course there are parts worth cleaning and extending their life, mainly cultural relevant things like old cars and such.
Important to note that this method removes the undercoating as well.
It will have to be recoated or it will rust .
Hands down the best thing I’ve seen today!
Not to disagree too much about the environmental impact...
The energy required to create dry ice already puts you in the positive pollution department even if you don’t produce it.
That said... still better than anything I’ve seen yet honestly.
Wow you use a torch wrench - your such a professional!
Yeah, using a torque wrench to break lug nuts free....never, ever do this.
My biggest concern would be damage to small rubber bits like vacuum hoses and the like. I am assuming that this is where the artistry comes in? Are there any areas, materials or surfaces outside the interior that this cleaning method won't work on?
I’m a clean freak with my cars. These tools would be an amazing add to my tool inventory 😂
I worked on a large home that had mold on the first floor, floor system during construction. It cost over $60,000 to have all the 18” i-joists in the crawl space, dry ice blasted and vacuumed. Worked really well.
Pretty clever! It's like pressure washing, but because the dry ice boils off so quickly, there's no mess!
Wow very interesting and very cool after it's done! I am very impressed by this method! It almost feels like sand blasting only without the sand portion! Thank You for the clear description of this process!
That looks truly amazing. The question I have is I know it's not a cheap process so doesn't the car start to get grimy the second you start driving it home? Are there any kind of inhibitors that keep it that clean for at least a couple of days? Like I said I think it's a very cool process of just trying to see the point of cleaning your undercarriage like that on a driver
Like many things in life, it's not meant to be for everyone or every car. When you consider the amount of perfectly restored garage queens around the world, you get a sense of the type of clients which would desire this service. Our pursuit at DryceNation is to preserve cars rather than restore them. A preservation service as opposed to restoration which involves disassembly, stripping to bare metal, then recoating, plating, or painting.
Tohle je perfektní způsob čištění. Parádní video.
I just replaced both my heads and gaskets and all surrounding gaskets and I would have loved to have a handy tool like that and would still love it to be able to clean out everything under the hood and from the ground to the roof
I like what can be done with dry ice, particularly when cleaning the engine. My only concern is removing the factory rustproofing.
Small particle size wouldn't
The fix for your concern would be to add a new rustproofing, consider that you might need to clean the factory rustproofing in order to find hidden rust, threat it, then apply new rustproofing in order to enjoy your classic car for another 20-30-40 years. And if you don't plan on using the car on salty winter roads, you can ceramic coat the underside, and do a simpler clean with dry ice a couple times a year to renew the underside ;)
Imagine being the engineer who figure out this cleaning process! What an awesome invention.
That was a long, long time ago. Nothing new here.
I figured it out
Would love to get this done with my off road rig
I saw a cop use this stuff at his skyline chop shop
The most satisfying thing I’ve seen in a while.
Always fun to see something novel.
I do have a question - Where does the dirt go?
I presume blasted into the air as the N2 goes gaseous, then presume it just settles.. Can you just sweep/vacuum it up?
I just liked the idea you could present the owner back with their clean car and the bag of the dirt you'd separated from it.
"Here's your old Porche and here's 2kg of mixed Porsche patina"
It gets shot into the environment, it’s basically sandblaster
A small correction.
Dry Ice is CO2. Not N2.
@@muhammedlabeeb you're right, no idea what I was thinking
@@jakejakedowntwo6613 Yes, but with a sandblaster you end up with sand (with some of what you blasted off mixed in/attached) - and normally you'd contain this.
What struck me here is that as the CO2 disperses, you just end up with as perfect separation of your part and the dirt.
If I really want something cleaned, and it’s a nightmare, I use a power washer then a copper brush and a degreaser for detail work…I see now I’m a caveman with a club.
You use a TORQUE WRENCH to BREAK the lugnuts loose?
That's not what a torque wrench is for...
He used a breaker bar, but yeah I thought the same thing lol
@Fernando Ledezma I paused it. Put on headphones and replayed it twice just to make sure. My girlfriend cracked up at that and she doesn't even turn wrenches. We know it was just word vomit but you know these idgits in this world are gonna HEAR that and use it as LAW and start uncalibrating their torque wrenches left and right. Haha
This is poetry in motion. But how do you clean the far side of the component that is hard to access?
That's so satisfying to watch. If I had that equipment I would clean EVERYTHING that way, whether it was appropriate or not!
Haha I love that they’re using a Daytona Violet E36 as the demo car
Thats Matt Moreman's (of Obsessed Garage) personal M3, there are videos on Scott Ales youtube and Obsessed Garage youtube channels ;)
@@R3kkr I had a feeling it was lol it’s the only Daytona e36 I’ve seen getting this treatment on RUclips
“We use a torque wrench to break the lug nuts loose”
That got me too, like I wonder what they think a torque wrench is for.
Looks almost like sandblasting but with dry ice 🧊 … Awesome- Looks expensive but nevertheless satisfying… 💯 👍🏼
Technically, it is. With the benefit of the additional cold and gas expansion.
