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Has anyone else used any of the liquid laundry detergents with the 12% instead of Dawn?

What were they and what was the results?

Works™ Natural Dishwashing Liquid
What would you all say about adopting this into a solution of 12%?
It does come in some great smells, but would mixing it with chlorine degrade the suds? It is made by clorox though and Clorox makes the number one brand of house hold bleach right? They would have to be compatible?

My goal is to study to find out if there is something that works better. If there is I will use it and just charge it into the rpice. It will not be off of my nose and the homeowner will get even a better cleaning or maybe a faster one?

Anybody out there can step up and accept the challenge?
 
I have never tried using laundry soap but I've heard of a few who have tried it. Apparently it does not rinse as well as other soaps and leaves a bit of a chalky residue on vinyl and on windows. I use nothing but Dawn in all my House Wash mixes and have never had a problem with it. However, one kind of Dawn that I will not mix with SH is the antibacterial dawn. NASTY FUMES. :eek: I did it once and thought I was gonna die while doing a Pool enclosure.
 
Ultra is out!!!

Larry Millette said:
I have never tried using laundry soap but I've heard of a few who have tried it. Apparently it does not rinse as well as other soaps and leaves a bit of a chalky residue on vinyl and on windows. I use nothing but Dawn in all my House Wash mixes and have never had a problem with it. However, one kind of Dawn that I will not mix with SH is the antibacterial dawn. NASTY FUMES. :eek: I did it once and thought I was gonna die while doing a Pool enclosure.
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I was wanting to know what was up with all the specialty dawn not being used like the ultra and anti bacterial stuff. Seems like it would work being that sh is like a disinfectant of sorts?
 
Someone said they use tide on oil stains and it work good
but I have not seen it or used it to know if it did work. Guess i have to try a test spot to see for my self
 
Question, do you tell your customers what you use? I don't get it, as much as most of us charge for providing our service, why use cheap crap like dish detergent? Find a pressure washing supply vendor that carries products designed for what your cleaning. Manufactureres spend thousands and thousands of dollars to create the best soaps they can for what we do.

Are you willing to spend that much to create a product? What if that antibacterial batch you mixed up created some type of poisen gass that trashed your lungs or those of an employee? Do you carry insurance to cover your manufacturing capabilities?

Henry
 
My stance

Henry Bockman said:
Question, do you tell your customers what you use? I don't get it, as much as most of us charge for providing our service, why use cheap crap like dish detergent? Find a pressure washing supply vendor that carries products designed for what your cleaning. Manufactureres spend thousands and thousands of dollars to create the best soaps they can for what we do.

Are you willing to spend that much to create a product? What if that antibacterial batch you mixed up created some type of poisen gass that trashed your lungs or those of an employee? Do you carry insurance to cover your manufacturing capabilities?

Henry
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Thats why I would not mix up things that are bad for me. The obvious things that we should not due, which antibacterial or ultra and other things I would not try. I am talking about things people have used or what they would think about a certain product. I am gathering ideas to deliver the best thoughts to a chemist. So I guess the answer is yes I am going to have a special type of hybrid mix down the road based on common sense questions that professionals and homeowners alike have on their mind when it comes to cleaning their house.

My goal is not to try and hurt anyone. Employee, myself or other. Even though It would be great for them to have a insurance plan that would cover that type of injury, it is even greater to create something that would not do that to them in the first place.


I do not tell my customers what I use as in a 1,2,3 copy me formula, but spending thousands of dollars on testing products does not always mean they are the best. This is why I am venturing on possibilities. I am the type of person that always try to take a product over the top. Even if I do something I will always go back to the drawing board to see if I can perfect it even more. No knock on Bob, Pete or the sealer store guys at all. I appreciate all they do because it is their passion. Serving my customers with the best I can offer and re invent is my passion.

Thanks
 
AlwaysAqua said:
Serving my customers with the best I can offer and re invent is my passion.

