Nancy A Falk PhD Formulation Consulting LLC
Want to know more about cleaning and disinfecting products? What's the latest? How can this affect your business, or you as a consumer?
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In this section, you'll learn the science and news on cleaning products. This month, we'll focus on Ingredients 101, a primer to the key ingredients in cleaning products.
Ingredients 101
It's easy to take your cleaning products for granted. Yet, to be effective, cleaning products have ingredients that work together to quickly tackle the messy cleaning jobs in homes and businesses. Here's the typical types of ingredients found in cleaning products. In future months, you can learn more about these materials.
--surfactants break the adhesion between the soil and the surface and interact with the soil to help make other ingredients, like bleaches and suspension agents, work better. They also stabilize fragrances in cleaning products.
--bleaches and enzymes break down soils so that they lift off more easily and they don't stain your surfaces.
--polymers help soils rinse/wipe away, improve soil lift-off, and keep dyes and soils from redepositing on fabrics
--antimicrobials kill bacteria, viruses, and/or fungal matter.
--fragrances help surfaces smell pleasant and enhance the perception of cleanliness.
--solvents help dissolve soils and carry them away.