ACT-7 Cleaner

ACT-7 is an aqueous cleaner, which replaces solvents being used to remove uncured polyester & epoxy resins, paints, printing inks, greases, silicones and other sealants.
ACT-7 is a universal-cleaning agent diluted in water. It is today’s most environmentally sound alternative for all who wish to strike a healthy balance between ecology and economics when it comes to cleaning surfaces and tools. ACT-7 is a revolutionary soap that is:

• Free of any solvents
• Non-flammable
• Easy storage or transportation as highly concentrated 1:20
• Low cost, it can be re-used and does not evaporate
• Harmless to humans and the environment
• Self separating, resin particles separate from cleaner

Some benefits of ACT-7 are:

• Using ACT-7 means no use of aggressive solvents like acetone any more.
• No more fumes, no more raw or infected hands.
• It does not burn, it is non-toxic and cost effective.
• It is the only future oriented, non-solvent industrial cleaner for intelligent entrepreneurs.
• Since, no emulsion take place, cleaner and waste can be separated easily.
• The direct costs of disposing solvents decreases dramatically. Indirectly, you don’t need to worry anymore about usage of chemical tanks and chemical waste-containers. You can use the free space much more effectively.

ACT-7 is soap, not a solvent! Rather than dissolving the resins, ACT-7 simply washes uncured resins from tools, brushes, rollers, moulds etc. The ACT-7 concentrate is mixed with 95 % water so it acts more or less like dishwashing soap. When dishwashing by hand you need warm water, soap, and a brush to achieve good results. The same counts for ACT-7.

Since ACT-7 disperses resins into little particles, it is advisable to use sufficiently high cleaning tanks or buckets in order to create a still and motionless water layer that allows the resin particles to sink to the bottom of the container and stay there! A scrub board or grid is needed for quick cleaning.

Cleaning Bath

We offer a standard 120 litre FRP Cleaning Bath with integrated heating system and grid for abrasion. This heats the ACT-7 cleaner to approx. 40° C for most effective results.

While others try to change the composition of solvents by introducing biological green solvents, we took another route and developed ACT-7, the only effective 100% non-solvent industrial cleaner. ACT-7 does not contain toxic materials neither can it catch fire, therefore the product is intrinsically safe to use.

Spinning Tool

Rather than directly cleaning resin soaked rollers in cleaning bath with ACT-7, a specially designed Spinning tool is provided to clean and dry rollers efficiently without using too much cleaner.

Most resin is rinsed outside the Cleaning Bath. The Spinning Tool will then remove remaining resin from roller by its centrifugal (spinning) air movement. Only after this process, roller should be cleaned in the ACT-7 bath. One more spin and the roller is clean and dry.

Instructions on how to use ACT-7

• Shake well before use.
• ACT-7 is delivered as a concentrate. Mix 1 part ACT-7 with 20 parts of water.
• Heat-up the cleaning unit to around 40° Celsius.
• Due to evaporation, water has to be added regularly. Depending on the intensity of use of the cleaner (the amount of resin being washed out), ACT-7 concentrate must be added from time to time.
• After using the cleaner over a longer period, the pH drops below the scale 7.0 and will not rise even by adding ACT-7 concentrate. The main reason for this is that the washed out resins contain acids which stay in the water. Acid influences the cleaner negatively. From time to time we therefore suggest regularly cleaning the complete unit and exchanging the water. It is recommend freshening it up with at least 60% fresh water.