MINERAL BLASTING FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

6/21/2018 (Permalink)

Commercial job - removing smoke damage from sheathing with a media blaster using ground garnet

Commercial Smoke and Odor Cleaning

One of the major issues after a large scale fire (or a small one for that matter) is cleaning the contents and structure after the loss. This is done in order to eliminate the smoke odor that lingers on everything the smoke touches. On a recent commercial job SERVPRO of Texarkana needed to clean a 10,000 sq ft facility after they experienced a fire. After considering all our available options; hand cleaning, sodablasting, sandblasting, mineral blasting, and dry-ice blasting, we determined that mineral blasting would be the best decision given the requirements of this particular job.

What is Mineral Blasting (Cleaning)?

Mineral blasting is an efficient and cost-effective way for industries to maximize production capability and quality. Mineral blasting is similar to sand blasting, plastic bead blasting or soda blasting where media is accelerated in a pressurized air stream to impact a surface to be cleaned or prepared.

Mineral blasting uses ground garnet media, accelerated at supersonic speeds, and creates mini-explosions on the surface to lift the undesirable item off the underlying substrate.

Why Mineral Blasting?

• is a nonflammable and nonconductive cleaning method
• is environmentally responsible and contains no secondary contaminants such as solvents
• allows most items to be cleaned in place without time-consuming disassembly
• can be used without damaging active electrical or mechanical parts or creating fire hazards
• can be as gentle as dusting smoke damage from books or as aggressive as removing weld slag from tooling
• can be used for many general cleaning applications
• We are very experienced at using this and other types of processes in order to mitigate any malodors from any type of commercial loss. If you or your company has experienced any type of issue, give SERVPRO of Texarkana a call at 903-832-4400