In an industry which attempts to strike a balance between cleaning and restoring BMWs, there are many steps to the rejuvenation process. Yet very rarely does anyone consider dry ice cleaning as one of these steps, according to Eric Keller at Enthusiast Auto Group, the Greater Cincinnati Area\u2019s largest independent BMW service center.<\/p>\n
Keller works on classic and premium cars, removing topical oxidation. Oxidation results from a chemical reaction because of substances like road salt that start to eat away at the undercarriage, bolts, hardware, and such, particularly in older cars.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cWe try to be more on the preservationist side of not removing too much, so that it doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s restored, but yet it\u2019s just very clean and tidy,\u201d said Keller. \u201cOn the heavier corroded cars we\u2019re going to be knocking off some paint and flaking of metal that has started to deteriorate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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THE PROBLEM<\/h4>\n
Enthusiast Auto Group caters to very particular car enthusiasts who take pride in original and unadulterated cars which look close to new while maintaining that classic model look. When servicing a vehicle, they normally use a hot pressure washer to start out in order to remove most of the buildup. That way, they can see more of the substrate that they\u2019re working with.<\/p>\n
As effective as it is for removing dirt, they knew they needed something to really combat the attached debris with more concentrated aggression. However, they knew they couldn\u2019t risk damaging the value of the classic cars by fully restoring them. This required a tool with some variability.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cIt depends on the markets, but more likely than not if it looks restored it decreases the value,\u201d said Keller. \u201cThe more original the piece, the more valuable it is. A pre-war car is going to be a different market than a 25-year-old Italian sports car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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THE SOLUTION<\/h4>\n
The auto group found a method to complete finish and tidy work with a dry ice blasting machine from Cold Jet. They compared the technique to a sniper rather than the shotgun approach of pressure washing.<\/p>\n
The machine blasts dry ice pellets in order to remove contaminants from precise surfaces, which wouldn\u2019t normally be accessible for cleaning without disassembly. For example, Keller said he cleans red corroded threads of a bolt in-place so that it looks new without his having to even pick up a wrench.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cYou can turn it up or turn it down and it goes as deep or as minimally evasive as you want,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you get a much better, cleaner finished product. It can go in deeper on a more heavily corroded undercarriage, and it\u2019s going to allow us to remove more of that in not only an economic, but a safe way too. We\u2019re not using a bunch of heavy detergents and scrubbing on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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THE RESULTS<\/h4>\n
In the classic car market, the more original the car, the more value it carries. The dry ice blasting machine succeeds in making high quality cars that have minimal debris under them look almost new without making them look like they were just restored.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also an appeal to the customer service side of things, because all the little details not only can boost the car\u2019s status from 8\/10 to 9\/10, but it shows the group\u2019s commitment to putting time and effort into making a vehicle great.<\/p>\n
Application of the tool and length of time for cleaning depends on the needs of the individual car, anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. If it\u2019s already very clean, dry ice can be used to rid the car of the light surface oxidation on the hardware and the untreated alloys so that those look as close to new as possible on the underside when it\u2019s on the storage lift.<\/p>\n
On another car with more grit and grime from going up and down gravel roads, Enthusiast\u2019s mechanics will clean it first to get the heavy contaminants off so they can then see the alloy substrate better, then apply dry ice blasting for as many hours as is necessary to rejuvenate the car.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cThis is a tool that few places have that will allow a better finished result than what other technologies do,\u201d said Keller.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n"},"seo":{"title":"Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning","description":"","canonical":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","robots":{"noindex":false,"nofollow":false,"directives":["index","follow","max-image-preview:large","max-snippet:-1","max-video-preview:-1"],"raw":"index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1"},"og":{"title":"Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning","description":"","image":"","image_id":null,"type":"article","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","locale":"it_IT","site_name":"Cold Jet","article_modified":"2020-03-11 18:28:52+00:00","article_published":"2019-10-25 14:07:23+00:00"},"twitter":{"card":"summary_large_image","title":"Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning","description":"","image":"","image_id":null,"creator":"","site":""},"hreflang":[{"lang":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","lang_code":"en","locale":"en_US","is_default":true},{"lang":"nl-NL","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/nl\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","lang_code":"nl","locale":"nl_NL"},{"lang":"fr-FR","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/fr\/resources\/le-nettoyage-cryogenique-ameliore-efficacement-la-qualite-du-nettoyage-du-chassis-des-bmw\/","lang_code":"fr","locale":"fr_FR"},{"lang":"de-DE","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/de\/resources\/trockeneisstrahlen-verbessert-die-qualitat-der-bmw-unterbodenreinigung-nachhaltig\/","lang_code":"de","locale":"de_DE"},{"lang":"it-IT","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","lang_code":"it","locale":"it_IT"},{"lang":"ja","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/ja\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","lang_code":"ja","locale":"ja"},{"lang":"pl-PL","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/pl\/resources\/skuteczne-czyszczenie-suchym-lodem-podwozia-bmw\/","lang_code":"pl","locale":"pl_PL"},{"lang":"pt-BR","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/pt-br\/resources\/jateamento-com-gelo-seco-melhora-a-qualidade-da-limpeza-de-bmw\/","lang_code":"pt-br","locale":"pt_BR"},{"lang":"es-ES","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/es\/resources\/limpieza-de-tren-de-rodaje-de-un-bmw\/","lang_code":"es","locale":"es_ES"},{"lang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","lang_code":"en"}],"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/"},"author":{"name":"mcaminiti","@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/d44651a8d83c912d7ff841f0dae7199d"},"headline":"Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning","datePublished":"2019-10-25T14:07:23+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-11T18:28:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/"},"wordCount":10,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Non categorizzato"],"inLanguage":"it-IT"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coldjet.com\/it\/resources\/dry-ice-blasting-effectively-improves-quality-of-bmw-undercarriage-cleaning\/","name":"Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning - 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