performance builder plus
MAKE YOUR OWN EXHAUST HOOD CLEANER
WAIT! DON’T BUY ANY MORE
CAUSTIC HOOD CLEANERS
if you do you are wasting even more money!
Personally speaking I think one of the biggest ‘scams’ perpetrated on the Professional Mobile Wash Industry is trying to make them
think that there is a lot of ‘rocket science’ that goes into producing high performance, caustic exhaust hood cleaners. There
isn’t and if you insist on purchasing those types of products – well then - you are just wasting a lot of money because anyone can make them.
Simply purchase a drum of 85% Potassium Hydroxide and add Performance Builder
Plus.
Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide Exhaust Hood Cleaners and Paint
Strippers (same thing) are nothing but 1 gallon of surfactant added to the drum
and stirred in. The secret is this - because of the aggressiveness of these two
raw materials there are only a couple of surfactants that are stable in the
solution for any period of time and they are not cheap. Because of the cost of
this family of surfactants many manufacturers rely on a nine mole surfactant
such as that found in typical detergents and slap a label on it and out the
door it goes. The trouble here is -by the time you get the product the
surfactant has been overwhelmed by the hydroxide to a point where it has
exhausted its ability or perform.
Performance Builder Plus is a blend of high yield, caustic stable surfactants & emulsifiers that will hold up indefinitely and help to ‘crank up’ the horsepower of the raw material. Next time you decide to buy a caustic
cleaner order up a gallon of Performance Builder Plus. Then look in your yellow
pages for your local chemical supplier.
If you can’t find one call Univar at 800-233-0633 or http://www.univarusa.com or Brentag
Mid South at 800-289-4020 or http://www.pbschemical.com for their location
nearest you.
A premium caustic exhaust hood cleaner would be one where 50 pounds of sodium
hydroxide beads are mixed with 55 gallons of water along with one gallon of
Performance Builder Plus. Exercise caution when mixing sodium hydroxide beads
with water. Add very slowly otherwise there can be a violent reaction where the
product will blow back on you. After the beads have been added stir in the
Performance Builder Plus. If you use Potassium Hydroxide you will purchase that
in an 85% liquid form. Typically a manufacturer will make 4 drums out of 1 drum
of the 85% solution. In this case you will need 4 each 1 gallon containers of
Performance Builder Plus. EXERCISE CAUTION when working with any chemical
product. Read and understand the MSDS and all safety information about the
products being handled. Wear protective clothing and safety glasses. Do not
allow any unprotected person or animal around the mixing area. Clean up when
done.
