Dry ice blasting is a relatively new cleaning process using solid CO2 pellets (known as dry ice). It is primarily used for industrial use in a variety of applications of which black mold removal is an exceptionally good one. The pellets sublimate (convert directly from a solid blast pellet to a vapor (CO2) leaving no residue. The dry ice blasting process is superior to blasting with sand or glass bead and other
types of cleaning methods for numerous reasons (see Dry Ice Blasting Comparison Chart). Today, the dry ice cleaning method is quickly becoming favored for environmental as well as production reasons. Because of tremendous environmental regulations, the industry has accelerated to minimize waste. Also, there is a growing consciousness that many are placing now on the global environmental impact of their production practices. However, these benefits are accentuated due to the tremendous
performance gains through dry ice blasting — little or no production downtime, quality of clean and minimized damaged to equipment.