Tried a few Adam's products, I'm impressed....

07 z-oh-6 said:
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner - It's a salt based cleaner that has NO scent and NO foaming properties. You would swear it's just plain water. It's really does a good job at removing dirt and stains! I can use it in my bissel pro heat because it does not foam at all. DP C&U cleaned well, but has a VERY STRONG chemical smell that made me cough. No thank you!

To me it seems strange that the carpet cleaner is salt based. Here in the mid- west we spend half of the winter months trying to keep salt stains out of carpet and floor mats and stop it from eating away or destroying mats. I guess some of you chemist can explain the thought behind a product like this. What am I missing here ? I'm not doubting it does a good job as Mark mentions but it would seem strange using a product of this type to remove winter salt stains. Anyone ?
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Paul S said:
07 z-oh-6 said:
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner - It's a salt based cleaner that has NO scent and NO foaming properties. You would swear it's just plain water. It's really does a good job at removing dirt and stains! I can use it in my bissel pro heat because it does not foam at all. DP C&U cleaned well, but has a VERY STRONG chemical smell that made me cough. No thank you!

To me it seems strange that the carpet cleaner is salt based. Here in the mid- west we spend half of the winter months trying to keep salt stains out of carpet and floor mats and stop it from eating away or destroying mats. I guess some of you chemist can explain the thought behind a product like this. What am I missing here ? I'm not doubting it does a good job as Mark mentions but it would seem strange using a product of this type to remove winter salt stains. Anyone ?
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Good question, Paul. I posted this on the Adam's forums. I'll let ya know what comes of it.
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Nutbread said:
I think you hit the nail on head.
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I have a local chemical company that makes the base for shampoo. Last year when I toured the plant they told us that they make the base for 90% of all shampoo sold. It is then reforulated to the end companies formula of how much base, fragrances, coloring and so on.. So yes I can see where two products can be very close but not so close in other areas. We also have a battery plant here that makes everything from car to submarine batteries. And it's the same thing, different companies require a different spec but they are all made in the same plant. You can go throught there and see everything from Die Hard to Interstate.
 
07 z-oh-6 said:
Good question, Paul. I posted this on the Adam's forums. I'll let ya know what comes of it.
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May be quite possible that it is the other chemicals combined with the salt to get the end results wanted. Verses salt like they use on roads that most times has other additives in it also like calcium chloride.
 
rzatch said:
May be quite possible that it is the other chemicals combined with the salt to get the end results wanted. Verses salt like they use on roads that most times has other additives in it also like calcium chloride.
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Here's an answer from Dylan@Adam's

"Sodium technically... not sodium chloride (salt) base... road salt, table salt, and what loosely qualifies as 'salt' in our formula are all very different things"
 
So what is Sodium? Just in case you wanted to know. Short answer lol.

The element is extremely abundant on Earth and it is heavily harvested and processed for manufacturing. Soaps, metal alloys, metal refining, and engines all rely heavily on sodium, and the metal is also used in lighting, chemistry, and numerous other applications. The pure form of sodium requires careful handling, since it is extremely caustic in the presence of even small amounts of moisture. It should be handled with tongs and used under close supervision.

Sorry for taking a left turn with your post Mark. I'll stop now :)
 
Supposedly, the cleaner is sodium based, not salt based, Salt cannot exist without sodium, but not the other way around.
 
From what I can read, salts are the result of when you mix a base and an acid such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) would yield table salt (NaCl) and water. Some salts are good cleaners.

I do not know the marketing reason by stating it is sodium based...as opposed to some other base? Do they react differently than surfactants (which basically allow dirt, oil to bond with water) and get rinsed / absorbed away,

I did a little googling (did not find Adam's product) but there is one "Green" cleaner that lists this on their MSDS.

II.   HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS
Sodium Salt – Phosphoric Acid

I know salts are used in cleaners also as a water softener.
 
Bunky said:
I do not know the marketing reason by stating it is sodium based...as opposed to some other base?
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Because it doesn't foam. If you didn't know any better, you would think the Adams carpet and upholstery cleaner is water, but it works damn good!
 
Nutbread said:
The big one holds some water.
It's heavy when loaded up.
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I would have to believe there is a point where a too heavy of a mitt can not be good for the paint. I like the mitts with hand pockets because you can control the pressure more.
 
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