•  On Mar, 10, 2021
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•   Detergent

You ought to establish a set of cleaning strategy while dealing with surface contaminant removal. During a detergent development process, we have to start from the fundamental to ensure appropriate detergent is selected.

A strong cleaning and detergent formulation knowledge are the keys factor for developing an industrial cleaner. In this article, we are going to reveal some basic cleaning strategy for the cleaning process.

Basic Cleaner Development Flow

Develop a new cleaner for removing a specific surface contaminant is not simply blending several types of surfactants and solvents. It requires the characteristic knowledge about the contaminant and the approach of removal.

An experienced cleaning chemist requires broad cleaning knowledge and ability in selecting the appropriate surfactant. Meanwhile, the chemist has to acquire hands-on experience too. This is to ensure the newly developed cleaner not only fulfil the cleaning strategy but also complies with the manufacturing restriction.

In general, the cleaning strategy comprises of knowledge from different aspects, such as:

1. The understanding of the contaminant characteristic
2. Substrate surface characteristic, such as substrate material, hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface.
3. Approach for removing the contaminant
4. Select the appropriate surfactants and solvent
5. Formulate the cleaner or detergent base on the selected surfactant and solvent
6. Practical application stage. Tools use, training and guidance
7. Set up a periodic cleaning plan

The Concepts for Cleaning Strategy

There are several approaches we could adopt while dealing with the cleaning process. There are a few strategies which we commonly found in the cleaning process.

Common Cleaning Strategies

1. Clean in warm or hot water. Increasing the water temperature will lower the water surface tension. This helps in improving wetting ability.
2. The help of the bubble. Bubble helps in cleaning performance. However, an accessive bubble may become an annoying symptom for the cleaning process.
3. Acid, Alkaline or neutral based detergent. Various acidity level may damage the substrate. You have to understand the characteristic of the substrate material.
4. Indoor or Outdoor cleaning. This going to affect surfactant selection.
5. The use of tools, such as Manual Scrub, Spray or High-Pressure Water Jet. Any cleaner selection will affect the tools used during the cleaning process.

Why Cleaning Strategy Is Important?

DST has more than 10 years of working experience in supplying cleaning detergent for industrial applications. Among the requirements, the cleaner selection is the most challenging job because we have to consider the situation from various aspect.

For home cleaning, the user could purchase some detergent to test the contaminant remover result. However, during the commercial cleaning process, we will present a comprehensive cleaning strategy. The strategy will ensure a better clean result and sustainable performance.

Industrial uses Dedicate Cleaner and Detergent

In practical application, there is no universal detergent which suits all the process. Hence, we have to develop dedicate cleaner detergent for specific applicaiton. For instance, the rust remover cleaner. This cleaner is a dedicate formulation for clean-up the rusty cable surface at Hong Kong Tsing Ma Bridge.

DST is a cleaner developer in Malaysia market. During the cleaning consultation, we will only propose a cleaning solution after considering the entire cleaning strategy. In short, we provide cleaning consultation service and detergent formulation service for the user who requires a tailor-made cleaner. You are welcomed to discuss with DST if you come across any cleaning need.