Successful structural and contents restoration clean-up following a fire can be a very labor intensive proposition. Smoke and soot are both fast traveling and pervasive, quickly coating every square inch of the affected area. To insure thorough cleaning and deodorization of the damaged structure and contents, every surface in between must be treated.
To effectively clean soot and smoke residue, many factors must be considered to determine appropriate cleaning methods:
When burned, different materials release different types of residue. For instance, the fire soot from synthetics, like plastics, can create chlorides causing soot to be corrosive in nature requiring lubrication and different cleaning methods than soot residue from burned wood. Most surfaces can be cleaned with vulcanized dry sponges and/or washed. Whalen Restorations has developed a number of specially formulated products designed for specific cleaning task related to fire, smoke, soot and mold remediation.
