We're still working on the formulation. It's like walking a tight wire. A little too far to the left or to the right and it's not going to work. Balancing true crystallization with cleaning performance is the issue.
I’m happy to report that we have it almost there, but it's still not quite perfect. The development process kind of reminds of sailing... you tack, you tack, you tack, and you tack, in order to reach your destination. Well we keep tacking and moving closer to the destination. We are getting close.
I had a lengthy conference call with my chemist and the vice president of the chemical manufacturing company this morning. The crystallization in the HWE products is phenomenal right now, but we still need a little more cleaning punch. So once again, we walk the tight wire, trying to add a little more on the detergent side. My chemist will be making up some new variations of the formulas for me to evaluate.
With just a little more tweaking we will be ready to go. I will be receiving a few more samples in a couple of days. I have gone through so many samples at this point that I'm about to pull my few remaining hairs out. But I’m determined to get it right.
I expect that the next group of samples will most likely bring us to the point of what we’re looking to achieve. So I would expect that we should be ready to run by the end of the month or the first part of July. That’s the projected time frame we’re considering. So just be patient – the new products will be here before you know it.
Rick Gelinas
