Dry ice blasting

[MAXRUNDOWN]

Anyone had the underside of a car dry ice blasted recently?

Had a quote from a local place to do the underside of my Clio.. just the blasting, no post blasting treatment or underseal etc.

They want £1100?! Seems like strong money for what can't amount to more than a day's work, I was expecting it to be around half of that..

 

[Short Norman]

Not had it done personally but your price sounds about right

There was a thread about it on cutters recently and this place were recommended

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[Brigsy]

The dry ice is pretty expensive from what my mate said when he was looking at setting up.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Anyone had the underside of a car dry ice blasted recently?

Had a quote from a local place to do the underside of my Clio.. just the blasting, no post blasting treatment or underseal etc.

They want £1100?! Seems like strong money for what can't amount to more than a day's work, I was expecting it to be around half of that..

A days’ work; £200
Ramp, electric, rates, waste, tax, Dry ice machine, dry ice, tools, insurance…

The machines and the ‘stuff’ are mental money.

I actually think £1100 is quite good??

Where was that? I want my Orion doing.

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

The dry ice is pretty expensive from what my mate said when he was looking at setting up.

30kg of it in pellet form is <£100, I've got no idea how much you'd use doing a floorpan 🤷‍♂️

A days’ work; £200
Ramp, electric, rates, waste, tax, Dry ice machine, dry ice, tools, insurance…

The machines and the ‘stuff’ are mental money.

I actually think £1100 is quite good??

Where was that? I want my Orion doing.

I fully understand there's a cost of doing business, I may have been optimistic/way off the mark which is fine, it just felt a bit spicy when you can get a full body shell media blasted for around £1500 (yes I know it's a completely different process)

That quote was from a place called frostworks in Newcastle.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

They went all out on that name didn’t they! 👌🏽😂

Do they have social media for some pics?
Honestly, if they’re doing what I assume they’re doing, I think £1100 is a really good price.

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

Frostworks.dryice on Instagram

TBH if is was a 20k car I wouldn't baulk at the price, but i don't think it's worth it on a Clio, I'll probably just get it as high off the ground as I can on some tall axle stands and attack it with some chemicals, a drill brush and the pressure washer.. then probably hate my life half way through and wish I'd just coughed up the money

 

[R3k1355]

Have you got quotes from anywhere that does soda blasting?

At least give you something to compare to

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

Have you got quotes from anywhere that does soda blasting?

At least give you something to compare to

Soda blasting removes paint etc, I just want the 20+ years of gearbox oil leaks, underseal and road grime removed from the underside

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Looking at £250 an hour.

For an idea it's probably 2 hours to do a full engine bay properly.

My mate tried to get into it but after 6 months gave up and sold the gear. People don't want to pay the price it seems.

 

[Horatio McAllister]

I’d bloody love to have my Cayman done. Just so I had a clean slate to maintain. Whilst I understand it’s quite cost heavy, I wouldn’t pay over a grand for it….but then I am a renowned tight arse