Housecleaning Cleaning chemicals
There are five main kinds of cleaning chemicals. Surfactants make water able to get things wet faster. Alkaline chemicals like soap and baking soda are able to get things like mud and hamburger grease off. Acidic chemicals like vinegar and orange juice are able to get off things like mustard, wine, tea, coffee, rust, dry soap suds, and lime scale. Flammable solvents like turpentine are able to remove things like paint. Disinfectants kill germs like fungus and mold. Soap is a kind of cleaner. Some cleaners are so alkaline or acidic they are more dangerous than others. Some cleaners are liquid. Some are dry. Some are in between.