Re: Soda Blasting For Mold Removal???

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RemDude,

Can you give me some examples of places where SodaBlasting is banned for MOLD
remediation?

On 9/30/06, RemDude wrote:
> David - Fortunately, most indoor air quality professionals,
> environmental consultants, and IH’s do not clear structures that have
> been soda blasted nor do they spec the process. As many have pointed
> out, the concept is not applicable nor wise for bio contamination.
> While it might be great for auto parts and metal restoration, it
> simply does nothing but magnify mold contamination. Like many
> remediation professionals, I have to charge twice as much to clean up
> the mess caused by soda blasting,
>
> While the unwitting customer may be wowed and amazed at the process,
> the industry is responding. You simply cannot in good conscience clear
> a structure that has been blasted. Like all other bad remediation
> fads, this too will fade away. The IAQA, the IICRC, and industry
> professionals will exert the necessary pressure to ensure this
> happens. In the meantime, customers will get taken for an expensive
> ride.
>
> RemDude
>
> On 9/28/06, David wrote:
>> This process is a chronic problem in the New Orleans area, it's gone
>> from one to now a dozen companies and they are getting a lot of
>> work. No one is protecting the consumer, not the CDC, the LDEQ, nor
>> the State Contractor's Licensing Board.
>>
>> A few years from now it'll be a national scandal - "why didn't
> anyone
>> warn the consumer!?" I'm trying but who is going to listen to me
>> when the these guys have the support of so many Home Building
>> Associations and such.