Multipurpose cleaner(lime)
Every product in your cleaning store is a cost. This one replaces three.
Highlights
- Single SKU replaces up to three — floors, walls, counters, and fixtures — one product, one procurement event, one MSDS, one staff training protocol.
- Neutral pH 6.5–7.5 — safe across the full range of hard surface substrates in healthcare, industrial, and educational environments without substrate damage risk.
- 1:4 dilution — 5L yields 20 litres — precise, auditable working solution volume for procurement budgeting and cost-per-application tracking.
- No rinsing on most surfaces — faster cleaning cycle completion — operationally significant in facilities running 3–4 cleaning rotations daily.
- Lime fragrance — appropriate for occupied healthcare, industrial, and educational environments — fresh signal without chemical edge.
Product overview
Every additional cleaning chemical product in an institutional store carries a management overhead that is rarely quantified at procurement stage: a separate MSDS document, a separate section in the staff training programme, a separate vendor relationship, a separate stock monitoring requirement, and a separate risk of cross-contamination or incorrect application when rotating staff pick up the wrong product. The cleaning chemical programme that looks comprehensive on a specification sheet is often the one that creates the most operational risk on the ground.
Alle’s ClinX Labs Multipurpose Cleaner (Lime) is formulated from the opposite principle: what is the minimum number of products required to maintain hygiene across all standard hard surfaces in a healthcare, industrial, or educational facility? The answer, for general surface cleaning, is one — provided the formulation is genuinely effective across the substrate range. At neutral pH 6.5–7.5, this concentrate is safe and effective on floors, walls, counters, washroom fixtures, and general hard surfaces without the substrate specificity constraints of alkaline or acid alternatives.
The 1:4 dilution system is operationally designed: it is simple enough for every member of a housekeeping team to prepare correctly without measurement error, yields a predictable 20 litres of working solution per 5-litre pack, and creates an auditable cost-per-application record for facility management reporting.
The chemistry
| Why is neutral pH the correct specification for a multipurpose institutional surface cleaner?
Surface cleaners operate within a pH range that creates a fundamental trade-off: alkaline formulations (pH 9–12) are more effective at saponifying oils and fats but carry substrate damage risk on acid-sensitive materials — marble, certain composite tiles, anodised aluminium — and require rinsing on food-contact and sensitive surfaces. Acidic formulations (pH 1–5) dissolve mineral deposits effectively but damage alkaline-sensitive substrates and cannot be used on most metals without corrosion risk. A neutral pH formulation at 6.5–7.5 resolves this trade-off for general surface cleaning by operating in the range where the surfactant system carries the primary cleaning burden rather than pH-driven chemical reactions. At neutral pH, well-formulated anionic and nonionic surfactants provide effective soil emulsification, suspension, and removal across the full range of everyday institutional surface soiling — dust, organic residues, hand contact marks, light grease — without the substrate specificity constraints of pH extremes. The practical consequence is a formulation that can be specified as the single general-purpose surface cleaner across an entire institutional facility — floors, walls, counters, washroom fixtures, and educational classroom surfaces — without requiring staff to select between products based on surface type. In environments with rotating housekeeping teams and variable staff training depth, this substrate-neutral specification is a meaningful risk reduction. |
Did you know
Fact Multipurpose cleaners reduce SKU count in a facility’s chemical store by up to 60%. That’s not just a storage saving — it means fewer MSDS files, fewer staff training events, and fewer vendor relationships to manage. One product is a procurement strategy, not a compromise.
Application & usage
- Dilution 250 ml per litre of water (1:4 ratio).
- Floors Apply by mop using overlapping strokes. Allow to air-dry — no rinsing required.
- Counters and walls Apply by spray bottle or damp cloth. Wipe and allow to air-dry.
- Washroom fixtures Apply by cloth or spray. Wipe clean — rinsing not required on most fixture surfaces.
- Heavy soiling Apply undiluted to the affected area, allow 2 minutes contact, then wipe clean. Test on polished marble or sensitive natural stone before full application at concentrate strength.
Usage economy
| One product. Three cleaning categories. Twenty litres per 5-litre pack.
At 1:4 dilution, a single 5L pack yields 20 litres of working solution — sufficient for a 10,000 sq ft institutional facility cleaned twice daily across all hard surfaces for approximately 3 weeks. The SKU rationalisation value is additional: replacing three separate surface cleaners with one product reduces procurement event frequency, storage requirement, and training overhead — costs that do not appear on the chemical spend line but are real institutional overheads. For healthcare facilities operating under infection control programme audits, the documented single-product cleaning protocol simplifies housekeeping SOP documentation and reduces the risk of incorrect product selection by rotating staff. |
Product specifications
| Active system | Anionic + non-ionic surfactant blend — general purpose |
| pH | 6.5–7.5 (neutral) |
| Specific gravity | 1.00–1.02 at 25°C |
| Formulation type | Aqueous concentrate |
| Appearance | Clear to slightly hazy liquid |
| Fragrance | Lime — calibrated for institutional environments |
| Dilution | 250 ml per litre of water (1:4) |
| Application | Mop / spray bottle / damp cloth |
| Surfaces | Floors, walls, counters, washroom fixtures, general hard surfaces |
| Avoid on | Polished natural stone — test at undiluted concentration before full use |
| Rinse after use | Not required on most surfaces |
| PPE | None at working dilution |
| Shelf life | 24 months from date of manufacture, unopened |
| Pack size | 5 Litres concentrate |
| MSDS / TDS | QR code on label · Available on request |
Caution & storage
| For professional and institutional use.
For professional use. Avoid prolonged skin contact with concentrate. In case of eye contact, rinse immediately with water. Do not ingest. Keep out of reach of children. Test on polished marble or acid-sensitive natural stone surfaces before applying undiluted — neutral pH at concentrate strength may affect sensitive surface finishes. Store in original sealed container below 30°C, away from direct sunlight. Keep container tightly closed when not in use. Shelf life 24 months from manufacture date, unopened. |
Resources & documentation
| Material Safety Data Sheet | QR code on product label · Request at care@allesclinx.com |
| Technical Data Sheet (TDS) | Available on request — Alle’s ClinX Labs trade desk |
| Bulk & institutional supply | allesclinx.com · Institutional pricing available |
| B2B & procurement enquiries | procurement@allesclinx.com |
