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FYI: dry ice "blasting" to clean your engine & chassis In doing some research on how to remove undercoating from a chassis, I came across a posting in an Alfa Romeo forum that explained how a member there had used dry ice blasting to clean 50+ year old undercoating and rust/corrosion from his vehicle and other portions of it, including the engine compartment. He did so instead of traditional "torch and scrape" or solvent-based cleaning, both of which take time and frequently don't succed in accomplising the job or do so by also causing damage to sensitive parts (unlike dry ice cleaning).
I did some further research and discovered that there are a number of dry ice cleaning companies in various states who either offer this service in-house or rent equipment that the DIY can use.
Here's a link to give you more background info on this process (which is a widely used industrial cleaning method that doesn't use solvents):
http://www.diamonddryiceblasting.com/cleaner.php
Here's another link so that you can find a company(ies) in your area to contact regarding the same:
http://www.diamonddryiceblasting.com/cleaner.php
For those of you in the Indianapolis/Cincinnati/Louisville areas, the following company does dry ice cleaning of automobiles on premises:
http://subzero-dryiceblasting.com/services
There are MANY other companies who may offer this service in your area. Check Google for the same.
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Another great bit of research Don
How do you come up with these?
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Awesome information once again , I do look forward to your posts.Thanks
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Discovery channel did a bit this about a year ago, impressive. but here in central CA there is no one that rents them with out the return freight costs.
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i work for Sunbelt Rentals, We rent them
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i was looking to get the shell of my 68 sandblasted so i can begin rust repair...and that handy bit of info changed my mind..and im in louisville, so one of the original links you posted helps alot. thanks troon
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i know, but i called your reoseville, Ca location and they stated that they dont have any on the west cost which sucks because i work for the nations largest dryice distributor and can get the ice at cost.
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ask them to ship one in if it's feesable, you pay the freight another alternative to sandblasting is also soda blasting, using baking soda
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Great info again. Thanks Don.
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My pleasure Drew.
FYI: dry ice "blasting" to clean your engine & chassis 
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