Australiais one of the driest countries on Earth and is also one of the highest consumers of water per capita on earth. Each year Australians use as much fresh water as it would take to fill Sydney Harbour approximately 48 times. 

Agricultural irrigation accounts for more than three-quarters of the nation's water usage leading to agrochemical and fertiliser contamination and salinity and nutrient profile changes that are evidently already seriously problematic for the health of our waterways, however with the advent of aquaponics, biodynamics and permaculture the way ahead is well thought out.

 This leaves about a quarter, 12 harbours full per year, that will likely be contaminated in the various processes involved in industrial uses such as mining, manufacturing, power, cooling, not to mention the addition of flouride, chlorine and it's use in sewerage treatment etc.

This seems like a long list of problems already and you tend to wonder what on earth you can do about them in your own life?

 Then there is the residential uses of fresh water, most likely leaving it quite full of the ubiquitous chemistry of the various widely marketed cleaning products such as dishwashing and laundry detergents, shampoos and soaps and degreasers. Wouldn't it be good if those cleaning products were actually natural plant extracted sapoins and natural colloids in a combination specialised for waste remediation and they were able to deal with a lot of these contamination issues immediately and onsite, rather than just add more synthetic pollutants such as SLS and organic alcohols and other industrial waste products commonly costing less than the cap of the container?

 This is where you really can do something about your local downstream ecology as simply as changing to a better cleaning product that actually works better, we have the technology.

WTF are colloids?

It has to do with particle size. Colloidal particles are small enough to be suspended in water yet do not dissolve. Typically colloidal particles have a diameter of between approximately 1 and 1000 nanometers. If you imagine the stain as a bunch of ping pong ball sized molecules, throwing bowling balls or grains of sand will not dislodge them as well as throwing ping pong balls will.  

HOW TO USE at home;

Spray it let it sit for a bit and wipe with a damp cloth and or rinse.

The dilution of the concentrate with water to 1:25 requires one only 40mL per litre of water. At this dilution you can clean all surfaces effectively, just spray it on, leave it for a bit then wash clean with water and a cloth or scrubber. This goes for washing up too. It is sanitising and leaves things squeaky clean in no time lifting even scale and stubborn stains.

Warmer the water the better as usual.

The Mould Killer is used at 300mL per litre or around 1:3 and will destroy any mouldy problems and inhibit regrowth as clove oil is a sporulation inhibitor.

 A lesser dilution rate like 200mL per litre or 1 in 5 is degreaser strength and works will make a kickass heavy duty mix for such things as driveway cleaner, oven cleaner, BBQ cleaner, engine degreaser, basically any heavy duty cleaning task including pre-wash stain remover spray for laundry where it works very well with traditionally difficult stains that are more detergent resistant. I use this for direct waste remediation, oil spills, deodoriser, etc. It requires more water to wash off and at above 1:4 doesn't seem to get any stronger, it needs water to work. Minute dilutions still work very well for many tasks.

For glass the dilution rate is 250:1, or 4mL of concentrate per litre. This leaves a streak free finish for windscreens, glassware, windows etc, you have only ever seen on new glass. Smooth surfaces require less and it has antibacterial properties.

Your home will glisten.

 For washing machines use one cup 60mL of concentrate per large load. No fragrance yet a great deodoriser. 

 soaking overnight 1:100 or 100mL in a 10L bucket.

 I use 1:50 as a spray for the dishes, let them sit for a bit and then just rinse them, saves a lot of time and requires less rinsing than higher concentrations and gets dishes squeaky clean like the boiling water and rubber gloves days but in cold water. 1:5 for is great for oily pots and baking trays, soaking can help. Warm water and scrubbing help too  Very quick and easy.

VERSATILE

There are other industrial and agricultural uses such as dust control, soil wetting agent and overnight prewash soaking of heavily soiled or smelly items (such as pets blankets) at 1:100, egg annimal and vegetable cleaner at 1:50, at 25:1 for controlling parasites and insect pests on your vegetables trees and plants and annimals and even children. Used neat for easier assemby threaded parts such as plastic plumbing fittings and as a first wash of hands covered in grease. 

Use of our product in your household waterworks will keep your greasetrap clean and dissolve scale. It is also a near miraculous odour killer as it stops sulphide bond formation responsible for the bacterial smelliness of grease traps, compost heaps, joggers etc. When concentrated it reacts with the lung lining of insects so spray the cockies with the 1:5 degreaser strength. 

 Spray it on chemical and oil spills for remediation, the rainbows on puddles instantly disappear, the bubbles you see on the tiny flocculated mass the slick turns into is hydrogen produced by the breaking of hydrogen bonds in the long chain molecules of oil as the colloids start breaking them into smaller molecules which the soil bacteria have a much easier time dealing with.

 It has the ability to deal with the problem on site instead of only carrying it away downstream like a detergent would. There is nothing as versatile or as effective out there.

"Eco" cleaning. Why is this important?

Cleaning products are used universally but unfortunately most contain ingredients damaging to the downstream ecology which are often produced from industrial waste, petrochemicals or are newly synthesized from natural sources falsely suggesting that if they are derived from natural oils they are natural and therefore safe. This doesn't fit in my vision of utopia.

 Here is a product that can go from your sink or washing machine onto your garden. You can wash your vegetables in it. It is compatible with septic, contains no toxic ingredients and can even be used at 100:1 as a soil wetting agent for the garden to help rain penetrate the soil.

 Originally developed in Australia after a grant for chemist Charles Borg was given in order to investigate possible solutions for remediation of oil spills after the terrible Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. He worked for decades from his garage perfecting it long after the grant money ran out. It is now a fully Australian grown and developed, family owned premium degreasing, waste remediation and cleaning product that can be sustainably produced and used for a much wider range of uses than anyone originally suspected - and it doesn't harm the earth, it helps.

 There is now a truly environmentally effective solution to the ubiquitous problem of cleaning compounds and pollutants in household water that actually is a much better choice for the planet, and not at the cost of efficacy, it just needs to get out there to make the difference, I know it will make a big difference in your life like it has in mine, another supermarket isle I never look down. If you are interested in helping get this product more widely used please feel free to contact me to start making some extra cash distibuting it to people in your town. Perfect for people already doing local markets.

FAQ's

Do we have an MSDS (materials safety data sheet)?

yes click here to download

Distribution in Cairns by my good buddy Christian at Rustys markets coconut stall on the weekends. 0412589124

For west coast distribution contact my buddy Colin 0418 910 435 of Margaret River Colloidal Cleaning Supplies.