Car Wash Formulation Chemicals

Car Wash Formulation Chemicals

Pilot Chemical Company produces high quality chemistries, including ether sulfates, sulfonic acids, alpha olefin sulfonates, and surfactant blends that produce a premium foam with excellent detergency.  These premium products are effective at removing greasy soils, leaving a surface devoid of the oily residue typically left by petrochemical solvents.

Chemical Overview

Calamide® CW-100

Cocamide DEA

2:1 amide used for modifying viscosity and stabilizing foam. Additional free alkali increases solubility and detergency properties.

CalBlend® DF

Sodium Laureth Sulfate (and) Cocamidopropyl Betaine (and) Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (and) Cocamide MIPA

Environmentally friendly performance blend that is mild to skin and hair. Produces a luxurious creamy lather with excellent cleansing and viscosity performance. Rinses away easily leaving a soft and silky after feel.

Calsuds® A

Concentrated Detergent Blend

Performance concentrate which can be used 'as is', diluted or compounded. Imparts excellent detergency, soil and particulate removal, grease cutting and foaming properties.

Calsuds® HSC

Proprietary anionic and nonionic surfactant blend

Calsuds® HSC is a clear concentrated blend of surfactants that is NPE-Free and readily dilutable with water. It is a solvent and VOC-Free multi-component HI&I cleaner that is effective in soft and hard water, and contains solubilizers and foam stabilizers for increased versatility.

CalBlend® PC

Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, and Cocamide MIPA

CalBlend® PC is a DEA-free, environmentally friendly performance blend that is mild to skin and hair. CalBlend® PC is a high foaming blend that is cold processable offering easy and economical viscosity building by just adding salt.

Aspire® G Super Concentrate

Aspire® G Super Concentrate is an over-97% active liquid blend of powerful anionic, nonionic, and cationic surfactants that work synergistically to remove the toughest soils.

Aspire® HS Super Concentrate

Aspire® HS Super Concentrate is a patent-pending blend comprised of cationic, anionic, and non-ionic surfactants that work synergistically to remove the toughest soils from surfaces.

Aspire® BRC Surfactant Blend

Aspire® BRC Surfactant Blend is an optimized blend of surfactants built for outstanding soap scum removal in acidic bathroom cleaners.

Calfoam® ES-603

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (3 Mole EO), 60%

Good flash foamer, used in medium to high pH products, contains alcohol solvent.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® ES-702

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (2 Mole EO), 70%

Calfoam® ES-702 is a sodium salt of lauryl alcohol ethoxy sulfate containing an average of 2 moles of ethylene oxide.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® ES-701

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (1 Mole EO), 70%act.

Calfoam® ES-701 is an environmentally friendly anionic surfactant that provides luxurious, mild and copious foam that is gentle to the skin and is perfect for personal care and HI&I formulations.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® ES-701 10 MAX

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (1 Mole EO), 70%act.

Calfoam® ES-701 10 MAX is a 70% active solution of sodium lauryl ether sulfate that contains one mole of ethylene oxide with a 1,4-Dioxane level below 10ppm.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® ES-702 10 MAX

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (2 Mole EO), 70%

Calfoam® ES-702 10 MAX is a sodium salt of lauryl alcohol ethoxy sulfate containing an average of 2 moles of ethylene oxide with a 1,4-Dioxane level below 10ppm.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® TLS-40

TEA Lauryl Sulfate

Clear shampoos.

Calfoam® SLS-30 EF

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Calfoam® SLS-30 EF is an EDTA-Free, 30% active solution of sodium lauryl sulfate, produced via a state-of-the-art continuous sulfation technology, which yields a very high purity, sparkling clarity, low salt and low color product perfect for many applications.

Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calfoam® SLS-95

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Calfoam® SLS-95 is a naturally derived, vegetable based 95% active sodium lauryl sulfate in granular form. Calfoam® SLS-95 is an anionic surfactant that produces copious foam and a rich lather. SLS-95 is made using a state-of-the-art sulfation technology, resulting in a high-quality product. Also available as Mass Balanced (MB) for formulators choosing to use only RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) materials.

Calsoft® AOS-40

Sodium Alpha Olefin (C14-16) Sulfonate

Calsoft® AOS- 40 is a 40% solution of sodium C14-16 alpha olefin sulfonate that offers the advantages of high foaming power, good emulsification, skin mildness and excellent lime soap dispersion.

Calsoft® AOS-FS

Sodium Olefin Sulfonate

Specially designed olefin sulfonate for improved low temperature stability and handling properties with increased detergency.

Calimulse® AOS

Sodium Alpha Olefin Sulfonate

Calimulse® AOS is a 40% solution of sodium C14-16 alpha olefin sulfonate that offers economical emulsion polymerization, good wetting properties and excellent thermal stability.

Calsoft® AOS-40 BZ

Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate

Calsoft® AOS-40 BZ is a sulfate alternative for personal care products with excellent foam properties, broad pH stability, viscosity, and mildness characteristics. Calsoft® AOS-40 BZ is preserved with Benzoic Acid and contains no solvents or VOC’s.

Calsoft® L-40

Sodium Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate

Clear homogeneous liquid for compounding liquid dishwashing products, all-purpose cleaners and hard surface cleaners and foamers. U.S. EPA DfE approved, listed with CleanGredients.

Calsoft® T-60

Triethanolamine Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate

Used in liquid detergents, wool wash formulations, and shampoos for oily hair where mildness and high purity are needed.

Calsoft® LAS-99

Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonic Acid

High active acid for neutralization to high purity sulfonates which are used in cleaning, stripping, wetting and foaming applications. CFR 21 and 40 approved. U.S. EPA DfE approved, listed with CleanGredients.

Mason® CS-445

Didecyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride

Mason® CS-445 is 50% active didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride for use as a cationic surfactant in a wide range of applications, is characteristically low in color, low in odor and reliably consistent batch to batch. Use Mason® CS-445 in Cleaners, Degreasers, Textile, Sanitation Products, Oilfield and Personal Care.

Mason® CS-448

Didecyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride

Mason® CS-448 is 80% active didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride formulated with ethanol for use as cationic surfactants in a wide range of applications, are characteristically low in color, low in odor and reliably consistent batch to batch. Use Mason® CS-448 in Cleaners, Degreasers, Textile, Sanitation Products, Oilfield and Personal Care.

Mason® CS-408

“Fifth Generation” Quaternary Ammonium Surfactant Blend

Mason® CS-408 is TSCA/CDSL listed 80% active alkyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride in a water/ethanol solution, for use in non-EPA/Canadian registered biocide applications. Multitude of applications, Carper Extraction Cleaners, Degreasers, Vehicles cleaners, Textile and Sanitation Products.

Mason® CS-405

“Fifth Generation” Quaternary Ammonium Surfactant Blend

Mason® CS-405 is TSCA/CDSL listed 50% active dialkyldimethyl ammonium chloride in a water/ethanol solution, for use in non-EPA/Canadian registered biocide applications. Multitude of applications, Carper Extraction Cleaners, Degreasers, Vehicles cleaners, Textile and Sanitation Products.