Immediately following a plant fire, facility owners turned to Moore Restoration to remove soot and charred residual coatings. The facility had to reopen as soon as possible. The char and contamination layers to be removed from the pine wood trusses and plywood sheets covering the ceiling were from 5 to 75 mils thick. Moore Restoration’s decision to use Silver Sponge Media TM #80-grit abrasive and the Sponge-Jet Sponge Blasting TM System to restore the surface was based on a few key challenges: ¦ Dry Process - Most of the plant was wood construction, which meant a dry process would be the safest and most efficient to use. ¦ Low Dust - Conventional abrasives would be too dusty for sensitive plant equipment and the nearby finished glass inventory. ¦ Easy Set-up & Clean-up - Downtime caused

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