Solvent Based Degreaser

Uses Emulsifier, wetfng agent, dispersant, hydrotrope, solubilizer, and detergent in industrial and household cleaners, high-pressure cleaners for motor vehicles, floor cleaners, stripper for wax coaf ngs, and solvent-based degreasers Features Stable in alkaline electrolyte sol ns. 

Uses Surfactant, wetting agent, and detergent for chemical Industry, hand-dlsh-washlng detergents and household cleaners, aq. all-purpose cleaners, hard-sur-face cleaners, and solvent-based degreasers that are applied cold emulsifier for chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as methylene chloride, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, and for aromatics such as benzene and toluene Properties YIsh. Ilq. sol. In water, 5% caustic soda, 5% HCI, IPA, trichlorethylene, xylene dens. 1.08 g/ml pour pt. -5 C surf. tens. 33 dynes/cm (1 g/l water) pH 7-9 (0.1% aq.) 55% act. 

Uses Surfactant for hard-surf, floor cleaners, solvent-based degreasers, single phase microemulsions, glass and floor cleaners Features Good detergency and gloss retention... 

Sulfonic N-31.5 Surfonic N-40 solubilizer, solvent-based degreasers... 

Drewfax 412 Drewfax S-600 Poly-Fox PF-636 PolyFox PF-656 Poly-Fox PF-6320 PolyFox PF-6520 Teraflow 5306 Teraflow 5341 3M Novec Fluorosurfactant FC-4430 3M Novec Fluorosurfactant FC-4432 Versa-flow Base Versaflow EV WorleeAdd 422 surfactant, solvent-based degreasers... 

WD-40 is a proprietary formula composed of aliphatic petroleum distillates, petroleum base oil, carbon dioxide, and other nonhazardous ingredients. In 1953, the Rocket Chemical Company set out to create a line of rust prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry. On the fortieth attempt, they succeeded in formulating an effective water-displacing/lubricating formula, which they called WD-40. This product worked so well that it was used to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from oxidation. It worked so well that employees of Rocket Chemical would sneak out cans of the formula for use in their own homes. The company produced a consumer version of the product in 1958, and since then people have used WD-40 on virtually everything. 

The large-scale application of micro emulsions in leather degreasing was motivated by questioning current industrial processes for degreasing due to potentially environmental concerns. Of relevance for leather degreasing were mainly two processes, a solvent-based one and a water-based one. The surfactants showing the best performance in the latter... 

Uses Foam slabilizer, vise, builder, conditioner, emulsifier in shampoos, skin cleansers, personal care thickener, emulsifier tor industrial applies., oils in degreasers and hard surface cleaners, microemulsion detergents, and solvent-based cleaners... 

Uses Cleaner and degreaser that solubilizes heavy oils, asphaltic materials and grease deposits to pennit their removal by a water or solvent flush Features Heavy-duty hydrocarbon solvent-based Properties Liq 21% cone. 

Cold Solvents Solvents, for example, white spirit or paraffin, used either by immersion or by manual application are not to be recommended as effective, or particularly safe methods, of degreasing. When used by immersion, the holding tank can became heavily contaminated with soil, which will remain on the work after the solvent has evaporated. The use of solvent-soaked rags, although a time-honoured procedure, is now being frowned upon on the grounds of operator safety aqueous based pre-wipes are available. 

The vast majority of acid-based cleaning products are for the removal of scale, rust and other oxide films (see Section 11.2). These products may contain solvents and surfactants to degrease and derust simultaneously. 

Nonaqueous solvent degreasers tend to work as cold degreasers, but where considerable quantities of grease must be removed, aqueous-based emulsifying degreasers are employed, and these work best in hot water or steam solution. 

Degreasing with lipases is beginning to be ttsed as an alternative to tensides and solvents. Lipases hydrolyze not just the fat on the outside of the hides and skins, but also the fat inside the skin structrrre. The advantage of using lipases is that they do not interfere with the structrrre other than by hydrolyzing the fat. The hpase-based process is also more environmentally acceptable than solvent- or terrside-based processes. 

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