When you discover your home or business has been vandalized, it’s hard to know how to restore your property. Tackling the job yourself could be upsetting, and you might not know the best methods for eliminating damage like spray paint on walls and floors. After you call the police and your insurance company, contact a crime-scene-cleanup crew for the best results. Blue Ridge Property Restore in Martinsburg, WV, provides a broad range of property cleanup and repair services that will return your premises to normal after a vandalism incident.

Although crime scene cleanup is categorized as biohazard cleaning and often is associated with situations that involve blood and other bodily fluids, this isn’t always the case. Vandalism also is a crime that requires this service. The perpetrators could leave behind hard-to-remove graffiti and other property damage that needs professional attention.

Blue Ridge Property Restore specializes in baking soda blasting, a technique that removes graffiti thoroughly without harming the surfaces beneath it. Their “soda blasters” use an air compressor and sodium bicarbonate — also known as baking soda —  to get rid of tough stains on almost any surface.

While sand and other abrasive materials often are used for this task, baking soda is a better solution because it’s softer and doesn’t heat up. This keeps the material underneath from warping after it's cleaned.

The use of baking soda also eliminates the need to pretreat surfaces because it can decoat and clean them simultaneously. Also, since baking soda is free of hazardous solvents, you don’t have to worry about a waste disposal fee and your cleanup crew can work in a safer environment.

Hopefully, you’ll never need crime scene cleanup services, but Blue Ridge Property Restore is ready to help your home or business recover from vandalism if necessary. They have more than a decade of property restoration and experience, providing everything from water removal and mold remediation to disaster cleanup. Visit their website for more information about their services and call (304) 262-8100 to discuss your building restoration needs. Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for additional cleanup tips from their team.