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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on March 13, 2014, 06:40:17 pm

Title: Surround
Post by: JandS on March 13, 2014, 06:40:17 pm: Looking at the Surround products on Restotrmate.....any dilution rates in English.....it's all in ounces and US gallons.
Is it used just like Dynamall i.e. spray down, agitate and leave.
Used the Dynamall today on some very grubby bedrooms and came up great....took the before pictures but forgot the after ones as per usual.
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: John Kelly on March 13, 2014, 06:57:07 pm: John, 1 fl oz is 30ml.
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Post by: stu_thomson on March 13, 2014, 07:56:37 pm: What's a quart?
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Post by: peter maybury on March 13, 2014, 08:12:20 pm: Surely there is comparable British mixed concoctions that we can buy in 5 ltrs, that do not have the cost to be shipped 1000 s of miles added to them.
Hard floor products are the same you pay so much more for the comparable American products and are only getting the American gallon. No one has a monopoly on chemistry.
Peter
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: JandS on March 13, 2014, 08:26:02 pm: John.....what's the ml/litre ratio.
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Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on March 13, 2014, 08:29:02 pm: I would have thought that Chempsec could put metric labels on their products, considering how big their UK market is, me included - how expensive could it be !?
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: Mike Halliday on March 13, 2014, 08:35:28 pm: We're a little island, I bet we are less than 1% of chemspecs business, look at thier labels written in American and Spanish I would guess Central America is thier second biggest customer

Should I have Chinese instructions on my spotter bottles, stuff the Chinese I get one a year they are not worth the bother..... just like usBritish to chemspec
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on March 13, 2014, 08:42:53 pm: Oh well, best buy from Prochem then - I won't, but my point is that I have options - Chempsec to me is Richard and Julie, the rest of their market is not my concern.
I am a UK customer buying a product from a UK supplier - I don't care about the rest of their client base - in fact, how daft is it that they are reselling products with US labelling / quantities ?
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: Ian Rochester on March 13, 2014, 09:03:43 pm: If I remember right it dilutes at 1:60, equal to 16ml per ltr of water, for simplicity go for a 1:50 dilution 20ml per ltr, 100 ml per 5 ltr
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: David Ware on March 13, 2014, 10:04:54 pm: Surely 1:x is the best dilution rate to be on labels. 1 cup of water to x cups of chemicals we all understand.
David
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: John Kelly on March 13, 2014, 10:40:30 pm: Chemspec Europe are tied up at the moment working on new msds sheets due to EU regulations. Once this is out of the way they will be developing new labels.
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Post by: stuart_clark on March 16, 2014, 01:20:49 pm: A. U. S gallon is 3.8 litres so if its 4oz per gallon surely its 114ml per 3.8 litres
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: Andrew@Approved Carpet Cleaning on March 17, 2014, 04:32:35 pm: I have a couple of cheap small measuring jugs from Tesco's that have fl oz on the side, they seem to be ok. Usually I go for 4oz per 4 litres, near enough for me and works! :)
Title: Re: Surround
Post by: JandS on March 17, 2014, 07:13:00 pm: Yep 1 fluid ounce is 29.57ml...rounded up to 30ml as John says.
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Post by: JandS on March 17, 2014, 07:15:26 pm: Or 30ml per litre or 1:33.
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Post by: Jamie Pearson on March 17, 2014, 07:32:18 pm: Get a bucket with US Gallon Measurements (most do) and one of these which gives 1 floz per pump and fits US Gallon Jugs perfectly.

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