Resin and composite tool cleaning
Rollers, brushes, mixing tools and equipment may be washed after contact with uncured or partly cured resin. The resin system and cleaning window are essential to assess.
Solvent replacement
Looking for an alternative to acetone?
Acetone is familiar in industrial cleaning, especially where teams need to remove uncured resins and other difficult residues. But what works in a production process is more than a question of solvency. It is also about compatibility, handling, consumption, downtime and the cleaning result that must be achieved.
Changing the cleaner means understanding the process.
Acetone is used in manufacturing for multiple purposes. Replacing an acetone-based wash is not the same thing as replacing acetone as a synthesis reagent, formulation ingredient or surface-preparation step. blent focuses on industrial cleaning. We start with what is being removed, which equipment is involved and the requirements the current process meets.
Where are you using acetone today?
Production equipment and changeovers
Manufacturing sites may use a solvent wash to remove build-up between product batches, coatings or ink changes. We evaluate the residue and required cleanliness against process constraints.
Parts and component cleaning
Material compatibility, trapped residues and downstream processes can determine whether a water-based approach is appropriate.
What would a useful replacement need to prove?
An alternative should be judged against clear criteria: removal effectiveness, time and temperature, rinsing and drying requirements, equipment compatibility, operating instructions, chemical consumption, waste handling and cost in use. Claims about VOC emissions, flammability or safety require the relevant product-specific data; being water-based does not establish them on its own.
Water-based cleaning: an alternative to evaluate, not a universal drop-in.
blent develops water-based industrial cleaning formulations. Where a process offers a plausible fit, we work with customers to define a comparison against their current cleaning method. If the chemistry does not meet the specification, the evidence should make that clear.
FAQ
Is water-based cleaning as effective as acetone?
It can be suitable in some processes, but performance cannot be assumed across different residues, cure states, equipment or operating conditions. The only credible answer is an application-specific comparison.
Can acetone be replaced for cleaning epoxy resin?
It may be worth evaluating for a defined resin and cleaning window. Provide the resin type, cure state, surfaces, current cleaning method and success criteria so technical fit can be assessed.
Tell us what acetone does in your process.
Describe the material, equipment, usage volume and what the current method gets right or wrong. We’ll review whether an evaluation is sensible.