Detailed guide to Simple Green applications across all industries with specific dilution ratios, product recommendations, and best practices for professional cleaning operations.
Industrial Cleaning Solutions
NSF Registered Food Processing
Aerospace Applications
Precision Component Cleaning
Industrial Maintenance
High-Capacity Applications
Professional Cleaning Solutions
Manufacture & maintenance of shuttles, missiles, satellites, ground-support equipment, etc.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, Pressure washing tarmacs @ 30:1 to 50:1 with Crystal (dilution depends on severity of grease/grime to be removed.)
Ground-crew support of airplanes (major airlines, corporate air fleets, air-transport companies)
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, Pressure washing tarmacs @ 30:1 to 50:1, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms with Simple Green d @ 10:1, cleaning mirrors, glass & chrome with original Simple Green @ 150:1.
Repairing and maintaining mechanical & electrical systems on trucks and autos.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning shop floors, walls, service bays and hydraulic lifts @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning and disinfecting bathrooms with Simple Green d @ 10:1
Manufacturing and bottling beverages.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, basic machinery and conveyor maintenance @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning floors, walls and counters @ 20:1 with Crystal.
Cleaning all interior and exterior areas of commercial and industrial buildings.
Cleaning floors, walls, ceilings @ 10:1 with original Simple Green (@ 20:1 with Crystal), cleaning windows @168:1 with Crystal, cleaning carpets with steam-extraction machine @ 3oz. to 1 gal. water with Simple Green Carpet Cleaner, cleaning/disinfecting/deodorizing restrooms and locker rooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal.
Constructing buildings, dams, highways, roads and other public works projects, and maintaining construction equipment (frontloaders, backhoes, tractors, graders, cranes, forklifts, etc.)
Parts washing @ 2:1 with Crystal, fleet maintenance (exterior cleaning) @ 40:1 with Crystal in steam cleaner, cleaning shop floors @ 15:1 with Crystal.
Production and/or repair of electronic equipment, printed circuit board manufacture, silicon chip manufacture (flux removal).
Bench-top cleaning applications: cleaning plastic equipment cases @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning glass dial-covers & screened @ 150:1 with Crystal, removal of solder-flux @ full-strength with Crystal (followed by triple water rinse, double deionized water rinse and then air or alcohol drying.)
Production and/or repair of mechanical equipment
Dip-tank parts cleaning @ 5:1 with Crystal, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning concrete floors @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning conveyor systems @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms, health rooms & cafeteria @ 10:1 with Simple Green d
Maintenance of parks, golf courses, public & private grounds, and maintenance of tools & equipment used.
Steam-cleaning mowers @ 30:1 with Crystal, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure-wash concrete walkways & parking lots @ 15:1 with original Simple Green (@ 20:1 if using Crystal).
Processing meat or poultry products, and/or raising and transporting livestock.
Cleaning floors/walls/ceilings/pens/stalls @ 10:1 with Crystal (7:1 with original Simple Green for added deodorizing), cleaning floor-mats @ 30:1 with Crystal in pressure washer, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d, cleaning restroom fixtures and brushed-steel food locker doors with Lime Scale Remover (ready to use).
Maintaining public thoroughfares, signs, turnstiles and maintaining equipment & vehicles.
Fleet maintenance (exteriors) @ 40:1 with Crystal using steam-cleaner, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning shop floors, walls and tools @ 10:1 with Crystal.
Sawing wood, chipping wood, creating pulp, pressing paper.
Removing pitch from saw blades @ 1:1 with Crystal, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning concrete floors @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning machinery cabinets @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d, cleaning restroom fixtures with Lime Scale Remover (ready to use).
Cutting, grinding, bending, de-burring and plating of metals.
Cleaning outside of equipment @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning out sumps @ 7:1 with Simple Green d, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning shop floors, walls, counters @ 10:1 with Crystal.
Removal of minerals from below ground (shaft mining/strip mining), equipment maintenance.
Parts washing @ 2:1 with Crystal, equipment exterior maintenance @ 30:1 with Crystal in steam cleaner, cleaning shop floors @ 15:1 with Crystal.
Removing crude oil from deposits beneath the earth and transporting to refineries.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure-washing drill rigs, platforms, rails, pumps, pulleys, storage tanks, etc. @ 30:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms, showers, locker rooms and dining areas @ 10:1 with Simple Green d.
Cracking crude oil and separating it into various grades of solvents, fuels and lubricants. Blending and packaging of these various products.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, general refinery maintenance (cleaning exteriors of pipelines, pumps, vats, equipment, etc.) @ 15:1 with Crystal (spray/mop/wipe) and 30:1 with Crystal using pressure-washer.
Commercial painting / interior & exterior
Parts washing and cleaning maintenance of spray equipment & brushes @ 4:1 with Crystal, pre-cleaning surfaces to paint @ 20:1 with Crystal (typically applied with Hudson-type sprayer & rinsed with clean water), pre-cleaning siding, stucco, brick or block exteriors @ 30:1 with Crystal.
Blending and packaging of medicines, personal hygiene and cosmetics products.
Vat cleaning @ 3:1 with Crystal (protocol established), Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning facility floors and conveyor systems @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d.
Melting and shaping of plastics.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning of extrusion equipment @ 5:1 with Crystal, cleaning of moulded and extruded parts @ 20:1 with Crystal, cleaning shop floors @ 20:1 with Crystal.
Collection and disposal of refuse, and/or hazardous waste
Pressure-washing trucks and collection bins @ 10:1 with original Simple Green, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning concrete shop floors and walls @ 20:1 with Crystal.
Ocean transport of goods or people.
Transport Fleets: Bulkhead/bilge cleaning with Crystal @ 10:1 (dilution depends on viscosity & properties of material being cleaned out), deck cleaning @ 15:1 with Crystal, engine & equipment maintenance cleaning @ 5:1 with Crystal, Parts washing @ 2:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting galleys, heads, sick bays, locker rooms, shower rooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d. Cruise Lines: Cleaning decks & lounge chairs @ 15:1 with Crystal, cabin housekeeping (see Building Maintenance and Hotels & Motels sections), engine & equipment maintenance & Parts washing as above.
Smelting of ores, removal of contaminants, and forming pipe, rod & bar (extrusion), sheet (rolling), or specialized forms (pouring/moulding).
2,000-gallon dip tank cleaning @ 10:1 with Crystal, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning production house floors @ 20:1 with Crystal in tenant-style machine, cleaning restrooms @ 10:1 with Simple Green d.
Manufacturing cloth / knitting, dyeing, and assembly.
General facility (walls, folding tables, cloth bins, etc.) and equipment maintenance @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning concrete floors @ 20:1 with Crystal in tenant machine, Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, cleaning & disinfecting restrooms health rooms & cafeteria with Simple Green d.
Trucking services, van lines, charter bus services, vehicle fleets — maintaining vehicles.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure-washing truck/bus/vehicle exteriors @ 50:1 with Crystal, cleaning interior upholstery and carpets @ 30:1 with original Simple Green, cleaning shop floors, service bays & hydraulic lifts @ 10:1 with Crystal using Foamer.
Rail transit of goods and people.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure washing car exteriors @ 30:1 with Crystal, cleaning interior seats, walls and floors @ 30:1 with Crystal.
Provision of utility services and maintenance of utility delivery systems/equipment.
Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure washing of service vehicle exteriors and lift equipment @ 50:1 with Crystal, cleaning shop floors, walls and counters @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning hands while in the field with Hand Cleaner Gel.