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.
Undercarriage Cleaning
Strip off years of road tar, oil and underbody grime without lifting the body.
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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