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Household, Industrial & Institutional Cleaner Starting Formulations
Effective cleaning
Formulating industrial cleaning products can pose unique challenges. These products must be fast-acting, and effective at cutting through grease and grime, and must be safe to use on a multitude of surfaces. Quality ingredients are paramount, and we recognize that sustainability and cost are important considerations.
Explore starting formulations
The following formulations have been tried and tested against top benchmarks in the industry. Access each recipe to view benchmark details, ingredients and more.
Heavy duty degreasers
Zero VOC Heavy Duty Degreaser
Clean even greener without compromising performance, with DOWANOL™ TPM – containing no VOC, great for applications with stringent regulatory requirements.
Economical Heavy-Duty Degreaser
A simple and hard-working degreaser formulation that uses fewer ingredients and saves you money.
High-Performance Heavy-Duty Degreaser
Leveraging Dow’s ECOSURF™ EH Surfactant adds a powerful boost to cut through grease and grime with minimal effort.
Hard surface cleaners
Zero VOC Hard Surface Cleaner
Meet regulatory requirements with this zero VOC formulation for hard surfaces.
Low Cost Hard Surface Cleaner
Less is more when you pair Dow’s ECOSURF™ EH Family of Products with Butyl CARBITOL™ for a simple, cost-effective cleaning formula.
High Performance Hard Surface Cleaner
This premium formulation has a blend of ingredients that outperforms peers and makes cleaning a breeze.
Low-Streaking Hard Surface Cleaner
Fast evaporating glycol ethers paired with ECOSURF™ EH surfactants cut streaking out of hard surface cleaning applications.
All Purpose Cleaner with Easy Next Clean
This signature formulation uses Dow’s ACUSOL™ Pro … to make every clean easier than the last.
All formulations are exempt from VOC Regulations according to US EPA Low Vapor Pressure (LVP), 40 CFR Chapter 1 Subpart C. National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products, 59.203 From 63 FR 48831 Sept 11, 1998.
Find additional Home, Industrial and Institutional Formulations
Explore Dow’s broad range of Industrial and Institutional Cleaning formulations.
All-Purpose and Concentrated Cleaners
- All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser with Optional Solvents
- Power Cleaning Formula
- Zero VOC All Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-600
- Zero VOC All Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-650
- All Purpose Cleaner 0.5 VOC
- VOC Compliant Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
- VOC Compliant All-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
Carpet and Spot Cleaners
Hard Surface Cleaners
Glass / Window Cleaners
Grill / Oven Cleaners
Alkaline Metal Cleaners
Acid Metal Cleaners
ECOSURF™ EH Specialty Surfactants
- All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser with Optional Solvents
- Grill and Oven Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Grill and Oven Cleaner with ECOSURF™ EH-14
- Spot Carpet Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Hard Surface Cleaner
- Power Cleaning Formula
- Hard Surface Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-50
- Zero VOC All Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-600
- Zero VOC All Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-650
- VOC Compliant Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
- VOC Compliant All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
ECOSURF™ SA Specialty Surfactants
TERGITOL™ 15-S Specialty Surfactants
- Grill and Oven Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Spot Carpet Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Bathroom Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Streak Free Window Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- VOC Compliant All-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
TERGITOL™ L EO/PO Surfactants
- Alkaline Metal Cleaner-511
- Alkaline Metal Cleaner-512
- Alkaline Metal Cleaner-513
- Acid Metal Cleaner-518
- Acid Metal Cleaner-520
TRITON™ BG/CG Alklypolyglucosides
- All-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser with Optional Solvents
- Bathroom Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Streak Free Window Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Window Cleaner
- Hard Surface Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-50
- Zero VOC All-Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-600
- Zero VOC All-Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-650
- All-Purpose Cleaner 0.5 VOC
TRITON™ DF Low Foam Surfactants
TRITON™ Phosphate Ester
TRITON™ BG/CG Alklypolyglucosides
- All-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser with Optional Solvents
- Bathroom Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Streak Free Window Cleaner with Optional Solvents
- Window Cleaner
- Hard Surface Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-50
- Zero VOC All-Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-600
- Zero VOC All-Purpose Cleaner with TRITON™ CG-650
- All-Purpose Cleaner 0.5 VOC
TRITON™ DF Low Foam Surfactants
TRITON™ Phosphate Ester
A safer choice
Our starting formulations include approved ingredients by the CleanGredients Database of chemical ingredients used primarily to formulate residential, institutional, industrial, and janitorial cleaning products that have been pre-approved to meet the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Standard. Using CleanGredients helps formulators reduce risk to their business, save money, and get their products to market faster (CleanGredients noted with*).
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