Products in Carpet & Upholstery

STEPANOL® SLS PASTE™ is a low-active, high-viscosity sodium lauryl sulfate, providing excellent foaming and viscosity-building properties. It can be formulated into a wide variety of personal care and detergent formulations, such as shampoos, liquid hand soaps, bath products, dishwashing detergents, fine fabric washes, and carpet cleaning products.

STEPANOL® ALS 25 serves as an anionic surfactant with remarkable foam and viscosity traits. Its applications span liquid hand soaps, bath products, carpet and upholstery cleaners, and textile scouring. Being bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived, it's an environmentally friendly choice.

MAKON® DA-6 is a high-active nonionic surfactant that excels in emulsification, moderate foam generation, detergency, and excellent wetting properties. It has a broad spectrum of applications, including laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, hand dishwashing, and institutional and industrial cleaning formulations. Importantly, makon da-6 aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEPANOL® ALS-25 B is an alkyl sulfate that can be used in a variety of liquid cleansing applications, including hand soap, bath products, and household cleaning applications where foam is desired. This anionic surfactant provides excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. A mass balance-rspo-certified version of this product is also available.

STEPANOL® MG is an anionic surfactant recognized for its impressive detergency and high foaming properties. It finds a wide range of applications in detergent and personal care products, including shampoo, bubble bath, body wash, personal cleansing, hand dishwashing detergents, all-purpose cleaners, general cleaners, rug shampoo, and upholstery cleaners.

SILFOAM® SRE is a versatile antifoam that contains 20% active ingredients and 33% solids. It is relatively rich in emulsifier but has a low viscosity, making it easy to measure accurately. SILFOAM® SRE also demonstrates high resistance to alkalis and acids, allowing for its application in a wide range of pH-sensitive scenarios.

Trilon® M Liquid T is a readily biodegradable liquid product with an approximately 40% active concentration. It improves cleaning performance with stubborn stains such as natural fats, sebum, blood, milk, ink, and dingy soils. It also shows excellent stain removal performance in laundry detergents and can be used in both alkaline and acidic formulations.

Sokalan® CP 5 is a polymeric dispersing agent that has the potential to inhibit incrustation and scale formation. This is due to its ability to disperse suspended solids, which boosts detergent efficacy and overcomes deficiencies seen when phosphates are removed from formulations.

Trilon® BX Powder is the tetrasodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA-Na4) in solid form and of high purity. It plays an active role in removing many types of soil and boosting the detergency of laundry detergent by sequestering heavy metals. Furthermore, it can be used in all types of cleaner and degreaser formulations for I&I applications, with 84% active powder.

Lutensol® XP 80 is a 100% active product with very fast wetting and effective cleaning. It is readily biodegradable and has a lower tendency to form gels compared to longer-chain alcohol ethoxylates. Additionally, it is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List. The final surfactant choice would be formulation-dependent.

Sokalan® HP 66 K is a modified copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole and is available in liquid form with a concentration of approximately 41%. It offers significantly better performance compared to PVP, with higher activity and better solubility in detergents than Sokalan® HP 56 K.

Good performance for cleaning and foam control. Suitable for high-temperature cleaning (greater than 60°C). The cloud point is 30°C, so it has very low foaming above that temperature, which is ideal for carpet extraction operating temperatures (typically 35 to 50°C). Listed on the EPA's Safer Chemical Ingredients List, it is a low-foaming fatty alcohol EO/PO derivative.

Lutensol® XP 90 is a 100% active nonionic surfactant that enhances the wetting and degreasing power of foam cleaners. With its fast dynamics and excellent detergency on oily soils, it finds application in various fields, including dishwashing, laundry, hard surface cleaning, food and beverage processing, food service and kitchen hygiene, commercial and institutional laundry, and industrial cleaning.

Plurafac® D 250 is a non-ionic emulsifier that is suitable for oily soils, with a cloud point of 59°C and moderate foaming properties. It belongs to the EO/PO alcohol surfactant category and functions as a good non-ionic emulsifier for oily soils.

Trilon® B Liquid is a 40% aqueous solution of tetrasodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate (Na4EDTA). It plays an active role in removing many types of soil and boosting the detergency of laundry detergent by sequestering heavy metals. Furthermore, it can be used in all types of cleaner and degreaser formulations for I&I applications.

Sokalan® HP 56 K is a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole that is available in both liquid (approximately 30% concentration) and granular (minimum 95% concentration). It offers significantly better performance compared to PVP, thanks to the additional functionality provided by vinylimidazole.

Texapon® 842 UP is a highly effective hydrotrope, available as a 40% liquid. It is up to 8 times more efficient than SXS in some systems and has moderate foam that dissipates quickly. It is listed on the Safer Choice list.