Thanks
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Making money to take care of my family, employees and to enjoy life is mine. I'm not knocking you for wanting to play chemist, I just don't get why so many guys do it all the time. Most do it to save money but it just doesn't add up. The little bit of money you might save isn't worth the time or risk involved. I make far more money washing that I'd ever make trying to create my own soap.
 
Henry Bockman said:
Making money to take care of my family, employees and to enjoy life is mine. I'm not knocking you for wanting to play chemist, I just don't get why so many guys do it all the time. Most do it to save money but it just doesn't add up. The little bit of money you might save isn't worth the time or risk involved. I make far more money washing that I'd ever make trying to create my own soap.
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My trying to delve into the perfect soap is not to gain money. If fact I am prob one of the only ones who do not add a percentage to their pickup of products. The way I look mat it is that if I did not have the chems or the paint I would not be in biz anyway. If I wanted to be a Benjamin Moore store owner I would buy into the franchise. I simply want something that works the best for my taylored needs period. I am not trying to get into something I have no business of getting into. Example is you will never catch me trying to perfect the perfect acid or the perfect epoxy coating. I guess it is just something of a curiosity to me. I do not want to be the painter or the pw that gives the opinion of "I use the stuff because everyone else uses it"
 
Jimmy Its cool to try and re invent the wheel and all. But alot of theese guys on here have been there n done that.(including myself) My best friend is a chemist and he has hooked me up with all sorts of chems/powders that work and are safe. He does it as a past time for me as he travels all over the worl surfing now. keep trying you might just stumble on to somthin. thats how all great inventions are made.
 
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El Flojo said:
Jimmy Its cool to try and re invent the wheel and all. But alot of theese guys on here have been there n done that.(including myself) My best friend is a chemist and he has hooked me up with all sorts of chems/powders that work and are safe. He does it as a past time for me as he travels all over the worl surfing now. keep trying you might just stumble on to somthin. thats how all great inventions are made.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I have some things in the works. Does you friend have a friend that will loan out for experience lol.
 
I didnt read every post, they were too long.

But, Jimmy and Henry both have points.

Henry is right to not "test" new mixes on customers homes. Try them out at home first around yourself and family before you take them to a customers house. There are companies who spend tens of thousands of dollars making soaps especially for our type of cleaning. But they are also doing it to make money. Look at Ace cleaning. Their "renew" has to be pressure washed off. It being made by a big company, does that make it worth using? Nope.

Plus I have used different soaps from manufacturers, and dont like any of them overall as much as I do a $2 bottle of dawn. It works better. It sticks better, it smells better and there's no shipping costs.

Jimmy, keep trying things and see what works. Just dont test them on your customers homes, and risk their health/safety.
 
Thanks

Scott D. said:
I didnt read every post, they were too long.

But, Jimmy and Henry both have points.

Henry is right to not "test" new mixes on customers homes. Try them out at home first around yourself and family before you take them to a customers house. There are companies who spend tens of thousands of dollars making soaps especially for our type of cleaning. But they are also doing it to make money. Look at Ace cleaning. Their "renew" has to be pressure washed off. It being made by a big company, does that make it worth using? Nope.

Plus I have used different soaps from manufacturers, and dont like any of them overall as much as I do a $2 bottle of dawn. It works better. It sticks better, it smells better and there's no shipping costs.

Jimmy, keep trying things and see what works. Just dont test them on your customers homes, and risk their health/safety.
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That was my line of thinking. Thanks for the response. Also, thanks to all who commented.
 
what Ive done in the past to test chems is go to forclosed homes and talk to the people + the bank and tell them that i will be testing some new chems and they will get the wash for free. then you have time to see if it spots up or hazes ect. picked up a few jobs this way too.
 
Good angle

El Flojo said:
what Ive done in the past to test chems is go to forclosed homes and talk to the people + the bank and tell them that i will be testing some new chems and they will get the wash for free. then you have time to see if it spots up or hazes ect. picked up a few jobs this way too.
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Sounds like a good plan. Then if it melts the screen I can high tail it lol Just kidding.
 
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