7 Critical Things YOU should Consider When Choosing the Right Colorant for Your Car Wash Foam or Detergent
Have you ever spent days or weeks trying to select the best detergent color to match your company’s logo, or your desired product identification shade, or that unique brilliant fluorescent eye-popping color?
Choosing from the thousands of dyes and pigments available to you can eat up your time and resources. Here are 7 CRITICAL criteria for YOU to consider when choosing the right colorant for your car wash foam or detergent:
pH Stability
pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a chemical system is. Colorants have specific pH ranges where they work the best.
Chemical Compatibility
Will your colorant “play well with other” chemicals in your system or formulation?
Solubility
How much color can you mix in to your system and will it stay mixed with your other components?
Staining Characteristics
Will the colorant wash off after use, or will you be “smurfing a car” or staining a surface you meant to clean?
UV Stability
The sun can act on bottles of colored detergent or cleaner to degrade or destroy the color.
Mixing it Up
When mixing the colorant in to your car wash or HI&I detergent, do you want to start with a powder or liquid color?
Money, Money, Money
Keep in mind that the “strength” of a specific colorant can vary from supplier to supplier.
Choosing the best colorant for your detergents will ….
Help you avoid unwanted negative application experiences (staining)
Help you achieve the best value for your colorant purchase
Assure you that the product will be shelf stable regarding chemical compatibility and color retention
We are co-sponsoring the Technical Sessions, as well as the Thursday Awards Luncheon. We will also have an exhibit in the Exhibit Area that is accessible through most of the show.
Once again, we are excited to make a SPLASH at this national exhibition, and we invite you to visit our display and learn how ORCO can provide the Colorant and Chemical solutions for your textile or nonwoven needs.
Please let us know if you are coming so that we may take full advantage of your valuable time to discuss your colorant needs. Click on the link below to say you are coming and receive a free gift!