Degreaser - Caustic Soda Beads

[Washaway]

For those of you out there, who make your own degreaser, what else do you add to caustic soda beads to make an awefully strong, effective product?

[jayk2005]

I know some guys are using dawn soap as a foaming agent I am after the same formula if anyone can help that would be great

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Mel,
I seem to remember that Fenner told me about adding sodium metasilicate??? to a stripper ( degreaser home brew) once along with a thick soap for grippage and cling.

However I had no access to that chem and just used caustic beads and soap. Worked fine.

Maybe he will chime in this thread.

[HighTide]

I mix Envirospec's PowerStroke with caustic soda beads. Works like a charm!

[JohnB]

I keep the beads dry and add a cup of Beads to a squirt of dawn and then fill the pump up sprayer with super hot water until the pump up sprayer dances in the sink... Been doing it this way for 20 years now. Just dont put your head over the pump up sprayer when adding hot water..

[Pat Norman]

I keep the beads dry and add a cup of Beads to a squirt of dawn and then fill the pump up sprayer with super hot water until the pump up sprayer dances in the sink... Been doing it this way for 20 years now. Just dont put your head over the pump up sprayer when adding hot water..

I actually saw him do it too!!

For concrete I mix Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium Hydroxide, TSP and some Dawn too. I like lotsa suds sometimes add purple power. Downstream and dwell time. You can see the dirt running as soon as the solution hits the concrete.

edit...just be careful with this stuff. It will leave a nasty burn!!!

[JohnB]

Hey Pat .. Man whats been going on .. I was in New Albany about a month ago .. I will be back in about 3 months .. I will call ya.. This month I have to go to tupelo, Boonville, Baldwyn and then Marks and Charleston...Then for march its all down south work..

[Pat Norman]

Hey Pat .. Man whats been going on .. I was in New Albany about a month ago .. I will be back in about 3 months .. I will call ya.. This month I have to go to tupelo, Boonville, Baldwyn and then Marks and Charleston...Then for march its all down south work..

Holler at me when you are in the 'hood. I'll bring some PPE and come lend you another helping hand

[Christopher]

I mix Envirospec's PowerStroke with caustic soda beads. Works like a charm!

David, I have some of that stuff, how much beads do you add to a 5 gallon bucket or a 55'er?

Do you apply it with a pump up sprayer or downstream at that strength?

Thanks.

[HighTide]

Chris, the short answer is both. I add 12 oz. of beads to each gallon with a half pound to a pound of PowerStroke per gallon depending how dirty the surface is. For example, a typical bank drive thru only needs 2 gallons mixed up and then I downstream it. I usually have (and want to have) a half gallon left over in the bucket after coating all the lanes real good. I pour the remaining mix directly on the main oil stains and push it around the big stain with a brush and let it all dwell for 10-15 minutes. The surface oil is gone before I even hit it with hot water. I must be doing something right as one bank client just asked me to add 4 more of their branches in the next county to be cleaned 4 times a year. I LOVE BANKS!

[Russ Spence]

strong is great but remember what is left behind is not good! Rinse and rinse and neutralize!

[chris francis]

Russ how do you neutralize caustic soda I remember you said citric acid will neutralize bleach but what neutralize caustic soda

[jayk2005]

thank you adrian ... i am having trouble filling out this signature line i thought i had already looking for my controls button and don';t seem to be able to find it

can you help me thanks

jason

[Thad]

thank you adrian ... i am having trouble filling out this signature line i thought i had already looking for my controls button and don';t seem to be able to find it

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