Adhesive Cleaning, Resin Removal And Hot Melt Glue Cleanup

Glacier Blast Inc. recommends adhesive cleaning,resin removal and hot glue cleanup by dry ice blasting.Tweet

Perhaps you have a large concrete floor that tile or carpet once covered.  The plan is to install new floor covering.  There is one big problem.  The whole area is covered with lots of dried bumpy adhesive.

How are we going to remove the adhesive?  Maintenance tried scraping and grinding with wire wheels.  That was much too slow.  They tried chemical strippers and solvents.  This approach seemed promising until the people upstairs complained about the smell.

Someone suggests sandblasting.  It gets shot down right away because the dust would get in the ventilation system and the people above us would have something else to complain about.  Now what?

Be patient, this video takes a few minutes to download.  It will definitely give you a very good idea on how well dry ice blasting works. 

You could be in charge of a tape line in a tape manufacturing plant and the carts for the different stations have over time become so built up with adhesive that you are unable to make adjustments to the rolls.  What adhesive cleaning method should be used?

Maybe your company manufactures hot melt glue or resins.  There might be areas in your plant that don't look so good.  After many years of operation, tanks have been over filled and material has spilled down there sides.  Some of the valves have been dripped on so much that the handles are immovable.  Some of the steel grating walk ways have so much on them that the spaces in the grating are completely plugged. How should they be cleaned?

There is no doubt, dry ice blasting is the most effective method of cleaning resin, adhesive and hot melt glue from equipment, tanks and walk ways.  Dry ice blasting is not abrasive and has no secondary waste stream. Imagine a cleaning process that has no water, sand, soda, chemicals or solutions to contain or deal with after the job is done.

If there is a need to get any of the above mentioned materials removed from your facility, give us a call at 320-275-5479.

In Minnesota dry ice blasting is industrial cleaning.