SW PrestigeSouth Wales Prestige Ice Blasting
Dry ice cleaning for cars, machinery and buildings
What we clean
Tap a job to see what comes off, what stays, and how long it takes.
- 01
Engine bays
Oil and road grime cleaned off the engine and everything around it. The paint stays as it was.
Typically 2 to 4 hours - 02
Classic restoration
Old underbody coating and decades of dirt cleaned off, so you can see the bare metal before restoration starts.
About a day - 03
Machinery and moulds
Factory machines cleaned where they stand. No taking them apart and no waiting for them to dry.
Planned around you - 04
Fire and smoke damage
Soot and burn marks cleaned off wood, brick and steel, without adding water.
Priced after a visit - 05
Boats and marine
Weed, slime and old hull paint cleaned off the bottom of the boat, with nothing washed into the water.
Priced from your photos - 06
Stone, brick and graffiti
Paint, graffiti and dirt cleaned off old stone and brick without wearing the surface away. We test a small patch first.
Priced after a visit
Before
AfterDry ice blasting from a workshop in Cwmcarn, and on site across South Wales
The dirt comes off. Everything else stays.
We clean engine bays, classics, machinery and buildings with dry ice. No water, no grit and no chemicals, so the paint, the metal and the markings underneath are left exactly as they were.
How it works, in three steps
300metres a second
It hits
Dry ice pellets, about the size of rice grains, are fired at the dirt at up to around 300 metres a second. Dry ice is softer than paint and metal, so it knocks the dirt off without cutting what is underneath.
−78.5°C
It cracks the dirt
The pellets are colder than any home freezer. The cold makes the dirt shrink and crack, so it lets go of the surface and comes away in flakes.
800times bigger
It turns to gas
Each pellet turns straight into gas and takes up about 800 times more space, which lifts the loosened dirt away. There is no water to dry and no grit to sweep up.
Why it costs more than a jet wash
Every method moves dirt. The difference is what is left behind afterwards, and what you have to deal with.
| What matters | Pressure washer | Grit or sand | Chemical | Dry ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water left behind | Into seals and joints | None | Rinse water | None |
| Surface taken away | Weak paint and mortar | Yes, it cuts the surface | Can etch and discolour | None |
| Safe near wiring | No | No | Rarely | Yes, it does not conduct |
| Stripping down first | Usually | Usually | Often | Cleaned in place |
| Left to clear up | Dirty water | Spent grit and dirt | Used solvent | Only the dirt |
Dry ice blasting is loud and gives off carbon dioxide, so we wear hearing protection and ventilate enclosed spaces before we start.
Anyone can buy a dry ice machine
Four things that decide whether a job goes well, and none of them are the machine.
A unit, not just a van
Your parts do not have to be cleaned wherever there happens to be room. We have a workshop in Cwmcarn with space, light and no weather.
A fixed price, not an hourly rate
We price the job from photographs and a rough size, and that is what you pay whether it takes three hours or five. If we have underestimated it, that is ours to absorb.
We will tell you if it is the wrong tool
Dry ice cannot shift rust that has bonded into steel. If your job needs abrasive blasting, you will hear that from us before you spend anything.
Back in use the same day
In almost every case the car, the part or the machine is back in use the day we finish.
Bring it to us, or we come to you
Most jobs come to our unit in Cwmcarn. Anything that cannot be moved we clean on site: the van carries its own compressor and dry ice.
Unit K1a2Chapel Farm Industrial Estate
Cwmcarn, Newport NP11 7BH Directions
On site across Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and the valleys, including Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Bridgend, Cwmbran, Barry, Port Talbot, Neath, Merthyr Tydfil, Llanelli, Abergavenny, Carmarthen, Blackwood, Ebbw Vale and Risca. Somewhere else in South Wales? Ask.
Send a photo, get a fixed price
Tell us what it is and roughly how big. Most vehicle work can be priced from photographs, usually the same day.
Call or WhatsApp
07787 101 000Workshop
Unit K1a2, Chapel Farm Industrial Estate, Cwmcarn, Newport NP11 7BH