Can dry ice clean aircraft landing gear and undercarriage?
Yes — removes hydraulic fluid, grease, rubber deposits and corrosion buildup without water or solvents.
Verdict
Yes
The preferred method for undercarriage cleans where water and solvent carry risks — standard procedure in many MRO shops.
The detailed answer
Aircraft undercarriage accumulates hydraulic fluid, grease, runway rubber deposits, bug strike contamination, and corrosion products — all of which need to come off during heavy maintenance without damaging actuators, hydraulic lines, seals or electrical connectors. Dry ice blasting does this cleanly: no water near electrical connectors, no solvent residue on seals, no abrasive media packing into actuator threads. The dry sublimation process means everything simply falls away — contamination dislodged, pellets gone. Work is done in the maintenance bay or on the hangar floor with the aircraft on jacks. Pressure is tuned per component — higher on structural steel, lower around seals and oleo assemblies. Typical scope is the full undercarriage assembly per maintenance interval, or targeted gear-bay cleaning between cycles. Hydraulic fluid and grease are collected as part of standard secondary waste management.
Can you clean live hydraulic systems?
No — hydraulic lines are cleaned with the system depressurised and secured per your maintenance procedure. We work within your LOTO/SWMS.
Do you carry a SWMS for airside work?
Yes — we carry generic SWMS and can adapt to site-specific induction requirements.
Services that solve this
Aircraft Cleaning
Engine, gear bay and airframe cleaning to maintenance-grade standards — without solvent or sandblast damage.
Aircraft Paint Strip
Full or partial aircraft paint removal using dual media — dry ice + crushed glass — without sandblast damage to aluminium skin or rivets.
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