Dry ice blasting paint - GIF

[Altair]

Dry ice blasting paint.




Previously:

Laser paint stripper - GIF
Abrasive blasting paint off a door - GIF
Paint dry time recorder - GIF
Painting a speaker - GIF
Mixing paint toner and reducer - GIF

[Frank S]

anyone who would paint a fine piece of furniture like that should have their skin flayed with that blast gun

[Inner]

Cool. That's something I'd never heard of. Here's a video with a gal cleaning the undercarriage of her car with dry ice. She shows the machine used.

[bob_3000]

anyone who would paint a fine piece of furniture like that should have their skin flayed with that blast gun

Whoever painted it made the choice to try to "update it" at the time rather than toss it...they made the perfect choice.

[Frank S]

Whoever painted it made the choice to try to "update it" at the time rather than toss it...they made the perfect choice.

Only if it had been made of MDF or particle board from IKEA,
guess you didn't notice the inlay on the drawer. Paint doesn't update furniture if it is made out of real wood it only cheapens the appearance, better to be mismatched with the rest of the furniture than hide the wood with paint. This comes from a guy who believes everything made of wood is future firewood.

[bob_3000]

guess you didn't notice the inlay on the drawer. .

Of course I noticed the inlay, perhaps you didn't notice my point...they painted it, they didn't throw it away and therefore it still exists...they "updated it" at the time to their tastes and they probably loved the piece for what it was for decades, don't begrudge them or ice blast them to the bone, they cocooned a nice table for future consideration.

[NeiljohnUK]

We use dry-ice cleaning on certain minute items, I can't describe them for patent reasons, it's got a lot of advantages for us as it doesn't damage/wear away the base layer material.

[joeljensen]

Could be mass produced inlay. Like a taped on strip. The video does not show the real quality.

But I do agree. If the unit is real inlay, it would have been better to sell it and buy something closer to what you want.

[Moby Duck]

Have seen this dry ice blasting used to clean large ships alternators in situ. Inside was very oily and full of oil wet carbon dirt and dust. Contractors blasted them clean, it didn’t damage the insulation, the dirt oil and dust just magically disappeared and didn’t contaminate other spaces. Normal ships ventilation was running and we were unable to detect any CO2 residue in the bilges. The process was fast and a lot cheaper than cleaning with liquid solvents. A very pleasing result.