Ideal Temperature for Cleaning
Q. What is the ideal temperature for cleaning ultrasonically and spray washing?
The Aqueous Cleaning Handbook, written by the technical support team at Alconox, discusses heat and cleaning applications.
Removing Lead Dust
Q. How do I remove lead and lead dust from lead based paint?
A. To remove lead contaminated dust resulting from chalking of old lead-based paint, use Ledizolv cleaner. Ledizolv is a specially formulated cleaner designed to remove trace levels of lead, such as those typically found in older homes that have lead based paint in them. Visit www.ledizolv.com for more information.
Selecting an Aqueous Cleaning Detergent
Q. What are important questions to consider when selecting an aqueous cleaner?
A. Critical cleaning requires careful selection of cleaning chemistry and methods to ensure adequate performance without sacrificing either work safety or benign environmental impact. Key considerations include: Type of substrate, Type of soil, part complexity, level of cleanliness required, manufacturing process, cleaning efficiency, environmental consideration.
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Recommended Liquinox cleaning temperature
Q: We use your product to clean residual contamination off the surface of mixed metal boards. We are currently using 1% Liquinox in DI water at 50°C. Can you please comment on Alconox’s recommendation for a cleaning temperature? Is 50°C…
Forward to the Aqueous Cleaning Handbook
Q. Who wrote the forward of The Aqueous Cleaning Handbook?
A. The forward of The Aqueous Cleaning Handbook was written by Dr. Carole LeBlanc of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at the University of Massachusetts . . .