Airport Runway Cleaning with Water Blaster

If you have never considered offering airport runway cleaning to your list of water blasting services, you could be missing out on a tremendous profit possibility.

It may sound like an offbeat service to offer, but consider these important facts: the average large-scale aircraft lays down 2.5 pounds of rubber per tire on each landing. Considering the fact that a 747 has 18 tires, and most metropolitan airports land in excess of 100 planes a day, that’s a lot of rubber being left on runways. Even smaller airports find rubber a hazard to their planes.

Once the rubber being left behind by the aircraft landing on the strips begins to fill in the landing pavement structure, safety becomes a real concern. When surface roughness drops below a certain degree, it becomes very slippery when wet, which can cause hydroplaning to occur. Most runways require regular cleanings to keep friction problems at bay.

With so many airlines cutting internal costs threes days, new business opportunities are arising for subcontractors experienced in airport runway cleaning.

One of the most important things to consider when offering airport runway cleaning services is whether or not you have the right equipment. Water Blaster high pressure cleaning systems designed to strip away rubber deposits without damaging the runways underlying pavement, joints and fixtures can be a real challenge. Plus, removing other residue from the runway often requires additional equipment.

Although other airport runway cleaning methods have been introduced in recent years, promising better results for less time and money, most have failed to provide the type of service that a traditional high pressure water treatment can.

Still the cleanest, safest and most efficient way to clean airport runways, water blasting remains the preferred cleaning methods by most industry experts.

Of course you’ll need very water blasters as high-pressure equipment to get the job done. Airport runway cleaning requires a system that delivers at least 20,000 PSI at 20-30 GPM. This gives it the hydraulic effect necessary to loosen caked on dried rubber from the runway surface.

Paint removal is another important aspect of airfield cleansing. Usually requiring a high pressure sweeping or blowing, all paint debris must be removed to eliminate it being sucked into an aircraft’s engines. Since airstrips seem to be constantly repainted, this can become a fulltime job for ambitious pressure washing contractors.

Mold, mildew and fungi are another major concern for runways, making it especially important to add mold and mildew cleaning to your list of airport runway cleaning offerings. This is done much in the same way as any commercial mold removal, using water blasting and anti-fungal sprays.

Of course, be sure to get the right training and experience before offering any type of airport runway cleaning, since an inexperienced water jetter blasters can do major damage to a runway surface, causing serious harm to those who use it.

Still, once you undergo the proper training, gain experience in proper technique and invest in the right high-powered equipment, you can make some good profits adding airport runway cleaning to your list of pressure washing services.

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