Dry Ice Blasting Service Type Comparison

Compare dry ice blasting options, including specialty contractors, GCs, outside maintenance firms, and doing it yourself

There is a time and a place for all types of blasting services. The important thing is to match the strength of each service type to your project requirements.

Cleaning Type	Polar Clean	Other Dry Ice Blasting Contractors	Outside Maintenance Contractors	General Contractors	DIY/Internal Maintenance
Industry Pioneer	✓	X	X	X	X
Nationwide Reach	✓	A few	X	X	X
Use Custom Equipment	✓	A few	X	X	X
Manage Large Jobs	✓	?	✓ (small only)	✓ (small only)	✓ (small only)
Predictable Execution	✓	?	✓ (small projects)	✓ (small projects)	X
Confined Space & Supplied Air Certifications	✓	?	X	X	X
Working at Heights	✓	?	✓	✓	X
Ability to Provide Hybrid Blasting	✓	X	X	X	X
Blasting Technician Background Checks	✓	?	X	X	X
ISNet/Avetta Rated & Approved	✓	?	✓	X	X
Historic Preservation Experience	✓	X	X	✓ (small projects)	X
Refinery Experience	✓	A few	✓	X	X
Petrochemical Experience	✓	Some	✓	X	X
Power Generation Experience	✓	Some	✓	X	X
Food & Beverage Experience	✓	Some	✓	Some	X
Safe Quality Food Level 3 Certified: First in the World	✓	X	X	X	X

* The business originated 25 years ago starting as Polar Blast; we also hold two patents for developing a hybrid dry ice and abrasive blasting system and dry ice blasting for tube inner diameter (ID); Polar Clean also received to federal government grants for doing DoD sponsored dry ice blasting R&D with Purdue and Tuskegee Universities

** Hybrid blasting is some combination of dry ice, abrasive, sponge, and hydro blasting plus hand-cleaning (our patent is on the hybrid stream of abrasive media and dry ice)

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