I know this is not a new service, but a dry ice blaster just opened up in my area. Has anyone here used this to clean the undercarriage? Would you recommend? Any cautions? Thanks, Mike
Dry Ice blasting
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This 300e was dry ice blaste underneath - it looks amazing:
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Great presentation. I was amazed by undercarriage and then saw the dry ice prep and understood. My detail guy never heard of it. This car is a time capsule I have 2 124’s a 94cabriolet and a 95sedan. and will keep both in my collection. This car looks like it will satisfy your most “persnickety” bidders. GLWTA
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read the comments - here is one of them:
Great presentation. I was amazed by undercarriage and then saw the dry ice prep and understood. My detail guy never heard of it. This car is a time capsule I have 2 124’s a 94cabriolet and a 95sedan. and will keep both in my collection. This car looks like it will satisfy your most “persnickety” bidders. GLWTA
Thanks 2800. Hope to never be referred to as "persnickety", but I get what the evaluation means. Will investigate. 
Yes, lots of youtube videos. Wondering if anyone here has used this cleaning solution under their E9. Never like to go 1st.
I know someone who did a 928 and loved it.
Waiting for you to go first...Yes, lots of youtube videos. Wondering if anyone here has used this cleaning solution under their E9. Never like to go 1st.
Well as Chris has alluded, seems this is a Porsche thing. The company that has set up near me, has posted some videos of the process, all over the shop are 70's, 80's Porsches that want the undercarriage as clean as the topside. Re-thinking this. Will let you know.
Well as Chris has alluded, seems this is a Porsche thing. The company that has set up near me, has posted some videos of the process, all over the shop are 70's, 80's Porsches that want the undercarriage as clean as the topside. Re-thinking this. Will let you know.
One recommendation that I received here on the forum is to steam clean your undercarriage before tearing your car down. It keeps you from dealing with gunk. I called
a bunch of shops and couldn’t find anyone who does this.
The same approach can be done with dry ice blasting. Most outfits in Seattle are mobile-only. I have avoided doing the whole car because my driveway would become an epa hazard site. I figured that my getrag and diff can get cleaned on a few saw horses in the grass. There is one detail shop that recently procured a a machine (according to a member here). I’m going to make some calls.
It's an amazing process for cleaning the undercarriage of a car.
I looked into it as a business opportunity but the market is small as the process is very expensive.
A shop in Florida I talked to was charging $2500 and more for cleaning a Porsche. It takes 6-8 hours to complete the process.
Not you local detail job for $300.
It does clean amazingly. Doesn't hurt hoses, doesn't take paint off.
Not that many guys are going to spend this much to clean the bottom of a car which no one sees, unless they have a lot of disposable income.
Late last year there were only two shops I could find in the country that performed this service. One in CA and one in FL.
Gary
I looked into it as a business opportunity but the market is small as the process is very expensive.
A shop in Florida I talked to was charging $2500 and more for cleaning a Porsche. It takes 6-8 hours to complete the process.
Not you local detail job for $300.
It does clean amazingly. Doesn't hurt hoses, doesn't take paint off.
Not that many guys are going to spend this much to clean the bottom of a car which no one sees, unless they have a lot of disposable income.
Late last year there were only two shops I could find in the country that performed this service. One in CA and one in FL.
Gary
The mess is incredible. Grime flies off and travels everywhere. Operator must dress in some kind of Hazmat suit. Steam or dry ice really looks safe and effective, but at those prices, I will pass. Thanks for the details gentlemen.