Surfactants for Cleaning Dirt and Grime

Stepan Company offers several surfactants that have been reviewed and approved under the surfactant screen for the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Standard and listed on the CleanGredients online database, that offer cleaning of dirt and grime from surfaces.  These surfactants are primarily used to formulate household, institutional, and industrial cleaning products, and serve as a starting point for the formulator when selecting environmentally favorable ingredients.

Surfactants for cleaning dirt and grime have several benefits:

• High foaming.

• Wide pH range stability.

• Bleach compatibility.

• Available in naturally derived varieties.

Looking for a multifunctional, high-foaming surfactant? Check out ALPHA-STEP® PC-48.

Or a high-foam, viscosity-building surfactant? Check out STEPANOL® WA-EXTRA PCK. 

Explore the other surfactants under Documents to the right.

Hazardous surfactants in cleaning products.