Automotive & Specialty Surface Cleaning
Low-abrasion, dry-process cleaning for collectors, dealers, and restoration shops. We're a B2B partner — not a retail detail shop.
Surfaces, substrates, and equipment
- Engine bays and bell housings
- Undercarriages and frames
- Suspension components
- Show-quality detail prep
- Dealer reconditioning
Technical, not marketing
We work with restoration shops, dealers, auction houses, and serious collectors. We don't take retail detail work — we're a B2B specialty partner. Our value is on the surfaces a detail shop won't touch: factory undercoating that needs to stay intact, engine bays where water cannot go, suspension components covered in 60 years of road grease, and show-prep where graphic decals and paint must be perfectly preserved.
Typical scopes: pre-sale recon for dealers (engine bay and undercarriage), pre-judging concours prep, restoration shop teardown cleanup, and barn-find evaluation cleaning. We work in your shop or ours.
Pricing is by-the-vehicle for one-offs and by-the-day for restoration shops with steady throughput.
What working with us looks like
We walk the assets with you before quoting, then send a written scope so there is no ambiguity about what is and isn't included.
We run a test patch on the actual substrate before committing to the full job, so you can see the result before we proceed.
We work inside your maintenance window, subject to site access and ventilation requirements — not the other way around.
Every job closes with a photo record and a time log, so you have documentation on file for your own records.
Photos from Summit Cryo crews
Bed-off chassis work bay 
Frame and crossmembers, overhead view 
Front axle housing and lines 
Rear axle and driveline 
Leaf-spring hanger area 
Spring hanger bracket, cleaned frame
More photographs from Summit Cryo jobs, plus illustrative examples of where the method is used, are on the gallery.
Full galleryPredictable. Documented. Fast.
How a automotive & specialty surface cleaning day runs
- A self-contained mobile rig — compressor, blaster, dry ice supply, hoses and PPE. We need parking and a route to the work area.
- A pre-start walk-through with your maintenance, safety or site lead to confirm the asset list, access and work window.
- Your lockout/tagout, permit and site rules apply. Isolation of equipment is decided by your people, not by us.
- Containment set around the work zone, with ventilation and CO₂ monitoring planned in for indoor or enclosed areas.
- Blast noise near the nozzle, so adjacent staff are briefed and the area is controlled while work is underway.
- Displaced contaminant is collected and handled per your site's waste protocol; the dry ice itself sublimates to CO₂ gas.
Photo logs and scope sheets
- Photo log — before, during and after photos of the assets and areas cleaned.
- Scope sheet — the assets, inclusions, exclusions and site requirements agreed before work begins.
- Notes on anything observed during the clean that your maintenance team may want to follow up on.
CO₂, noise, PPE and site controls
Dry ice sublimates to carbon dioxide, so ventilation and CO₂ monitoring are part of the scope for any indoor, enclosed or low-lying work area. Crews wear insulated gloves, eye and face protection and hearing protection, with respiratory protection when the contaminant calls for it.
Hazardous materials such as lead, asbestos, silica or biohazards are not disturbed without a licensed abatement contractor engaged.
CO₂ exposure and OSHA safety guideAutomotive & Specialty Surface Cleaning: questions buyers ask us
Where this work lands
Available across the Mountain West & Northern Plains
Send Photos for Quote
Send the asset, buildup, location and photos. We review the details and follow up with a written scope.