Laundry facilities

Laundry facilities

Of or relating to any commercial establishment where customers pay to use washing machines or to have clothes professionally cleaned by others.

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antichlor

Consumer services; Laundry facilities

Neutralize or react with chlorine bleach to eliminate any residual chlorine by the end of thewash cycle.

caustic

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A very strong alkali. Usually a hydroxide of a light metal, e.g., sodium hydroxide. Willquickly damage alkali sensitive surfaces, such as, skin and soft metals.

chelating agents

Consumer services; Laundry facilities

Similar to a sequestering agent, but acts on impurities in a slightly different way. Good atcontrolling metallic ions in water supplies.

deflocculation

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Solid soils such as sand, clay, or dust can be physically loosened from fabrics and thenacted upon by detergents or simply washed down the drain.

detergent

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Term usually referring to any cleaning agent other than soap. Detergents are usuallysurfactants, but may contain a variety of other ingredients such as builders, corrosioninhibitors; suds control ...

dilution

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Dilution is the process of reducing the concentration of a substance. Each rinse in a washformula dilutes the amount of soil, detergents, and bacteria in the wash solution.

enzymes

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Complex protein molecules, ingredients of many cleaning agents, which help break downstubborn soils and stains in carpet care, laundry, and other applications.