We are one of the few mobile contractors in the tri-state legally certified to strip pre-1978 lead-bearing paint without containment, abrasive disposal, or silica exposure. EPA RRP Lead-Safe Certified Firm. As a mobile laser paint remover, we strip single or multi-layer coatings from metal, brick, and wood with no chemicals and no media.
Hazardous abrasive waste disposal runs $1,000/ton minimum for TCLP-fail lead-bearing media (per TCR Coatings). On a 28,600 sq ft project, TCR documents $100,000 in disposal costs vs. $11,000 for non-hazardous disposal. That is a $3.50/sf vs. $0.38/sf swing on disposal alone.
Chemical paint strippers avoid the silica problem but create hazardous liquid waste, require hours of dwell time, and leave solvent residue on the substrate. For large-scale commercial and industrial paint removal, chemicals are slow, expensive, and create their own disposal headaches.
Strip 4+ layers of industrial coating in a single pass. Each pulse removes microns of material with surgical precision. No heat buildup. No substrate warping.
EPA RRP Lead-Safe Certified Firm. No airborne lead particles. No Class 1A containment tent. No silica dust. No hazardous waste manifests. Avoids triggering full lead abatement protocols on pre-1978 buildings.
Unlike chemical strippers that require hours of dwell time, laser ablation is instant on contact. No solvents. No runoff. No neutralization step.
No. The process isaIf your building was built before 1978, federal law requires any contractor removing paint to be EPA RRP Lead-Safe Certified. This applies in NJ, NY, and PA. We hold this certification. Most sandblasting contractors do not. non-contact and tuned to the substrate. The coating absorbs the energy and lifts off. The original material reflects the beam and stays intact.
Laser cleaning vaporizes paint at the molecular level without generating airborne particulate. There is no blast media to contaminate with lead. No containment tent is required because there is no dust cloud. The vaporized material is captured in a HEPA filter cartridge.
Laser runs $5-$15/sq ft depending on coating thickness and substrate. Sandblasting runs $1-$5/sq ft for the blasting labor alone, but once you add containment ($2-$5/sq ft), hazardous disposal ($1,000+/ton), and cleanup, the total project cost for sandblasting on lead paint work typically exceeds laser by 40-60%.
Steel, aluminum, cast iron, copper, brass, stone, brick, concrete, and wood. We calibrate laser parameters for each substrate. On delicate materials like historic brick and ornamental ironwork, laser cleaning removes paint without eroding the surface underneath.