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42 Spiel – ISSUE 01 2023 TECH SESSION JOHN MUELLER Technical Education Committee Chair teched@pnwr.org BEFORE AFTER B efore 2022, you had to be a real car geek to be aware of dry ice cleaning and TIG brush metal restoration. Today, dry ice cleaning is becoming a must if you are selling an expensive pre- owned vehicle, if you are building a car, or if you are restoring a car. Gone are the countless hours of masking and unmasking parts, disassembling and reassembling parts. Gone are the dirty, grimy hours of scraping off gunk. Gone are the hours of using toxic chemical cleaners and the mess caused by media blasting sand, glass, or walnut shells. Gone are the long hours of labor and the many days of downtime that previous methods required. Welcome to the world of carbon dioxide snowballs traveling at extremely high rates of speed. Dry ice cleaning uses special high volume air compressors to blast pellets of dry ice onto just about any surface. When the dry ice hits the surface, the dirt and grime is immediately frozen. Simultaneously, the extremely high impact velocity of the dry ice knocks any dirt and Saturday, February 18 9:30 to 11 a.m. OR 12 to 1:30 p.m. Select 1 of 2 viewing sessions FREE TechEd Registration is open • Attendance will be limited CryoMode Solutions 13131 Mukilteo Speedway #105 Lynnwood, WA 98087 CryoMode Dry Ice Cleaning & TIG Brush Metal Restoration Photographs by CryoMode Solutions RSVP at msreg.com/PNWRCryoMode