This is good old Baking Soda. Pure sodium bicarbonate. The chemical formula is NaHCO3. The CAS# is 144-55-8. It is an irritant to the skin and eyes as it is a mild alkali. And reacts with various acids to release little bubbles of carbon dioxide along with detergent salts. Which form directly between the surface in need of being cleaned and the grease. This facilitates easy removal by rinse water. Another way of explaining this is that the sodium bicarbonate actually creates detergents directly between the surface in need of being cleaned and the acidic greasy deposits like greasy fingerprints. The CO2 bubbles help to work the detergents in removing the grease. It therefore is a rather effective cleaning agent. When adding another detergent such as Dawn along with a micro-crystalline silica such as SKRUB you end up with a very powerful window cleaning solution. One of the best print busters yet.
I tried mixing just Baking Soda with water at one teaspoon to a gallon of water. It gave me just enough glide with a brand new rubber to eliminate chatter. But when I doubled this ratio I ended up with a concentration that I could move with. The only immediate problem that I could see was a slight bleeding effect. Also when a water line ran out from the window edge and dried, it left a white mark from the chemical. So I needed to be perfect. Although this could be seen as an advantage. It makes being perfect easier. Since any mistakes would be very easy to spot and correct.
Written by Henry Grover Jr
henrygroverjr@gmail.com
To receive these posts in your inbox as they are written just type your address in the box at the top right "Follow by Email".
No comments:
Post a Comment