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DIY making your own products
Hello fellow detailers
has anyone tried making there own degreaser using alkaline salts like in Australia there is a product called tricleanium has anytried mixing that product with hot water to dissolve the salts and try it as a degreaser ?
Also as a fabric cleaner and a multi purpose cleaner has anyone tried using dish soap and laundry powder in hot water and heavily diluted in hot water to dissolve the granular stuff in the powder? For Americans I think it’s called tide
if I was to try this I would use an old 20lt drum put 10 litres of boiling water in to the drum with a tap attached then add a hose and fuel filter (cheap 4$ paper one ) to catch the granules and so it don’t clog your triggers up
Any ways cheers
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Re: DIY making your own products
Not to kill your hopes and dreams but It comes down the trusting the chemists that make the products of the company you believe in
These are full time chemical companies making specific products that should be safe used as directed for what they are intended for
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DIY making your own products
Sure your ideas will work but perhaps only for certain cleaning applications and due to the lack of particular surfactants and high alkalinity, may cause significant damage to materials/substrates.
A good place to start is the Tricleanium MSDS mate: http://www.tricleanium.com.au/docs/tricleanium_msds.pdf
Note that trisodium phosphate has a pH of 12 making it highly alkaline. Watch out when using it on fabrics as it can cause yellowing which needs to be neutralised if you plan on ridding it.
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Using tiny amount Woollite laundry detergent and water was popular interior cleaner about 10 years ago.
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Re: DIY making your own products
Originally Posted by
Bshann21
has anyone tried making there own
degreaser using alkaline salts
like in Australia there is a product called tricleanium
has any tried mixing that product with hot water to
dissolve the salts and try it as a degreaser ?
Also
as a fabric cleaner and a multi purpose cleaner
has anyone tried using dish soap and laundry
powder in hot water and heavily diluted in hot
water to dissolve the granular stuff in the powder?
IMO:
If a person has the wherewithal to “desolve
the salt”, as it were, from Tricleanium...
then they would surely already know if
trisodium phosphate (TSP)-based products
have “degreasing”-ability, or not.
Note:
I only use dish soap; and granular (or liquid)
laundry detergent for their intended purposes.
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Originally Posted by
WristyManchego
Sure your ideas will work but perhaps only for certain cleaning applications and due to the lack of particular surfactants and high alkalinity, may cause significant damage to materials/substrates.
A good place to start is the Tricleanium MSDS mate:
http://www.tricleanium.com.au/docs/tricleanium_msds.pdf
Note that trisodium phosphate has a pH of 12 making it highly alkaline. Watch out when using it on fabrics as it can cause yellowing which needs to be neutralised if you plan on ridding it.
It has alkaline salts in it
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Re: DIY making your own products
Originally Posted by
WristyManchego
Sure your ideas will work but perhaps only for certain cleaning applications and due to the lack of particular surfactants and high alkalinity, may cause significant damage to materials/substrates.
A good place to start is the Tricleanium MSDS mate:
http://www.tricleanium.com.au/docs/tricleanium_msds.pdf
Note that trisodium phosphate has a pH of 12 making it highly alkaline. Watch out when using it on fabrics as it can cause yellowing which needs to be neutralised if you plan on ridding it.
Wouldn't that be easy to do by using pool ph strips I've found that all purpose cleaners would be a ph of 7.5 to 8.5 to give it some extra oomph in cleaning i have also herd of people using "tide" diluted as there all purpose interior and fabric cleaner
with the engine degreaser the ph would be higher and if I ever made a degreaser I would add soap to it so the degreaser would stick to the engine longer for dwelling time instead of most sprays you spray it on a engine or tyre and it runs straight off
Trying to think of ways to spend less and make business more profitable
Feel free to share you dollar saving ideas
That's just my thoughts
Cheers everyone
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if you mix chemicals your not guaranteed that it won't have any adverse effects sooner or later unless you know exactly what you are doing. if you aren't a chemist or have any knowledge in that regard, i would leave it up to the experts (or consult one) who knows for sure. obviously, some do it and don't have any problems but you can't blame anyone if there is...
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Re: DIY making your own products
Originally Posted by
Bshann21
Wouldn't that be easy to do by using pool ph strips I've found that all purpose cleaners would be a ph of 7.5 to 8.5 to give it some extra oomph in cleaning i have also herd of people using "tide" diluted as there all purpose interior and fabric cleaner
with the engine degreaser the ph would be higher and if I ever made a degreaser I would add soap to it so the degreaser would stick to the engine longer for dwelling time instead of most sprays you spray it on a engine or tyre and it runs straight off
Trying to think of ways to spend less and make business more profitable
Feel free to share you dollar saving ideas
That's just my thoughts
Cheers everyone
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Sure you can but you’re missing the point. pH isn’t an indication of cleaning power, it’s the surfactants that make the product do what it does in the right way. It is the “technology” behind the cleaning power.
Many good companies make APC, some are alright and others are amazing. Fundamentally they are the same, the difference is their combination and quality of surfactants to deal with specific or a range of substrates.
There are also different types of acids and alkali to add more complexity to the equation.
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Originally Posted by
WristyManchego
Sure you can but you’re missing the point. pH isn’t an indication of cleaning power, it’s the surfactants that make the product do what it does in the right way. It is the “technology” behind the cleaning power.
Many good companies make APC, some are alright and others are amazing. Fundamentally they are the same, the difference is their combination and quality of surfactants to deal with specific or a range of substrates.
There are also different types of acids and alkali to add more complexity to the equation.
Thanks mate I understand what your meaning
Cheers for the reply
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