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FLOORPREP is a Water-Based cleaning
preparation which assists in removing oil, grease and other stains from concrete
surfaces and areas such as driveways, patios, garage floors and other inert substrates.
It is also a useful pre-treatment for cleaning many other surfaces such as steel,
rusty metal, aluminium, etc., prior to painting.
When using FLOORPREP as a degreaser, it is important that it
is used in its neat (i.e, undiluted) state, and that the product is completely
rinsed away from the surface after the degreasing operation has been completed.
The latter precaution is essential to ensure that the FLOORPREP is not allowed
to dry on the surface to be painted, which could otherwise risk it dissolving
into the subsequent paint film, causing possible damage to the protective properties.
For General Cleaning - dilute FLOORPREP 1:10 with water in a
spray gun and spray onto the dirty surface and wipe clean. Alternatively, the
cleaning mixture can simply be poured onto the surface and scrubbed to enhance
the cleaning action. On glass or windows, use the rate of 1:100, spray on, wipe
or squeegee off then polish with a clean soft cloth.
For a Pre-Wash or Spotting Spray - Dilute FLOORPREP 1:4 with water and apply to
collars, cuffs and stains, wash in the usual way. FLOORPREP may also be used as
a pre-wash soak and is also suitable for use in high pressure wash units, foam
guns, for carpet spotting and automotive detailing including engine degreasing
and motor car bodies.
| SPECIAL FEATURES: |
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- Water based (no toxic, flammable or carcinogenic solvents).
- Non caustic (many industrial cleaners are little more than solutions of sodium
hydroxide - NaOH - which are extremely aggressive chemically and can attack surfaces
such as aluminium and zinc and cause considerable damage in the process. Those
types of cleaner need to be neutralised prior to disposal).
- Fully dilatable (for obvious spills the FLOORPREP may be
used in its neat form, but for general purpose cleaning it can be diluted with
an appropriate amount of water).
- Non staining (many competitive cleaners actually change the colour of the
surface during their cleaning action).
- Biodegradable (the industrial cleaning components within the FLOORPREP formulation
are aliphatic or straight chain in character which allows natural bacteria to
quickly metabolise these chains once they have performed their work.
- Highly efficient solubilization (when being used, for example, during oil
spills, FLOORPREP quickly breaks down the contaminants into very small colloidal
particles with an enormous specific surface area which again allows these to be
quickly broken down by natural bacteria).
- Non dangerous goods (the product can be stored in any general storage area).
- Clean finish (many other cleaners often leave a residual tarnish or “oily
tail” but the FLOORPREP merely cleans the surface completely
and leaves nothing behind).
- Multi use product (there is virtually no end of uses for FLOORPREP
and it can be used as a general purpose floor cleaner, for cleaning engines, for
general industrial cleaning, workshop floors, carpet spotting, and cleaning industrial
equipment).
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| TYPICAL APPLICATIONS: |
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| Cleaning up of oil spills and similar fluids:
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| Typical oil spill on a driveway. |
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| The final result - a clean and oil-free surface |
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Image above: When being used as a heavy duty
cleaner or degreaser, the FLOORPREP must be applied neat (i.e,
undiluted) onto the affected area, and scrubbed vigorously. After a few minutes,
hose off with fresh water. For severe stains, the process may need to be repeated. |
| The importance of a clean surface prior to
painting: |
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| Typical metal surface contaminated with thin layer of industrial
oil. |
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| The same plate was then wiped clean with automotive thinners,
and then bought into contact with water. |
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| Image above: Many surfaces are affected with
a range of hydrophobic (or water-repellent) entities, including oil, grease, diesel,
etc. It is essential that these be removed before painting, and especially so
when using any water-based paint,, since if the surface rejects water as can be
seen by the very evident surface tension effect in the photo, then it will also
reject the paint. |
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Image above: Sometimes, even cleaning the surface
with thinners or a wax and grease remover does not go far enough, since the solvent
will often dissolve the material from one area and simply re-deposit it elsewhere.
In this case, the plate appears to have been cleaned, but when the surface is
wetted with water, the water rejection is still very evident. |
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| Similar oil contaminated plate scrubbed with FLOORPREP,
then rinsed with water. |
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Image on the left: For this plate, the grease
was scrubbed with neat FLOORPREP and rinsed off with fresh water. The surface
tension problem has disappeared, and the water is seen to be wetting the plate
completely |
| Cleaning up of oil spills and similar fluids:
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| Old front suspension unit ready for cleaning with FLOORPREP. |
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| Even oily units like this can be scrubbed clean with FLOORPREP
concentrate. |
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| PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: |
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| Appearance: |
Clear to amber mobile liquid, with characteristic odour |
| Boiling Point: |
100C |
| Vapour pressure: |
N/A |
| Pot Life: |
Indefinite |
| Specific Gravity: |
1.00 |
| Flash Point: |
None |
| Solubility in water: |
Miscible in all proportions |
| pH: |
12.2 - 12.5 |
| Pack Sizes: |
1 Litre, 5 Litres, 25 litres |
| Dilution: |
Must not be diluted when used as a degreaser |
| Clean up: |
Water |
| Recoating Times: |
No restrictions |
| Coverage: |
Variable depending upon dilution |
| PRODUCT INFORMATION
SHEET: |
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For your convenience we have provided as a download, a PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEET
in Adobe Acrobat format below.
FLOORPREP.pdf
To view a PDF file you must have Adobe Acrobat reader. It is free, and is available
below.
Adobe Acrobat (4mb)
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