Specialty cleaners

Soap and other detergents, except specialty cleaners... 

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Detergents for cleaning various household surfaces are considered specialty cleaners. These include all-purpose cleaners for floors and surfaces, and cleaners for bathrooms, kitchens, toilet bowls, and glass. 

This tends to be the continuing theme of specialty cleaners — the formulation delivers more directed power at a particular cleaning problem, and then disqualifies itself from other tasks due to this adaptation. Consumers often comment that they want a truly all-purpose cleaner, but tend to buy targeted products [14],... 

Soap and Other Detergents, Except Specialty Cleaners... 

Zeeterge. [DeeZee] Carboxylated alcohol specialty cleaner. 

Hampshire . [W.R. Orace/Oiganics] Nitrilotriacetic acid w salts or glycine derivs. chelating agent, detergent builder for laundry detogents, specialty cleaners, water treatment, textiles, metal finishing. 

Example 2. A person who purchases or manufactures chemicals and then mixes or reacts them is a processor of each chemical if the mixtures or compounds are distributed in commerce. Processors that fall within this example include producers of paints, automotive products (e.g., antifreeze, oil additives, etc.) and specialty cleaners and floor wax preparations. This example covers a large s ment of the processor class. 

Chem. Descrip. Sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate CAS 577-11-7 EINECS/ELINCS 209406-4 Uses Wetting agent, emulsifier, demulsifier for textile wet processing, specialty cleaners dewatering agent for flotation cones., oil spill cleanup blends vise, depressant in emulsion PVC food pkg. adhesives, paper emulsifier in mfg. of food-contact articles in resinous/polymeric food-contact coatings... 

Uses W/o emulsifier detergent for laundry and specialty cleaners vise, builder lubricant antistat, emulsifier, emulsion stabilizer, vise, control agent in cosmetics in food-pkg. adhesives defoamer in food-contact paper/paperboard in food-contact textiles antistat, antifog in food pkg. 

Household cleaners are generally used on every hard surface in the home except for dishes. In this chapter, the discussion concentrates on specialty cleaners that are formulated for specific cleaning problems, whereas all-purpose cleaners and their variants are covered in Chapter 2. This means that most of this chapter will be spent discussing cleaners used in the bathroom—such as soap scum cleaners, mildew removers, and toilet bowl cleaners. Additionally, there are cleaners that are used for extremely narrow use, such as oven and drain cleaners. Disinfectant cleaners as variants of all-purpose cleaning were covered in the previous chapter, but will also be covered here with the emphasis on the disinfectant action rather than on the cleaning function. 

Specialty cleaners are largely a developed market phenomena. Less developed markets usually have consumers that are using all-purpose cleaners for truly all purposes. With more disposable income in developed markets, consumers can afford to have both all-purpose and specialty cleaners in their cabinets. The all-purpose cleaners are most used for greasy soil or dirt cleaning in the kitchen or household walls and floors, whereas the specialty cleaners are used for their target situations such as soap scum on bathroom surfaces. 

Given that the specialty cleaners largely exist in the developed markets, they can also afford somewhat more expensive packaging that also gives the product greater convenience in application. 

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. 

First this discussion will tnm to the simplest of the specialty cleaners, those based on very high pH the oven and drain cleaners. Both are usually based on a high concentration of an alkaline ingredient such as sodium hydroxide. In both cases, the alkalinity of the formula is key to its ability to clean the soils encountered in these problems. The choice of snrfactant is somewhat limited, as the surfactant needs to be stable at pHs of 11-14, bnt there is still reasonable choice. The main function of the surfactant in these products relates primarily to their foaming. 

Most of the specialty cleaners that are formulated for household use are intended for the bathroom. Although hard water scale can occnr in any room with running water, soap scum and mildew tend to be concentrated in the bathroom. Bathroom cleaners mostly are claimed to have action against the big three of bathroom soils soap scnm, mildew (or mildew stain), and hard water buildup. These soils are best removed with specialized chemistry, and so the specialty cleaners are very successful in this area. 

Another major category of specialty cleaner is mildew cleaners. Mildew is largely a problem in the bathroom, but it can occur in trash cans, refrigerators, and otha kitchen surfaces. The main focus of mildew cleaners tends to be their use in the bathroom, especially in the shower enclosure. Mildew cleaners are a subset of the general category of bleach cleaners, which were discussed in a previous chapter. 

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