Industrial surface cleaning agents are a class of chemical products specifically used to remove surface repair, oil, rust, paint, etc. of metal or other materials. They are widely evaluated in manufacturing, processing, maintenance and other industries to help clean and prepare surfaces for subsequent processing. Common industrial surface cleaning agents include rust removers, paint strippers and high-efficiency degreasing agents, which have the characteristics of fast, safe, etc., and can improve production efficiency and product quality.
Rust remover is a chemical product that reacts with rust on the metal surface through specific chemical components to remove rust and oxide layers. Its main components usually include acids, surfactants and corrosion inhibitors. Acids (such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, etc.) can effectively dissolve rust and oxides, while surfactants help clean and disperse rust debris to ensure the uniformity and thoroughness of the cleaning process. The role of corrosion inhibitors is to prevent further corrosion of the metal substrate during the cleaning process.
Paint stripper is a chemical product used to remove surface coatings (such as paint, coatings, varnishes, etc.) from metals, plastics, wood, etc. Its main principle is to destroy the bonding force between the coating and the substrate through chemical reactions, so that the coating is detached from the surface. Common chemical components of paint strippers include phenols, alcohols, esters, chlorinated solvents and other organic solvents. They achieve the effect of removing the paint layer by dissolving or softening the coating.
Degreasers are mainly composed of surfactants, solvents and corrosion inhibitors. Surfactants help reduce the surface tension between oil and the surface, emulsify or decompose the oil, and make it easier to remove; solvents dissolve oil, and commonly used solvents include alcohols, ketones, etc.; corrosion inhibitors are used to protect the metal surface and prevent corrosion during the cleaning process. Modern degreasers often use water-based ingredients to reduce the release of volatile organic compounds and meet environmental and safety requirements.
How to choose a surface cleaner from a chemical perspective?
Nature of target pollutants:
Grease and oil stains: Choose a cleaner containing surfactants and solvents. Surfactants can effectively reduce the interfacial tension between oil stains and the surface, and solvents can dissolve grease.
Rust and oxides: Choose acidic or acidic cleaners, such as rust removers containing phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid. These acidic substances can react with oxides to dissolve rust.
Coatings and paint layers: Choose paint strippers containing strong solvents (such as ketones and ester solvents). These solvents can effectively soften or dissolve coatings.
Type and stability of substrates:
Metal substrates: Choose a cleaner that is non-corrosive to metals, such as protecting metal substrates from corrosion by adding corrosion inhibitors.
Plastics or vulnerable materials: Choose mild cleaners and avoid using strong acids or strong bases to reduce damage to the material.
Chemical activity of cleaning agents:
The chemical composition of the cleaning agent needs to have the ability to react with pollutants, such as removing pollutants through dissolution, emulsification, redox reactions, etc.
Summary
JiChuan Chemical is a surface treatment environmental protection technology company integrating R&D, production and sales. Its headquarters is located in Songshan Lake, Dongguan. It is facing the world and has been exported to dozens of countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, India, France, etc. The company takes environmental protection as its purpose, independent innovation as its core, and customers as its priority. It is our company’s eternal pursuit to continuously reduce costs and improve efficiency for customers, and provide professional surface treatment solutions for global customers, including surface treatment agents, consumables and equipment.
Mainly produces industrial cleaning agents, rust inhibitors, paint strippers, net washing water, wax removal water, degreasing agents, cutting fluids, abrasive polishing agents, brighteners and other environmentally friendly surface treatment agents, potions and consumables for surface treatment such as cleaning, grinding, polishing, rust prevention and passivation. At the same time, it sells various surface treatment industrial automation equipment such as deburring, chamfering, deoxidation, grinding, polishing, cleaning and drying, and has passed the import and export commodity qualification certification, export sea freight identification report quality freight requirements, and MSDS, SDS, SGS and other chemical quality technical inspection reports.
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