The paint that is removed is still a big waste product. I recently had my bottom soda blasted and the guy came in and laid out big plastic sheets under the boat to collect everything. Afterward, he just folded up the plastic sheets and disposed of everything. Don't forget to plug all the thru holes with rags!
Bob On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:08 AM, robert via CnC-List wrote: > Fred: > > You are correct.....soda blasting is messy because of the white baking soda > used. > > Dry ice blasting is like going through a car wash.....only the residue from > the bottom paint falls to the ground.....dry ice blasting uses frozen carbon > dioxide......the pelts turn to a 'gas' when it hits a substrate surface. > > Had my boat dry ice blasted in 2006.....took 20 years of the paint off in > less than 5 hours.....what fell on the ground looked like 'ground > pepper'.....used a shop vacuum and had the mess cleaned up in 20 minutes. > Don't know why this process isn't used more. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2015-07-27 11:03 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote: >> Two different things: soda blasting uses something like baking soda, and dry >> ice blasting uses chips of frozen carbon dioxide. >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI >> >>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Russ & Melody via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> >>> I think soda blasting is dry ice blasting. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) email: dainyr...@icloud.com blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame
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