The difference between releasit and DS is just the strength of DS is double, is that it or am I missing something else?

Thanks
Pete

thats it. It is 2x as strong,, so you only use 4 oz. instead of 8 oz. and you save when purchasing the DS as well.
(I think you do) I havent done the math in a while. lol

Steve Dobson
ProFloor
Custom Cleaning Services

RELEASIT is our registered trademark brand name for all of our encap detergent products. Encap-Clean and Encap-Clean DS are the products you're referring to.

Encap-Clean was the original encap cleaner that we offered. It mixes at 8 oz per gallon. End use cost for the Regular Strength Encap-Clean is four tenths of a cent per sq ft.

Encap-Clean DS (Double Strength) was introduced later. It mixes at 4 oz per gallon. Encap-Clean DS is the exact same chemical formulation as the regular Encap-Clean, it's just blended with twice as much of each raw ingredient. So you end up purchasing less water. End use cost for the Double Strength Encap-Clean is three tenths of a cent per sq ft. So the DS is a less expensive product to work with.

Rick Gelinas
encapman

On a similar note, is there any significant difference between Releasit Encap and Releasit Punch, other than Encap's ability to produce the thin white coating of foam?

There you have it Pete.. I knew Rick would chime in and 'enlighten us' on costs psf, etc.

And yes.. there is a difference and reason in the less foaming and more foaming of different products. Rick can add more..

But when you are scrub n run type encapping,, like with the Releasit/Cimex combo.. the foam is a good thing,, since you can see 2 things.
1. where you are working at.. and over lapping marks
2. how much product you are putting out..

so its a big advantage to see the white film, foam. whatever you refer to it as.

But say with a product that you may want to HWE with, (or pad,,). esp with HWE,, foam isnt a good thing when introduced with water and headed to a waste tank. It kills vacuum. And that isn't ever a good thing.

So Rick and other product owners,, offer different foaming options and products that vary and fit your cleaning needs.. so you are covered if you encap, OP or pad clean, or even if you are using a product and HWE'ing out and rinsing/vacuuming it to a waste tank.

All bases are covered.

Make sense?
Rick can add more. I am not jumping infront of him.

He be Da Man!

Steve Dobson
ProFloor
Custom Cleaning Services

Steve covered the aspect of Releasit's foaming pretty thoroughly there. However there's more of a difference between Encap-Clean/Encap-Punch than just the foaming.

I'll start by comparing what our products share in common... Encap-Clean, Encap-Punch, and Encap-Spot each contain the CRYSTALON3 crystallizing polymer, SOILEZE fluoro-protector, and Australian Tea Tree extract. They each contain water as well as one common surfactant. However that's where the similarities end.

Encap-Clean accomplishes it's cleaning through a highly effective blend of cleaning agents. And as most of you know, it cleans just about anything you can throw at it like there's no tomorrow. As mentioned above, it foams slightly.

Encap-Punch takes a different cleaning approach. To start with, the polymer blend rate is different. Encap-Punch is formulated with a different range of surfactants and has additional solvents built in. It is designed to remove soil through a different medium (via extraction... i.e. HWE or Bonnet). Getting Encap-Punch to work the way it does, was the trickiest product we’ve developed up to this point.

Encap-Spot takes yet another approach to accomplish its cleaning task. It contains more solvents. It has an agent for removing color based stains. It has a different surfactant blend. It also features an odor counteractant capability. Encap-Spot works as a terrific spot cleaner that doesn't require rinsing because it's an encap spotter.

So each of the 3 cleaning products share the aspect of a good crystallizing encapsulation polymer. Each of them has a built in fluoro-protector. And each of them has the same scent. However each of the products has been designed with a particular approach to cleaning in mind. Hence they each contain unique properties to accomplish the task they were intended for.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

right on Rick.
I knew there were more 'technical' and chemistry differences.. but I also figured you'd chime in and inform and enlighten us. LOL

And you did so quite eloquently.

thanks for the clarification.

Steve Dobson
ProFloor
Custom Cleaning Services