Unlock the Power of Surfactants 🧪 for Better Cleaning Results

By Mark Cave June 17, 2024

Unlock the Power of Surfactants 🧪 for Better Cleaning Results

Product Updates and Tips & Tricks to Ace Surfactant Usage

As with other cleaning methods, soft washing can be extremely effective--especially when you use the right mix of soft wash chemicalslike surfactants. Let's dive into the world of surfactants to help you achieve cleaner, healthier surfaces around your home or business.

Unveiling the New-and-Improved Clever Wash Surfactant 🎉

Exciting news! We have recently updated our Clever Wash surfactant formula to provide an even more powerful, efficient cleaning solution. Now, Clever Wash not only increases the cleaning power of other chemicals but also minimizes streaking and runoff—saving water and the environment.

Valuable Tips and Tricks to Optimise Surfactant Effectiveness

One question we often get is, 'What Is Surfactant?' To put it simply, surfactants help water to mix with oil and dirt so that they can be rinsed away. But did you know you can optimize their effectiveness? Here are two tricks for using Clever Wash surfactant:

Mixing Rates: Contrary to popular belief, using more surfactant in your washer does not always mean better cleaning. It could actually reduce the chemical's effectiveness. Refer to our handy Sodium Hypochlorite Mixing Guide to properly mix your surfactants.
The ‘Dwelling’ Period: After applying surfactant mixed in your cleaning solution, let it dwell on the surface for 15-25 minutes. This dwell time can make all the difference by allowing the surfactant to effectively break down dirt and oils before being rinsed.

Final Thoughts 🤔

Understanding and using surfactants correctly can help you get the most out of your soft washing equipment, method, and other cleaning chemicals. As always, make sure to stay updated with our latest content for more valuable tips, tricks, and product updates!

Visit Now 👉 SoftWash UK 🖥️

Whether you're interested in learning more about soft washing, need to purchase soft wash equipment or chemicals, or want to enroll in a soft wash training course, SoftWash UK is your go-to resource. We continue to strive to give you the best-in-the-business solutions for exterior surface cleaning. Visit our website now!

Stay tuned, and keep achieving pristine clean! 👍 🔮

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Soft Wash Calculator App

Now you can say I've got an app for that!

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Softwashing calculator is an indispensable tool for juggling complicated chemical mixes. It helps reduce wastage and keeps operating costs down by giving accurate proportions

If you are having difficulty getting your head around the maths, trying to work out what percentage of softwash you need, how much chemical, surfactant and water to add, then this is the App for you.

The Soft Wash Calculator App allows you to work out your soft wash recipe by telling you exactly how much chemical, how much water and how much surfactant to add to get the desired soft wash recipe.
It doesn't stop there!.
- It can also remix your leftover softwash to a new stronger or weaker recipe.
- all controls in one place for see at a glance operation
- ease of input via pre-loaded dials. no more calculator style typing
- instantly responds to changes of complex combinations
- works in both Litres and US Gallons
- tested for Protan and Deutan colourblind users
- links to SoftwashingUK website

Take this scenario
You started with a 1% soft wash recipe of 50 gal (or litres) for a deck clean and you’re left with 13 gallons.

You get a call from a prospective customer to clean their roof. Past experience tells you a 4% soft wash recipe is needed, but what about your leftover mix at 1%?.

Do you waste time and effort driving back to base to transfer into a standby tank?
You could consider the 13 gal as just water, top up the tank and start again.
But that’s throwing away the value of the mix and raising your overhead.

Soft Wash Calculator App to the rescue.

You get to the new job and it requires 100 gal / litres.
Switch into remix mode , confirming the 13 gal already in the tank
Move the dials to your new recipe and the app immediately updates the different amounts to add in front of your eyes including the correct amount of extra surfactant.

You now have a 100 gal / litres tank of 4% soft wash recipe ready for your roof clean job!

Not forgetting you’ve saved money too, all without stress and uncertainty . Don’t underestimate what confident calmness has on your customer putting out referrals.

The same applies if you have a 4% recipe left in your tank and you need to dilute it down to 2%. Again the app will tell you how.

Softwashing calculator will also work for any chemical recipe. For instance you can use it for Sodium Hypochlorite, Bleach, Biocide , TFR traffic film remover and degreaser. Even the mathematically-challenged rocket scientist can top up their booster tanks to new fuel mixes after launch delays caused by changing weather conditions.

Using this app you will know exactly what chemical strength to put on any surface giving you the confidence and the knowledge of a professional soft washer and you’ll save money as well.

So if you have little knowledge of how to mix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you have little knowledge of how to remix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you want to save money when mixing a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.

This app is also backward compatible to devices running iOS7. We've done this so you can re-purpose an old iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 5 for what could be hazardous work environments. Just toss one in your cleaning van's toolkit.

Once you learn the methods and procedures of how to apply the soft wash to the different surfaces that need cleaning you’ll be unstoppable!

The app also has a guide to what percentage for what surface. And if you are the lucky owner of a Clever Injector it will remind you the correct setting for the job.
However you should always consider and risk assess what soft wash recipe you need to clean the surface.

** A major iOS code-base change may require a re-purchase. The appiverse at the time will confirm our promise that we won't do so unless the necessity is apparent.

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