Sokalan® CP 9 is a hydrophobically modified polyacrylate, available as an approximately 25% solids liquid. It has the potential to inhibit incrustation and scale formation as a result of its ability to disperse suspended solids. It boosts detergent effectiveness by overcoming deficiencies seen when phosphates are removed from formulations.

Dehypound® Advanced is a 1% active (RTU) product in water that can outperform the performance of all-purpose cleaners commercially available. There is no need for any solvent or builder, as it performs well on its own. However, performance decreases when glycol ether solvents are used, so they should be avoided. The surfactant is mild for plastics. It is a non-ionic synergistic blend that is peroxide stable and ideal for carpet spot cleaners. It is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List.

Sokalan® PA 30 is an acrylic acid homopolymer with excellent performance properties. The product has good dispersancy, helping to prevent the redisposition of suspended soils back onto surfaces, and is a dispersing agent that can be used for both organic and inorganic solids.

Lutensol® CS 6250 is a clear, colorless liquid with 100% activity that is a good solubilizer, penetrating agent, and low-foaming agent. It acts as a co-solvent or co-surfactant with a cloud point greater than 100 °C. It is a petroleum-based, non-ionic surfactant, and Lutensol® AO 7 is the main component in this category.

Sulfopon® 1216 G is a sodium coco-sulfate that has convenient handling, good storage stability and flowability, high bulk density, and good detergency. It is suited as a basic surfactant in cosmetic cleansing preparations such as shampoos, shower gels, and bath preparations.

Lutensol® XL 90 is a 100% active nonionic surfactant that enhances the wetting and degreasing power of foam cleaners. With its fast dynamics and excellent detergency on oily soils, it finds application in various fields, including dishwashing, laundry, hard surface cleaning, food and beverage processing, food service and kitchen hygiene, commercial and institutional laundry, and industrial cleaning.

Lutensol® TO 89 is suitable for both manual and machine floor cleaning. The hydrophobe is based on saturated iso-C13 alcohol with moderate branching. It is an effective NP-9 replacement in commercial laundry, with a cloud point of 60°C and moderate foam. Blends of Lutensol TDA 6 and 9 provide synergistic cleaning for dirty motor oil and dust sebum stains.

Lutensol® XL 80 is a 100% active product. It has very fast dynamics and excellent detergency on oily soils. Even when used at low levels, it can boost the degreasing power of the detergent without reducing the foam. It has a lower tendency to form gel compared to longer-chain alcohol ethoxylates.

Glucopon® 425 N is a mid-chain APG surfactant with moderate hydrotrope ability and high foam with good primary cleaning properties that is 100% derived from renewable resources. It has excellent gloss retention, low to no streaking, and excellent plastic compatibility, and won't damage even floor finishes. Furthermore, it is stable at high alkaline conditions and is an excellent option for wetting, although a defoamer may need to be used.

Dehypon® LS 36 is a low foaming non-ionic surfactant with a cloud point of 10°C. It is excellent for extraction cleaning and suitable for low temperature cleaning (Less than or equal to 45°C). The product exhibits good performance for cleaning and foam control.

Lutensol® TDA 9 is a versatile non-ionic surfactant that serves as a workhorse for laundry applications. Its hydrophobe is derived from a natural fatty alcohol, and it is available as approximately 100% active. The cloud point of this surfactant is 60°C. It offers excellent rapid wetting properties, relatively low foaming levels, and good detergency. In addition, it has the ability to function as an emulsifier, dispersant, and solubilizer.

Pluronic® F 68 PRILL is a versatile difunctional block copolymer surfactant that terminates in primary hydroxyl groups. As a nonionic surfactant, it is 100% active and has low toxicity. Pluronic® F 68 PRILL offers excellent properties for dispersing various materials, making it suitable for applications requiring emulsion stability, good particle dispersion, foaming, and associative thickening.

Ethomeen C/25 is a tertiary amine ethoxylate, based on a primary coco amine.

Berol 226 is all purpose cleaner and degreaser which is ready to formulate with builders and water with high efficiency.

Berol 226 SA is a all purpose cleaner and degreaser which is ready to formulate with builders and water with high efficiency.

Ethomeen T/15 is a tallow amine ethoxylate.

Berol PBXis a Concentrated cleaner containing stabilized active oxygen and surfactants for use as a carpet spot remover and in laundry pretreatment.

Ethylan 1008 is a nonionic surfactant based on a synthetic primary alcohol.

Petro® D-425 Liquid is a sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate (NSC). Anionic naphthalene sulphonate condensates are used as primary dispersants in paints.