Soda Blasting History

During the Statue of Liberty cleaning and restoration project, New York State engineers needed to find a method to clean the statue without damaging the monument or the environment. The delicate copper plates that make up the exterior of the statue would be damaged using the conventional methods in use at the time.  Also, those methods would create harmful waste in the surrounding waterways. Soda blasting was invented to accomplish the task of cleaning the statue, while keep surrounding environment safe.