Stepan

BIO-SOFT® LFS-04

BIO-SOFT® LFS-04 is a proprietary, nonionic surfactant technology from Stepan Company that is used for hard surface cleaning formulations where low/film streak performance is important such as glass , floor and multi-surface cleaners. With a very low critical micelle concentration (CMC), it is especially useful for concentrates with high dilution rates where minimal film/streaking is desired, such as glass windows and mirrors, floors and ceramic. This product can also be utilized for ready-to-use (RTU) cleaners and can often replace alkyl polyglucoside surfactants in cleaners.

Benefits:

• Low film/streak performance
• Very low critical micelle concentration (CMC)
• Alkyl polyglucoside surfactant replacement
• Easily implement in ready-to-use (RTU)
• Applicable in a wide variety of cleaning applications

Characteristics:

• Clear to Slightly Hazy Liquid
• Preservative Free
• Soluble in water

Applications:

• Carwash - Automatic
• Carwash - Hand
• Degreasers
• Glass and Mirror Cleaners
• Hard Surface Cleaners - Dilutable
• Hard Surface Cleaners - Ready to Use
• Other Home Care
• Other Vehicle Care

BIO-SOFT® LFS-07

BIO-SOFT® LFS-07 is a high active nonionic surfactant blend that can be used in a wide variety of cleaning applications due to its degreasing power. This product is especially useful in cleaners used on surfaces where powerful cleaning combined with minimal filming/streaking is desired, such as glass windows and mirrors, floors, ceramic, and vehicle body and windows. BIO-SOFT LFS-07 can often replace alkyl polyglucoside surfactants in cleaners due to its excellent low film/streak performance. With BIO-SOFT LFS-07 is suitable for ready-to-use (RTU) and concentrated cleaners with low to mid dilution rates.

Benefits:

• Powerful degreaser
• Minimal streaking/filming
• Alkyl polyglucoside surfactant replacement
• Single cleaner can be formulated to work on multiple surfaces
• Low pour point for easy handling

Characteristics:

• Clear liquid

Applications:

• All-purpose cleaner
• Vehicle wash
• Carpet/upholstery cleaner
• Degreaser
• Laundry
• Floor cleaning
• Hard surface care
• Heavy duty cleaner
• Industrial cleaning
• Metal cleaning

STEPOSOL® MET-10U is effective in cleaning and removing soils in a variety of formulations. It is a unique unsaturated di-substituted amide derived from renewable sourcing from a bio-based feedstock manufactured using Nobel Prize-winning metathesis technology.

Benefits:

• Excellent solvency
• Environmentally friendly
• Low VOC content
• Low vapor pressure
• High boiling point
• Low HLB
• Used in formulations with pH range from 3 to 12
• Unique unsaturated di - substituted amide derived from renewable sourcing from a bio based feedstock.

Applications:

• All-purpose cleaner
• Oven cleaner
• Metal cleaner
• Graffiti remover
• Heavy duty degreaser
• Grill cleaner
• Permanent ink remover
• Adhesion remover
• Rig wash
• Coatings remover
• Paint stripper
• Solvent degreaser

Characteristics:

• Clear liquid

STEPANQUAT® 50 NF and 65 NF are benzalkonium chloride solutions for broad spectrum preservation of personal care and pharmaceutical products such as topical antiseptics. Benzalkonium chloride can also be used an active ingredient within hand sanitizer formulations.

Grades:

• STEPANQUAT 50 NF
• STEPANQUAT 65 NF

Applications:

• Hand sanitizers
• Facial Cleansers
• Body Wash
• Hair Styling Aids

Characteristics:

• Clear liquid
• Biodegradable
• Moderately to slightly toxic orally
• Flammable

Superior performance delivered naturally

BIO-SOFT DR-13 is a nonionic surfactant that is approved for use in Direct Release applications under the surfactant screen of the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Standard and is listed on CleanGredients. As an effective degreaser, wetting agent, and solubilizer, BIO-SOFT DR-13 is the nonionic solution you should turn to when formulating an outdoor cleaner. Whether it be a car wash, boat wash, outdoor cleaner, pressure washer, etc., BIO-SOFT DR-13 is the versatile nonionic surfactant that will help meet your formulating needs.

Benefits:

• Approved for use in Direct Release applications under the surfactant screen of the US EPA Safer Choice Standard
• Meets the standards to be used in US EPA Safer Choice formulations for outdoor use
• Effective degreaser
• Wetting agent
• Solubilizer

Characteristics:

• Slightly hazy to opaque liquid

Applications:

• Aircraft cleaning
• All-purpose cleaning
• Automotive additives
• Vehicle wash
• Degreasers
• Graffiti removal
• Hard surface care
• Heavy duty cleaning
• Industrial cleaning
• Paint strippers
• Swimming pool maintenance