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What happens when you put it off
Dirt on the facade is the smallest problem.
What’s worse is what happens underneath it, and what the methods that were supposed to help do to the material.
This is what the jobs you bring us look like: eight pairs of doors under six layers of paint, or a brick facade gone grey from years of weathering. The laser removes it layer by layer, with no chemicals, no dust and no damage to the substrate. The material stays original and the conservator signs off on the work.
Why laser instead of sandblasting or chemicals
Sandblasting removes everything at once, together with the top layer of the material. Chemicals soak into the pores, need to be neutralised and can come back as efflorescence a few months later. Both methods produce waste that has to be taken off site.
The laser works without contact. The beam vaporises the layer of dirt, and we set the energy so that it removes the dirt and spares the original substrate. That is why we always test the settings on a sample first. We can work on small spots, remove a coating layer by layer and check the result as we go.
No abrasives. No water. No chemicals. No scaffolding to contain waste and no dust inside the building.
When we advise against laser cleaning
Powder coating on steel parts comes off very slowly, and on larger surfaces it ends up more expensive than sandblasting. If there is no conservation reason to protect the substrate, we’ll tell you straight that another method will be cheaper.
Laser is not the fastest cleaning method. It is the most precise one. It makes sense where the material underneath matters more than speed.
How it works, step by step
We don’t quote off the top of our heads. Every surface gets dirty differently, and without a test no one can honestly tell you how long cleaning will take or whether it can be cleaned completely at all.
Guide: what to clean with and how
We answer the questions we get on the phone. How to remove paint from brick, how to clean sandstone, how much it costs and when laser is not the best choice.
How to remove rust from metal: wire brush, grinder, rust remover or laser?
Rust on a gate, structure or machine part: wire brush, grinder, rust remover, sandblasting or laser? Methods compared and when to choose which.
How to remove old paint from metal: gates, railings, fences
Old paint on a gate, railing or fence: wire brush, chemicals, sandblasting or laser? Methods compared, prices, and an honest word on powder coating.
How to clean old wooden beams of old paint?
Old beams under oil paint? We remove it with a laser down to clean wood, without sandblasting or chemicals. How it works, what it costs, how to prepare.
Sandblasting wheels or laser cleaning? Removing rust and paint from steel wheels and metal parts
Sandblasting wheels or laser cleaning? Differences, rust and paint removal from wheels and metal parts, and a video from a real job.
Dry ice blasting or laser cleaning? What to choose for metal, brick and wood
Dry ice or laser? When dry ice is enough for grease, soot and deposits, and when the laser works better for paint, rust, brick and wood.
Soda blasting or laser cleaning? What to choose for wood, brick and metal
Soda blasting or laser for wood, brick and metal? How both methods work, what is left after the job, when soda is enough and when laser cleaning is better.
