A thermal fogger will penetrate into cracks and crevices where smoke particles have penetrated, but are inaccessible for decontamination.
What is a Thermal Fogger?
a thermal fogger is the process by which disinfectant solution or odour control solution is suspended within the air for a period of time in order to disinfect a surface or neutralise an odour.
It is usually the last, but most important, stage of any complete odour neutralisation or disinfection programme, playing a major role in disease prevention and odour control.
Always clean your fogging machine thoroughly after each usage.
For the restoration industry, the thermal fogger is used to remove the odours following sewage spillage, smoke damage and occasionally cannabis factories.
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Thermal fogging machine
A thermal fogging machine uses heat to vaporise a fogging solution and spray it out as a visible fog cloud with a .05–10-micron range particle size. Thermal fogger’s are equipped with a heat barrel that is preheated to high temperatures using propane, gas, or electricity depending on the type of chemical used. When the liquid fogging solution is pumped into the heat barrel it is instantly vaporised. This allows the thermal fogger to produce large count of particles in extremely small size, which all together forms a dense cloud of fog which resembles smoke. Thermal fogger’s produce smaller particles which means they take longer to fall to the ground. The smaller thermal fog particles are useful if you are spraying for removing smoke odour from nooks and crannies usually beyond the reach of a restoration technician’s decontamination techniques.
When using a foggin machine, let the neighbours know beforehasnd as the highly visible smoke produced by a thermal fogger may cause alarm. there have been occasions the fire service have arrived as a neighbour has reported smoke emitting from the building
Butane Thermal Fogger
Size: 49cm x 17cm x 35cm
Weight 1.4kg
2ltr tank
Particle diameter: 5-30 PM
Pro’s
- Lightwieght
- Cheap
- Portable
Con’s
- Butane powered, so only lasts as long as the canister
- Butane canister not included
Chauvet H1000 Hurricane
Hurricane 1000 is a lightweight and compact fog machine combining dense fog output and portability. It can be operated from a distance using either the included wired or wireless remote.
Size: 30.1cm x 22.5cm x 20.8cm
Weight 2.7kg
1ltr tank
Particle diameter: 5-30 PM
Pro’s
- Lightweight
- Portable
- Wireless and wired
- Quick heat up (2 min)
Con’s
- Small tank capacity
Royare Pulse-Jet Thermal Fogger
The hand-held mist disperser generates a large amount of smoke through the power generation of fuel, thereby achieving an effective cleaning effect.
Size: 100cm x 15cm x 30cm
Weight 7.5kg
16ltr tank
Pro’s
- the distance of smoke can reach 20-50 meters, and the spray range is wide.
- several size options available
Con’s
- Fuel powered
FACAIAU 1500W Fogger
Our favorite of them all.
Smoke output:25000 cu.ft/min
Wire control with timer setting and volume
control
Size: 46.5cm x 25cm x 15cm
Pro’s
- Great price
- 1500W machine
- Portable
- Wired and remote control
- 12m spray distance
- 3 ltr Tank
Con’s
- 8m warm up time
Beamz 1800W Thermal Fogger
This 1800W innovative fog machine has a high quality heating element and a large built-in reservoir that can hold up to 2 litres of fluid & can fire smoke from the standard horizontal position as well as vertically.
Weight 8kg
2ltr tank
Pro’s
- Powerful 1800W heating element
- Can be set vertically or horizontally
- Remote and timer control
- Comes with travel bag for protection
- 2 YEAR WARRANTY INCLUDED
Con’s
- More suited for DJ’s due to the extra connections not required for the restoration industry, but still does what we need it too
U`King Fogging Machine
A versatile smoke machine that has a remote control
Pro’s
- Great price
- 1200W machine
- Portable
- Wired and remote control
- 8m spray distance
Con’s
- LED lights not needed for the restoration industry
- Slow heat up (4-8 mins)