I've never heard of dry ice cleaning this is fascinating
Now that is pretty cool! Corncob works good to, 40 years ago we used crushed corn cob to clean off greasy electric motors at the steel plant,that stuff was good because it did not subject the motor to any moisture.
Now this is what you'd want to do to all the pieces before a complete paint job.
Yeah true ,-but probably no point doing the top painted part of vehicle, as that will be rubbed back to primer or bare metal during rub back, and then painted with primer any way before receiving the paint layers and clear coat...
I love this 💕
Bro like how do you wake up one morning and think " mhm maybe dry ice could clean my car better" that's just amazing
He didn’t invent cleaning with dry ice
I've never seen anything like this!!!! It's awesome!!!!
This appears to be sandblasting without sand. Dry ice granules require no clean-up because they vaporize.
Never use a torque wrench for undoing!
I wept when he said he used ones to break the lug nuts loose.
I knew as soon as I said it...
Oh well, human every day.
How do you know how loss they are if you don't measure it?
@@acoow Exactly! There you go..🤣
1:07 Do torque wrench have that 90-degreen angled socket head? My breaker bar has that type of head. But my torque wrench doesn't.
I used to think dry icing is legit people using some sort of unmeltable ice or something and wipe it to their car 🤣
Didn’t know breaker bars became torque wrenches lmfao.
Not as loudly as I am laughing at myself! 🤣🤣 Dumbest thing I've said this year!
@@ScottAles Don't sweat it
That truly is amazing, jaw dropping! I don't think you can beat that, however if you added Lazer cleaning to your rust removal you're cleaning business would be untouchable.
Now, all you need to do is to remove the parts that you cannot get access to with the dry ice cleaner eg. Top of exhaust and dirt dust sand Etc that builds up between the thin parts like heat shields plastic guards and other closely installed parts.
That is really impressive! Great video.
“Torque wrench to break lug nuts loose” 🤢🥴😷
Yeah, that was not an accurate comment. Sorry.
@@ScottAles Congratulations on your venture, I had never heard of, or seen dry ice cleaning before a few months ago. I believe my first exposure was in one of Tommy's videos, and now I'm seeing your machines specifically, being used more and more. Great job campaigning the products and spreading the word so effectively. Truly an impressive technology and I respect the man who was the first in the market. I can't forsee this being a fad, prepare for the copycats and competing distributors when it really takes off
@@WhuDhat Kind of you, it's time has certainly come. All good, thanks.
@Sabūr Ali Khan I'm still laughing at myself!
@@ScottAles oh wow it’s you from the video, no problem man, it’s all in good fun
Its basically sand-blasting, but with a particulate that turns to gas after a few moments. Pretty genius.
This video is extremely satisfying to watch.
How much would it cost to start something like this? Looks like a really great and innovative way to clean anything pretty much.
That's what I'm wondering. I'm looking to get into something new. What about vacuums and filtration and insurance and all the little things that add up. I'm curious about how much it is all-in.
I get the same sense of satisfaction when I use my power washer…just a big box store kind of power washer…satisfying
Despite the price that is so High, theese process is the best. I Would like to apply it to my car.
I’m a restaurent cleaner and this is soooo helpful
Can this be used for House cleaning? There are many stains on the Wall, Carpet, Furniture, Counter-Tops, Bathtubs, Sinks, Toilets, etc...that are hard to reach and remove ?
youtube's suggestion is pretty damn good today for me
In a large printing company in (Sydney Australian) with multi unit printing machines ( 6 - 10 - 12 colour machines with a perfecter units ) they had a specialist cleaning company that came in at least twice a year that used this technology (dry ice cleaning ) 25 years ago, so this is not a new technology but it is very good at cleaning, doesn’t work to good with high humidity ( tends not to dry off ) but yes very effective.
This brings detailing to a whole new level
Literally the coolest job ever.
In time ruffer ..it looks so easy ..but in real time its a slow motion act and needs a lot of ice ..and time .
just make sure you have proper ventilation but yea I have seen this as an alternative to sandblasting. really cool to see this application in a cleaning setting makes me want to start my own business doing this how satisfying to watch.
Excellent video and great dialog on best practices. Thanks for the insights
never even heard of this. very satisfying to watch
This is the future of old Car restoration
Did job like this on a news paper printing press good way to remove built up paint and motivated me to find a different job. Been making dips and dressings for the last 20 years lol!!!
Great application! I love that the oil and grease doesn't get washed down a drain!
Goes either to the air or in the ground, where it will eventually go down a drain. It's not changing the material, just moving it.
We have been dry icing our cars to remove sound dampening for over ten years in the racing/drifting community. Proven method
This just ruined all other forms of cleaning for me. Now, no matter what I'm doing or how I'm doing it... I know that it could be done faster and easier with this method. AMAZING
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)!
I really was impressed it looks time consuming but the results are really worth it and afterwards it will be a pleasure to repair anything on the car that clean.
Oh, now I get it! It's like sandblasting but without the mess of the sand, as it all sublimates
This is amazing! Somone should invent a machine that would blast H2O out at high pressure like that. Then you could get the cleaning of the high pressure blast, along with the solvent cleaning of the water, all for the low price of plain tap water. If only.