Why It Matters
Building-service contractors and janitorial distributors buy caustic/amine/glycol-ether floor strippers and acrylic floor-finish emulsions by the drum. Floor strippers and acrylic floor-finish emulsions are bought by the drum by the building-service-contractor channel.
Solution Approach
Building-service contractors and janitorial distributors buy caustic/amine/glycol-ether floor strippers and acrylic floor-finish emulsions by the drum. Floor strippers and acrylic floor-finish emulsions are bought by the drum by the building-service-contractor channel. RawSource supplies the base chemicals that go into these programs. We can help with product selection, grade matching, and sourcing from multiple origins for supply security.
Typical Formulation Workflow
1
Application & Soil Assessment
Define the cleaning task, surfaces, soils, and water hardness, plus the safety and regulatory profile for the use environment.
2
Surfactant & Builder Selection
Match surfactants, builders, solvents, chelants, acids or alkalis, and preservatives to the soil, surface compatibility, and label claims.
3
Formulation & Use-Dilution Trial
Optimize the actives ratio and use dilution, checking foam, clarity, stability, and performance at the in-use concentration.
4
Performance & Stability Validation
Confirm cleaning efficacy, storage and freeze-thaw stability, and packaging compatibility before scale-up.
Recommended Chemistries (5)
Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide) Beads
CAS 1310-73-2
Acids & Salts
Primary alkali for oven cleaners, drain openers, and industrial degreasers
1824 (SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION) · Class Strong alkali that saponifies and softens cured floor-finish polymer so it can be stripped
Melting Point: 318 °C Boiling Point: > 130 °C at 760 mmHg Density: 1.5 at 20 °C
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Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
CAS 111-76-2
Glycols & Polyols
Workhorse grease-cutting solvent for all-purpose and industrial cleaners
1993 (ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER) · Class Coupling/penetrating glycol-ether solvent that swells acrylic floor finish so it lifts from the substrate
Melting Point: -70 °C Boiling Point: 171 °C at 743 mmHg Density: 0.902 at 20 °C
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Sodium Metasilicate
CAS 6834-92-0
Acids & Salts
High-alkalinity builder for industrial cleaning compounds
1759 (SODIUM SILICATE) · Class Alkaline builder giving detergency, soil suspension and metal corrosion inhibition in stripper blends
Melting Point: 1089 °C Boiling Point: BOILING POINT: 100 °C -6H20 /NONAHYDRATE/ Density: 1.1 to 1.7 at 20 °C
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Monoethanolamine (MEA) — Ethanolamine
CAS 141-43-5
Amines & Amides
Amine alkali for floor finish strippers and heavy-duty degreasers
2491 (ETHANOLAMINE) · Class Amine alkali for lower-odor strippers that saponifies finish without the high free caustic that attacks substrates
Melting Point: 10 °C Boiling Point: 170 °C at 760 mmHg Density: 1.016 at 20 °C
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Styrene-acrylic / zinc-crosslinked acrylic floor-finish emulsion polymer
Film-former for the finish side that forms a hard, buffable, durable gloss coating; proprietary emulsion sourced on demand (no single catalog CAS)
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Alkaline Builders & pH Adjusters
Caustic soda, soda ash, silicates, and amine-based alkaline systems for laundry, industrial, and floor-stripping applications
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Glycol Ether Solvents
Ethylene and propylene glycol ethers for grease cutting, soil penetration, and fast drying in hard surface and industrial cleaning
Grease CuttingSolvencySurface Penetration
32 chemistries
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