Fire Restoration Tools
RESTOPOR Fire Recovery Service is Chicagoland's Premier "mobile" soda blasting company. Our team focuses a great exclusively on fire and mold remediation
RestoPro Fire technicians can remove the dangerous effects and harmful residual after a fire, In our array of specialized services we can provide state of the art techniques including: baking soda blasting service assist in disaster restoration. Soda blasting removes smoke and soot damage from brick, concrete block, concrete, interlocking stone, wood studs, joist, truss, sheathing materials. It also works exceptionally well on mold damage.
Baking Soda seems to be the best media ideally suited for Fire & Smoke Restoration specifically, supported by the resale value and aestetic value of removing smoke and fire damage vs simply coating over this form of damage in an attempt to provide a more cost effective remidy to cover up a persisting aroma.
Why Choose Soda Blasting?
Baking soda not only removes the visual damage during the blasting process, but the natural deodorizing properties of baking soda work to eliminate the "smell" associated with the damage. Fire, smoke and the accompanying ash are typically at the high end of the pH scale (strong bases), where baking soda works quickly in absorbing odor. The longer that the air in the affected area is in contact with the baking soda, the more neutralizing takes place.
Benefits: Due to its low relative hardness of 2.5 and its exceptional odor neutralizing properties, baking soda blasting is a natural choice for RestoPro restoration professionals.
Sodium bicarbonate blast media offers the unique properties of sodium bicarbonate, the primary ingredient. The softness (Mohs hardness scale of 2.4) and friable nature of this crystal produces a unique cutting action with little or no effect on most substrates. For example, thick coatings can be removed from glass without any etching effect. With proper care, delicate substrates can be cleaned without damage.
LOW Enviormental Effects: Pure sodium bicarbonate blast media can be dissolved in fresh water. By dissolving the media and filtering out the contaminates, the solution can generally be discharged to POTW treatment systems or open waterways, with proper discharge permits. Waste volume is generally reduced to less than 5% of the original waste volume. With increasing landfill costs and liabilities, this advantage becomes more important every day.
Additional Uses for Mold Removal:
The soft, angular nature of baking soda allows for quick removal of the mold, while providing minimum impact on the wood surfaces. Mold removal by baking soda blasting, has turned out to be a natural extension of the use of baking soda blasting in the fire restoration industry.
Restopor believe that soda blasting should be incorporated into a mold removal strategy in conjunction with a qualified mold removal contractor under the supervision of a mold remediation inspection company. This is not an area where soda blasting should be considered the only step required, and should best be left to professionals.
The soda blasting (as does any other method of blasting, including dry ice), just removes the mold growth and mold spores from the surfaces. We feel that the blasting should be followed by HEPA vacuuming, damp wiping (with appropriate chemicals), then HEPA vacuum and damp wiping again until a final suitable result is reached, as determined by the testing company.
While dry ice blasting leaves less residue, the process is the same. You may save a couple of hours of vacuuming, but we feel that is far outweighed by use of baking soda blasting, with increased safety to the blast operator, as well as the odor absorption of the baking soda.I’m a paragraph. Drag me to add paragraph to your block, write your own text and edit me.
Restopor believe that soda blasting should be incorporated into a mold removal strategy in conjunction with a qualified mold removal contractor under the supervision of a mold remediation inspection company. This is not an area where soda blasting should be considered the only step required, and should best be left to professionals.
The soda blasting (as does any other method of blasting, including dry ice), just removes the mold growth and mold spores from the surfaces. We feel that the blasting should be followed by HEPA vacuuming, damp wiping (with appropriate chemicals), then HEPA vacuum and damp wiping again until a final suitable result is reached, as determined by the testing company.
While dry ice blasting leaves less residue, the process is the same. You may save a couple of hours of vacuuming, but we feel that is far outweighed by use of baking soda blasting, with increased safety to the blast operator, as well as the odor absorption of the baking soda.I’m a paragraph. Drag me to add paragraph to your block, write your own text and edit me.