Cleaning Products Usage Guide: What They Are and How to Use

How to proceed

Start with the can cleaning products be mixed and what is a safety data sheet guides for the basic rules, then move on to the guide for the product you will use. Every product is used with the amount, time and warnings on its label; gloves and ventilation are compulsory with acidic and alkaline products. Products are stored in their own labelled packaging, out of children's reach.

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Can Cleaning Products Be Mixed? Surface Cleaner, Bleach and AcidsNo, surface cleaner and bleach must not be mixed. What not to mix with bleach, acidic vs. alkaline, and what to do after an accidental mix, with SDS data.
How to Use Hydrochloric Acid and Where to Use ItHydrochloric acid is used on hardened limescale in toilets and urinals, limescale and rust stains on ceramics, and cement residue. Not for marble or metal.
What Is an Enzyme Cleaner?What is an enzymatic cleaner and how does it work? Enzymes that break down protein, fat and starch residues, where they are used and mistakes that reduce their effect.
Where Does Fabric Softener Go and How Is It Used?Fabric softener goes in the drawer's softener compartment (flower symbol on most machines). Don't fill past MAX; the machine takes it in the final rinse.

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Frequently asked questions

Which products must bleach never be mixed with?

Bleach must not be mixed with acidic products such as limescale remover, hydrochloric acid and toilet cleaner, or with ammonia-based products; if they are to be used one after the other on the same surface, rinse with plenty of water in between. Details are in the can cleaning products be mixed guide.

Where is the pH value of the products stated?

In the physical and chemical properties section of the safety data sheet. The pH values from our products' safety data sheets are on the safety data sheets page and in the relevant guides; in the guides, pH is only ever quoted from the sheet.

Cleaning Products Usage Guide: What They Are, How to Use Them