Product Selector Guide

GREAT LAKES LABORATORIES

Technical Hotline:

1-800-888-1105

PREPAINT CLEANER PRODUCT GUIDE
ALKALINE ACID
No Rinse All Purpose Extra Muscle Clean’n Etch
Metal Concrete
REQUIREMENTS Dilution- Ounces/Gallon of Water
Light Duty 1-5 oz. 1-2 oz. 1-2 oz. 4 oz. 32 oz.
Medium Duty 5-10 oz. 3-5 oz. 3-5 oz. 8 oz. 43 oz.
Heavy Duty 6 oz. up 6-10 oz. 16 oz. 64 oz.
Extra Duty

10 oz. up 32 oz. Reapply
Rust Inhibitor Rinse 1/2 oz.
APPLICATION METHODS
Spray off soil-No rinsing   Spray
on. Brush until bubbling stops. Triple rinse and brush while rinsing.
Spray on-Vacuum off  
Spray on-Blow off      

Spray on-Wipe off        
Spray on-Rinse off        
Manual-Brush, Sponge, Cloth        

Pressure Washer        
Airless or Conventional Spray      
Hot Water/Steam Cleaner    

Heated Soak Tank    
Parts Washer  
Ultra Sonic Cleaner  
CLEANING OR REMOVING
Alkali Salts  
Aluminum Gutter Stains  
Aluminum Siding      

Animal Fat  
Carbon Dust    
Carbon in oil        

Chalking Paint  
Concrete – Cure and Seal    
Concrete – Etching  

Concrete – Laitence  
Cooking Oils  
Copper – Oxidation  

Decks – Wood  
Dirt/Dust      
Efflorescence  

Exhaust Residue    
Exterior Siding and Trim      
Floor Finishes  

Food Soils      
Form Release-Concrete        
Galvanized – Passivation Film  

Inorganic Soils    
Interior Walls and Woodwork      
Nicotine Film    

Organic Soils      
Oils, Lubricants, Coolants          
Paint Overspray    

Roof Decking – Bar Joists    
Smoke Stains, Soot  
Solid Color Wood Stain    

Tar    
Tree Sap  
Water Scale    

Waxes      
Zinc Soaps on Galvanized  
OTHER FEATURES
Acid Neutralizing  
Deglossing Water-Based Paint  
Gun Cleaner-Water Reducible  

Line Purge-Water Reducible  
Steel – Phosphatizing  
Wet Blast Rust Inhibitor  
SUITABLE FOR USE ON:
Aluminum          
Concrete          
Fiberglass          

Galvanized Metal          
Glass          
Iron – Steel          

Limestone          
Painted Surfaces          
Vinyl Siding          
Plastic