Dry Ice & Abrasive Blasting for Paint Preparation
Paint preparation often requires the removal of years – or even decades – of grime, debris and rust, in addition to old layers of flaking and peeling paint. Historical renovation work and the presence of… Read more
Polar Clean Restores the Beauty of Studebaker Fountain
The Studebaker Electric Fountain has a rich history. A gift from John M. Studebaker installed in Howard Park in 1906, this elaborate South Bend fountain fell into disrepair and was dismantled in 1941. The fountain’s… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting for Power Plant Electrical Components
Some of the most challenging cleaning jobs in a power generation facilities are the smallest. When dust and grime collect around the most delicate electrical equipment, like control panels and circuit boards, some plant operators… Read more
Should You Perform Your Own Dry Ice Blasting?
When you see the results that dry ice blasting can achieve – peeling away layers of grime, soot, and every manner of caked-on debris with no water, no chemicals, and no mess – it can… Read more
Eliminate Flash Rust, Fast & Water-Free with Dry Ice Blasting
As the term suggests, flash rust arrives on the scene with little warning. Some metals oxidize at the slightest bit of moisture and flash rust can appear in under an hour. It is characterized by… Read more
What Goes Up Must Get Cleaned: The Dirty Facts about Escalator Cleaning
Things can get pretty sticky in the escalator business. Dirty handrails are easily wiped down. It’s the treads beneath your feet where the real cleaning expertise comes into play. Escalators are subjected to every kind… Read more
Polar Clean Dry Ice Blasting a Key Ingredient in Food Manufacturer’s Safety Protocols
Consumers must put a lot of trust into food ingredient labels to avoid allergens and meet dietary restrictions. Preventing cross-contamination of ingredients on the manufacturing floor where different foods are processed is a critical health… Read more
Case Study: When the Going Gets Sticky, the Sticky Turn to Dry Ice Blasting
There are plenty of tough cleaning jobs in a manufacturing plant, but there are none stickier than trying to remove years’ worth of build-up on a machine that coats giant sheets of laminate with glue.… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting Makes Short Work of High-Proof Job at Kentucky Distillery
Whiskey distilleries practice a methodical art that combines carefully curated recipes, charred oak barrels and a process that takes its sweet time. It’s an incredibly meticulous undertaking, so when a venerable Kentucky distillery discovered that… Read more
A Day in the Salt Mines Leaves Dry Ice Blasting the Winner vs. Manual Chiseling of Hardened Buildup
At Polar Clean, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the results we achieve for our clients in places like power plants, oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, and historic restoration sites can be dramatic. Years –… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting at a Starbucks Coffee Roasting Plant
When Starbucks needed two of their 5′ x 5′ and 65′ high coffee bean silos cleaned because of a coffee bean jam, they turned to Polar Clean for dry ice (CO2) blasting services. The Polar… Read more
What’s Hiding in Your Ceiling?
Ceilings and rafters can house dust, grime, grease, and other contaminants that jeopardize the quality – and safety – of your products. Dry ice blasting provides a fast, thorough, water-free and environmentally friendly solution for… Read more
Dry Ice Cleaning for Allergen-Free Food Production: Clean Doesn’t Begin to Cover It
Among the most demanding standards of clean in any industry is the cleaning required for food production and processing equipment and facilities. Routine cleaning in this environment is tough enough, but when switching from products… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting of Industrial Motors
Did you know that electric motors account for up to 80% of all available electric energy used by an industrial site? Or that electric motors waste up to 50% of electric energy due to inefficient… Read more
Brick & Masonry Cleaning with Dry Ice Blasting
Prized for its effectiveness at cleaning industrial equipment like turbines, SCR catalysts, HRSG units, reactor tubes, and motors, dry ice blasting is also an ideal method of restoring brick and masonry. Busy building owners, general… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting for Safe & Effective Method of HRSG Tube Cleaning
For HRSG tubes, dry ice blasting offers a safe, efficient, effective, and rust-free alternative to more time-consuming and costly methods of cleaning. Heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) tubes often become fouled with sulfur, salt, corrosion,… Read more
Industrial Facility Restoration with Dry Ice Blasting
A new startup manufacturer recently purchased a 40-year-old, 300,000 square foot facility that was formerly used as an automotive foundry – with walls, ceiling and rafters blackened by graphite, chemical build-up, dirt, and grime. Our… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting for More Effective Cleaning of Reactor Tube IDs & Heat Exchange Systems
For refineries, dry ice blasting provides a faster and more effective method of cleaning both the interior of reactor tubes and heat exchange system exteriors while reducing cost, liability, downtime, and more. Maintaining the cleanliness… Read more
Dry Ice Blasting Restores Historic Union Terminal
Gentle Cleaning Removes the Grime but Leaves the Years Intact Once a bustling Cincinnati train station that was filled to nearly five times its capacity during World War II as soldiers left and returned from… Read more
Automated Interior Diameter Tube Cleaning Research with Dry Ice Blasting Underway
Learn how Polar Clean’s ongoing collaboration with university researchers is yielding improvement in the process for automating the cleaning of interior tube diameters with dry ice. For many years, dry ice blasting has been used… Read more
Dry Ice Cleaning Restores Fire Damaged Cathedral Ceiling to Full Beauty
When a man splashed 10 gallons of gasoline into the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida, and ignited it in July 2020, churchgoers escaped but the church was left with extensive damage. Afterward,… Read more
The Advantages of Cleaning SCR Catalysts with Sponge Blasting
Good flow and distribution, a good ammonia-to-NOx balance, and maximum catalyst surface area for NOx and mercury oxidation are key to achieving maximum catalyst efficiency in a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit in power plants.… Read more
The Most Effective Turbine Cleaning Available: Dry Ice Blasting
Power generation professionals know that natural gas turbines require proper cleaning to maintain peak performance. But the pressure to keep these turbines running can lead to deferred cleaning, unexpected and expensive downtime and reduced efficiency.… Read more
The Right Recipe and Key Ingredients are Essential to Producing a Quality Food Product
The same is true for building a superior service company to deliver world class engineered cleaning solutions. Polar Clean has three key components to our successful strategy: Safety & Risk Management Expertise Dry Ice Expertise… Read more
Delivering Excellence Through the Most Effective Technology Available
When it Comes to Delivering Excellence Through the Selection and Deployment of the Most Effective Technology Available, No One is Better than Polar Clean. The key to our high quality service results is in our… Read more
Polar Clean has Engineered Cleaning Solutions for Coffee Roasting Plants
When your customers sit down at their favorite café and enjoy your coffee, they may be experiencing the impact of Polar Clean’s specialized services to the coffee roasting industry. Long before you and your customers… Read more
