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INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS GUIDE

Comprehensive Cleaning Solutions for Every Industry

Detailed guide to Simple Green applications across all industries with specific dilution ratios, product recommendations, and best practices for professional cleaning operations.

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Professional Cleaning Applications

Simple Green Solutions in Action

Industrial Cleaner & Degreaser Applications

Industrial Cleaning Solutions

Crystal Simple Green Food Facility Use

NSF Registered Food Processing

Aircraft Precision Cleaning

Aerospace Applications

High-Performance Equipment Cleaning

Precision Component Cleaning

Professional Cleaning Equipment

Industrial Maintenance

Large Volume Industrial Cleaning

High-Capacity Applications

Industry-Specific Applications

Professional Cleaning Solutions

Aerospace

Primary Business

Manufacture & maintenance of shuttles, missiles, satellites, ground-support equipment, etc.

Primary Usage

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.)

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioner
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Aircraft Maintenance

Primary Business

Ground-crew support of airplanes (major airlines, corporate air fleets, air-transport companies)

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #10046 Scrubbing Pads
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Automotive Maintenance & Repair

Primary Business

Repairing and maintaining mechanical & electrical systems on trucks and autos.

Primary Usage

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

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Beverage Production/Bottling Plants

Primary Business

Manufacturing and bottling beverages.

Primary Usage

Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, basic machinery and conveyor maintenance @ 10:1 with Crystal, cleaning floors, walls and counters @ 20:1 with Crystal.

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Building Maintenance & Contract Cleaning

Primary Business

Cleaning all interior and exterior areas of commercial and industrial buildings.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washer
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #10046 Scrubbing Pads

Construction

Primary Business

Constructing buildings, dams, highways, roads and other public works projects, and maintaining construction equipment (frontloaders, backhoes, tractors, graders, cranes, forklifts, etc.)

Primary Usage

Parts washing @ 2:1 with Crystal, fleet maintenance (exterior cleaning) @ 40:1 with Crystal in steam cleaner, cleaning shop floors @ 15:1 with Crystal.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Electronics Manufacturing & Repair

Primary Business

Production and/or repair of electronic equipment, printed circuit board manufacture, silicon chip manufacture (flux removal).

Primary Usage

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.)

Additional Products

  • #19024E Empty Crystal 24oz. Spray Bottles

Equipment or Product Manufacturing & Repair

Primary Business

Production and/or repair of mechanical equipment

Primary Usage

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

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioner
  • #13291 Foamer

Grounds Maintenance

Primary Business

Maintenance of parks, golf courses, public & private grounds, and maintenance of tools & equipment used.

Primary Usage

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).

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washer
  • #42150 & #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Food Production: Meat & Poultry Processing Plants & Livestock Farms

Primary Business

Processing meat or poultry products, and/or raising and transporting livestock.

Primary Usage

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).

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washer
  • #13291 Foamer

Highway & Streets Maintenance

Primary Business

Maintaining public thoroughfares, signs, turnstiles and maintaining equipment & vehicles.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #42150 & #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel (5 oz. tubes for glove boxes)

Lumber & Paper Mills

Primary Business

Sawing wood, chipping wood, creating pulp, pressing paper.

Primary Usage

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).

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Machining & Metalworking

Primary Business

Cutting, grinding, bending, de-burring and plating of metals.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washer
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Mining

Primary Business

Removal of minerals from below ground (shaft mining/strip mining), equipment maintenance.

Primary Usage

Parts washing @ 2:1 with Crystal, equipment exterior maintenance @ 30:1 with Crystal in steam cleaner, cleaning shop floors @ 15:1 with Crystal.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Oil & Fuel Production: Drilling (on- & offshore)

Primary Business

Removing crude oil from deposits beneath the earth and transporting to refineries.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Oil & Fuel Production: Refining

Primary Business

Cracking crude oil and separating it into various grades of solvents, fuels and lubricants. Blending and packaging of these various products.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel
  • #30946 Simple Green d (restrooms)

Painting Contractor, Commercial Painting

Primary Business

Commercial painting / interior & exterior

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washer
  • #15005 Carpet Cleaner (used @ 20:1 for post-paint cleanup)
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Manufacturing

Primary Business

Blending and packaging of medicines, personal hygiene and cosmetics products.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79130 30-gallon Parts Washer
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioner
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #50032 Lime Scale Remover (stainless steel vat exteriors)

Plastics Moulding & Extrusion

Primary Business

Melting and shaping of plastics.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washer
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Sanitation Waste Haulers, Recycling, Landfill

Primary Business

Collection and disposal of refuse, and/or hazardous waste

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #42128 & #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Shipping: Transport Fleets & Cruise Lines

Primary Business

Ocean transport of goods or people.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washer

Steel and Metals Production

Primary Business

Smelting of ores, removal of contaminants, and forming pipe, rod & bar (extrusion), sheet (rolling), or specialized forms (pouring/moulding).

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioner
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Textile Manufacturing

Primary Business

Manufacturing cloth / knitting, dyeing, and assembly.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers (be sure to order extra pre-filters to catch cloth-fibers that adhere to parts and can clog pump)
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioner
  • #13291 Foamer

Transportation: Fleet Maintenance, Trucking, Buses, and Van Lines

Primary Business

Trucking services, van lines, charter bus services, vehicle fleets — maintaining vehicles.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #50005 Lime Scale Remover (for brushed steel & aluminum exteriors in hard-water areas)
  • #42150 Hand Cleaner Gel

Transportation: Railways & Subways

Primary Business

Rail transit of goods and people.

Primary Usage

Parts washing @ 4:1 with Crystal, pressure washing car exteriors @ 30:1 with Crystal, cleaning interior seats, walls and floors @ 30:1 with Crystal.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamer
  • #50005 Lime Scale Remover for steel and aluminum cars and fixtures in hard-water areas)
  • #42128 Hand Cleaner Gel

Utilities: Nuclear, Electric, Telephone, Gas, Cable Television

Primary Business

Provision of utility services and maintenance of utility delivery systems/equipment.

Primary Usage

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.

Additional Products

  • #79260 60-gallon Parts Washers
  • #13285 5-Way Proportioners
  • #13291 Foamers
  • #50032 Lime Scale Remover for removing scale build-up in hard water areas

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