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Title: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Ian Gourlay on December 10, 2004, 05:36:50 am

While on Ebay I noticed one Manual has a Formula for Making own Red Stain remover. Traffic Lane Cleaner.

Has anyone started or tried to make own Chemicals


Just remembered I think Doug has, does

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: ashplays on December 10, 2004, 06:49:58 am

ian  u are scareing me mate  :o 

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: adl on December 10, 2004, 07:27:57 am

Ian you know what happened to Saddam ;)

regards dave adl

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Doug Holloway on December 10, 2004, 07:58:16 am

Ian,

I have formulated a few , mainly urine neutralisers.

I did the experiments myself  :o , but had the products manufactured commercially.

When I get some time in the new year i 've got a couple of other things I'd like to try?

Do bear in mind that I spent 8 years + as an industrial chemist in an R&D Lab.

Cheers,

Doug

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Dynafoam on December 10, 2004, 09:37:46 am

Ian,

When I started cleaning carpets, because the 'industry' did not exist, there was little that was available, so self-formulation/adaptation was the norm.

Whilst there are still some problem solvers that I knock up from raw materials, as a generality there are so many pre-formulated products available, formulated by far better chemists than I, that it makes little sense to do-it-yourself.

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: paul@ctcs on December 10, 2004, 09:50:47 am

All i can manage is adding some antibac apple fresh to micro splitter ;D
Best leave this to the experts!!

Paul

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Ken Wainwright on December 10, 2004, 10:16:19 am

Make your own and you have all the hastle of Safety Data Sheets, Liability Insurance, Building Insurance, specialised storage and waste tanks and so on.  Do you work from home? How would you feel if YOUR next door neighbour had turned his home into a chemical laboratory and manufacturing plant? You'd need permission from your local council whether residential or business premises for change of use. I somehow don't think you'd get permission if you were working from home.

SAFE and happy cleaning :)
Ken

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Len Gribble on December 10, 2004, 06:53:38 pm

Ian

One word BANG!!

LEN

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Ian Gourlay on December 10, 2004, 07:26:24 pm

Ps MY son is Chemist

Highly unusal but I have had a FEW BACARDIS   and I was up late lasy night looking at our American Cousins

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: cleanability on December 10, 2004, 08:48:25 pm

Spose we could cut out the middleman and make our own water. Can't be difficult. All you need is oxygen and hydrogen. ;D

                                    Chris

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Dynafoam on December 10, 2004, 09:50:27 pm

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Spose we could cut out the middleman and make our own water.

Chris,

Ians had a few Bacardis - he'll be making water soon  ;D

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Len Gribble on December 10, 2004, 11:24:40 pm

John

Hope some one points him in the right direction had problems in the past with this substance breezier that is type of food dye. ;D

Len

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: eclipse on December 10, 2004, 11:37:00 pm

If making your own chemicals how would you stand in the sight of a possible insurance claim ?
i a covered provided i can show that i used the product by the instructions and dilution rates to the letter but if making your own who writes the instructions or does this come as part of the data sheets as mentioned above

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Ian Gourlay on December 11, 2004, 01:30:13 pm

While I posted it in a light hearted manor. Prochem  ans Applied Chemical Products must have gone down a similar road before they started producing their own chemicals.

Len did you solve the bacardi breezer problem as I had this type of stain this week at a customers house.

Looked better when I left but we think it will reapair

Title: Re: Making own Chemicals
Post by: Len Gribble on December 11, 2004, 02:35:55 pm

Ian

Sadly no, can’t win them all. :(

Len