What is a softwash surfactant? how does it work
What is surfactant for softwashing?
Softwash surfactant is a thick liquid material that's added to sodium hypochlorite and water that makes up all softwash solutions. This thick soap-like solution allows your softwash solution to cling to the surface for longer like a crazy girlfriend. The surfactant allows the bleach to hold onto the surface for longer to extend the cleaning time.
Whats the best surfactant?
there are many different softwash surfaces on the market in the UK. At hero softwash, we use softwash surfactant from Softwash UK. The added benefit of this surface is that it comes with all the correct COSHH sheets. Depending on the strength of the softwash solution a different solution is made.
for example a softwash solution with sodium hypochlorite, surfactant, and soap measuring 1% strength, 2% up to 4%. Each of these solutions is a different product. the benefit of buying softwash surfactants from Softwash UK is that all the correct documentation.
Surfactant make your bleach clean for longer
Softwash surfactant with its clingy properties allows your bleach to clean for longer. Surface like those sloping driveways loves a heavy surfactant. What we don't want as a pressure washing business is for any of the soft washing solutions is for it to be wasted by running onto surfaces that do not need to be cleaned. Surfactants allow that 'clinginess' so that it stays on the surfaces you want cleaning.
If you want a dynamic way to increase the clinginess or strength of your soft washing solutions, the hero softwash blend manifold proportioner system is a great product for your business.
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