Aerosol Oven Cleaner

A Veegum T, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Deionized Water 

Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate (Miranol C2M-SF Cone.) 3.25 Nonoxynol (Igepal CO-630) 1.00 

Disperse the Veegum T in the water using a homogenizer at 5000 rpm. Continue mixing for 20 minutes, while heating to 70C. 

Move the batch to a propeller mixer and adjust the speed to provide a slight vortex. 

Package in aerosol can using Propane/Butane propellant. Formulation from International Specialty Products. 

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Another requirement which is likely to become of increasing importance with aerosols is the demand for child-resistant and tamper-evident closures. Although current FDA legislation only requires such closures to be applied to oven cleaners, it may well be extended to other aerosol products including some pharmaceuticals, and a number of approved child-resistant closures are already available. Most of these closures rely on the user either replacing the overcap or rotating the cap to a safe position for their effectiveness. 

Oven cleaners also contain strong bases such as sodium hydroxide. Many oven cleaners use aerosol sprays to distribute the cleaner on the inner surface of the oven. Care must be taken not to breathe air containing these aerosols because strong bases are quite corrosive to nasal tissue, bronchial tubes, and lungs. 

Most specialty cleaners come as water-based liqnid formnlations, althongh there are exceptions. Drain cleaners now have liqnid as well as powder forms. Antomatic toilet bowl cleaners come both as liqnids in elaborate dosing containers and as solid blocks or pncks. Oven cleaners tend to come as aerosols or liqnid sprays. Most of the bathroom cleaners, shower treatments, toilet-bowl cleaners, mildew removers, and the like are liqnids. 

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