simple green

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Some of you know I'm a Simple Green fan. I've just been to their site - they have dozens, maybe hundreds of products I'll never want to use. The estate where I work uses
www.labsafety.com
for maintenance supplies. Another of those gigantic outfits that send us gigantic mailbox-challenging 2000pg catalogs. Too often. The 3 products I'll briefly describe are not available on the Simple Green site nor would I surmise at your local hardware or WholeFoods. I haven't tried them yet. But it's interesting that they appear here in a lab safety catalog that is, but wasn't always, almost totally committed to environmental cleanup and prevention. It's the Law.

But Simple Green has found a way to be environmentally and user friendly and do it bio-degradable, without solvents, and inexpensively. For a upstart soap company they seem to be highly successful and they aren't a pyramid selling scheme.

>Extreme Simple Green
meets Boeing's specs for aircraft and general cleaning. It has the capacity to "hold grease, oil and soil in solution during cleaning and rinsing". Means the gunk won't get redeposited. Harmless to paints, coatings, plastics and metals. I'm going to assume that it doesn't froth too much and rinses with a few wipes with a sponge.(?) $12.90.

>Simple Green Lime Scale Remover
Nonabrasive, no bleach, no ammonia, no phosphorus. "---won't harm porcelain, ceramic, tile. drains or pipes, including PVC." I'd call to find out if it leaves synthetic rubber caulking and sealant bedding compounds alone. Might be great for the hull and waterline. LPU Yes - Brightsides NO ?? Believe you can find this one in a hardware. $5.90.

>Simple Green d Pro 5 Cleaner/Disinfectant. (There is a weaker d Pro 3 version too.)
Kills Avian Flu and MRSA. Cleans, sanitizes, deodorizes, eliminates mildew, fungi and viruses. Unscented, colorless, biodegradable, EPA registered.
$852 for a 55gal drum. You can check it out for $14.50 in a 32oz spray bottle. I've never considered using anything like this. For a cruiser it may come in handy. Have we redefined biodegradable? ..this one kills little bio baddies, right?? But not selectively, surely.

I saw somewhere that S.G. makes a NO RINSE paint-prep product. This one would have to have a DEWAXER in it. I'd call. And they make a dedicated s.s. cleaner/polisher. Maybe these are at your favorite needless mark-up marine store. Somewhere you have to draw the line on cleaner bottles!

A cleaner that froths and makes bubbles that don't break down is NOT one to use aboard any boat. Here's a question: So the surficants and enzymes
and secret ingredients are biodegrade BUT how biodegradable is the resulting cocktail of Simple Green product / grease / oil / soil / and water that you got after you cleaned your bilge? Is it somehow neutered?

Green sailors please report your findings? 1-800-356-2501 is the LSS Tech Support line.