Neutral soap

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Neutral soap is a universal cleaning agent for household and commercial use.

use

The agent is highly fat-dissolving, regardless of whether the water is cold or warm, hard or soft, the cleaning effect is constant. According to the leaflet from 1981, it is suitable for washing dishes, cutlery and glasses (self-drying), for kitchen furniture and kitchen appliances, for mirrors, panes and window frames, for bathroom interiors such as tiles, tiles, stone surfaces, bathtubs and sinks, for shampooing of carpets and upholstered furniture, for car washing and car seat cleaning as well as for the pretreatment of dirty laundry or as a detergent substitute.

composition

The term “neutral soap” or “soft soap” is actually misleading, since the cleaner is not soap in the chemical sense, but a thick cleaning paste based on anionic surfactants (manufacturer's information: 15–30%). The pH value of neutral soap is not in the alkaline range, but around 7 - ie "neutral". Cellulose ether is used as a thickening agent. This results in a particular adhesion behavior to cleaning rags, sponges, etc. The Syndet substance does not contain any chemical (synthetic) structures that are alien to the natural cycle and that are not almost completely processed in the metabolic process of the biological clarification stage, which is why they are similar to a soap made from native raw materials is.

Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Dieter Oehler: When there was still no talk of environmental protection for a long time ... The all-purpose cleaner neutral soap is 40 years old and even today is only brought directly into the house. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . August 1986 (newspaper clipping without exact date).
  2. Hakawerk sales management Kunz (ed.): As environmentally friendly as nature itself: Neutral soap from the Hakawerk . Waldenbuch (undated [1981], information leaflet).