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Three methods. One right answer.

Cleaning a surface and preparing one are different jobs.

	Dry Ice Blasting	Pressure Washing	Sand Blasting
What it does	Lifts contaminant off without touching the substrate	Washes off grease and buildup with hot water and volume	Strips to bare metal and cuts a profile
Abrasive to substrate?	No	No (water can still damage)	Yes — that’s the point
Uses water?	No	Yes	Dry or wet
Secondary waste?	None — media sublimates	Wash water, contained	Spent media, collected
Safe on electrical?	Yes	No	No
Leaves a coating profile?	No	No	Yes — 1–4 mils
Best for	Tooling, molds, electrical, food equipment, soot	Floors, fleet, exteriors, grease, concrete	Steel, tanks, trailers, rust, mill scale
Wrong for	Heavy rust, mill scale, coating prep	Rust, mill scale, electrical	Anything you don’t want cut into

Only abrasive blasting leaves an anchor profile. That one row is the most expensive mistake buyers make.

What it doesLifts contaminant off without touching the substrate

Abrasive to substrate?No

Uses water?No

Secondary waste?None — media sublimates

Safe on electrical?Yes

Leaves a coating profile?No

Best forTooling, molds, electrical, food equipment, soot

Wrong forHeavy rust, mill scale, coating prep

What it doesWashes off grease and buildup with hot water and volume

Abrasive to substrate?No (water can still damage)

Uses water?Yes

Secondary waste?Wash water, contained

Safe on electrical?No

Leaves a coating profile?No

Best forFloors, fleet, exteriors, grease, concrete

Wrong forRust, mill scale, electrical

What it doesStrips to bare metal and cuts a profile

Abrasive to substrate?Yes — that’s the point

Uses water?Dry or wet

Secondary waste?Spent media, collected

Safe on electrical?No

Leaves a coating profile?Yes — 1–4 mils

Best forSteel, tanks, trailers, rust, mill scale

Wrong forAnything you don’t want cut into

Answer one question

Are you cleaning it, or preparing it to be coated?

Can’t be scratched or wetted

Grease, grime, or a big flat surface

A coating goes on after — always, no exceptions