Description

Benz Softwash Lightning Cleanze – This soft wash chemical with sodium hypochlorite is an effective biocide and available for the UK and Ireland.

We are official distributors of Benz Softwash chemicals and the sole stockists for Northern Ireland.

The active ingredient is recommended for cleaning render and cladding of industry-leading companies such as K-Rend, Weber and Kingspan Cladding.

Lightning Cleanze suitable surfaces:

• Coloured and plain wall render
• Slate and tile roofs
• Concrete patios & paths
• “Cobblelock” type paving
• Painted surfaces
• Tarmac drives
• Timber decking, fencing, and sheds
• Natural stone, including sandstone and granite

 

Safe for humans and materials:

Lightning Cleanze as applied to actual surfaces contains only 0.5-2% available chlorine – a similar % as used to disinfect babies’ bottles.

Benz Lightning Cleanze should be thoroughly rinsed from the treated surface after activation and before animals and children are allowed to walk on the treated surface. Lightning Cleanze is perfect for softwashing non-porous surfaces.

To ensure the safety of any children or animals that may walk or play on the premises you require to be soft washed, it is important to ensure that they are always kept away from the working area and equipment.

Please keep all children and animals inside, or let a trusted person take care of them, or put them in the care of a professionally qualified person, while work is in progress and until the area has been declared safe.

Areas treated with Benz Lightning Cleanze will be safe when it has been rinsed and declared safe.

Safe for our environment:

Lightning Cleanze does not bio-accumulate and becomes inactive within 30-60 minutes of application. It breaks down in contact with organic materials and quickly dissipates.

Even the surfactant in Lightning Cleanze is biodegradable and conforms to the latest government guidelines on biodegradability.

Cleans uPVC and PVC – fast!
*Lightning Cleanze is the only sodium hypochlorite based Softwash biocide that has full approval from the UK and Irish governments.

Lightning Cleanze is approved by:

• The Irish PRCD (Pesticide Registration & Controls Division)
• The UK HSE (Health & Safety Executive)

Application, use & storage guidance

Order sufficient product only for the contracts you have booked in, bearing in mind the 3 – 5 day delivery timescale. This minimises storage time on your premises and will ensure your Lightning Cleanze is as fresh and strong as possible when you use it and will do the best possible job.

STORE COOL & USE ASAP:

Do not treat a surface if rain is likely within an hour of application.

In extreme heat lightly wet the surface to cool it down before applying Lightning Cleanze (and keep Lightning Cleanze as cool as possible when on site)

DO NOT add a surfactant or scent to Lightning Cleanze as doing so will reduce its effectiveness and shorten its shelf life (and will invalidate the HSE and PRCD legal approvals)
Best applied in temperatures above 8°C.

DILUTION:

Dilute for use between 5:1 and 10:1 depending on the type of surface and degree of infestation.

Non-porous surfaces such as industrial cladding and uPVC usually come up well at only 10:1.

Exceptionally, on extremely badly infested surfaces 4:1 can be used – but in this case using Benz Tornado Cleanze may be indicated. If used at 4:1, correct application procedures and wearing appropriate PPC becomes of high importance because of the higher strength.

BEST USED BEFORE:

For best results use ASAP (“best before” date is on side of containers).

Because the chemical nature of this product means it has a relatively short shelf-life, we strongly suggest you purchase only the quantity of product you need for the customers you have booked in (and please allow for the 3 – 5 day delivery time when booking in your customers).

Quick tips:

1) Store cool and according to our guidelines (below) to extend the shelf life of Lightning Cleanze
2) Our manufacturers give a 6 month “best before” date when stored correctly under ideal conditions. Our experience is that the product can remain usable for up to 6 months but may have to be used at stronger than usual dilutions. Because we cannot control the way our customers store the product (hot environment, opening and leaving etc) we suggest using within 2 months

LIGHTNING CLEANZE IMPORTANT STORAGE GUIDELINES:

• Store in a cool, but not freezing, environment away from direct sunlight
• Store in unopened, original container
• Use within 2 weeks of opening
• Once mixed with water, use immediately
• Lightning Cleanze should be stored away from direct sunlight and in a cool, but not freezing, location

 

During warm weather the product will naturally vent a small amount of vapour via the vent valve in the cap. And sometimes, if the container is shaken during transportation, a small amount of product can leak from the cap vent.

If this happens, as the product dries a white salt residue may be seen around the cap and sometimes down the side of the container. Although it can look dramatic, this will only be a few millilitres of product which is quite normal and nothing to be concerned about.

Follow correct COSHH procedures to protect surrounding surfaces and the environment, such as: Placing the affected containers in a watertight plastic bund. Washing the salt residue from the containers. Leaving to dry. Then disposing of the rinse water in a foul drain.

Lightning Cleanze lasts longer in storage than industrial 15% sodium hypochlorite because:

1) The high quality of chemistry involved in manufacture
2) Its high-quality surfactant and scent

The high quality surfactant keeps the mix stable and does not cause the sodium hypochlorite to chemically degrade, as do cheap surfactants.

Benz Lightning Cleanze has the huge advantage of being the ONLY fully legal SH-based soft wash biocide available in the UK and Ireland.

 

 

Please contact us if you are unsure whether this will suit your application.

We are a leading supplier of soft wash equipment in the UK and Ireland.