There are many factors that contribute to exterior wash product selection. Are your trailers painted, aluminum, stainless steel, or even FRP cladded? Will you clean tractors with polished aluminum, or only fleet rigs? Are there limitations imposed by wastewater treatment facilities? Rather than change anyone’s method of operation, we offer products that excel in any area of washing, regardless of methodology.

One-Step Trailer Cleaner

We have the right one-step cleaner for stainless trailers and every surface except polished aluminum. It can be used on tractors too, as long as the glass is cool, ideally in shade or under a roof.

Aluminum Brightener Acid

While several variants of this type of product exist in the wild, let’s narrow the discussion to transportation cleaning, and more specifically to tank cleaning. There are generally two types of aluminum brighteners used, with the essential acidic components as follows:
1. Ammonium Bifluoride / Sulfuric Acid
2. Hydrofluoric Acid / Phosphoric Acid

We have the right aluminum brightener for tank work, from concentrated formulas to higher-foaming ones, and Henry will match the type to your surfaces and your wastewater limits.

Exterior Detergent

Alkaline exterior wash products are each built for a specific purpose, and we have the right one for each job.

Pre-soaks are designed to wet and penetrate soils fast, because they won't spend much time on the surface. We have the right pre-soak for road dirt, and the right truck and trailer wash for when oily residue comes with it.

Bug removers are pre-soaks too. They work best when allowed to stand before pressure washing, and they have one job: start breaking down crusted bugs. We have the right one for it.

Degreasers go a step further. Hydrocarbons don't react to high alkalinity or caustics the way animal fats and vegetable oils do, so pre-soaks and bug removers make poor degreasers. We have the right degreaser for oily residues, including an old-school caustic and butyl formula if that's what you want.

Two-step washing applies an acidic surface prep, then an alkaline detergent, then a pressure rinse. The most popular method pairs an acid aluminum brightener with an alkaline detergent. Concentrates are usually pre-mixed, applied with low-pressure equipment, and allowed to stand a few minutes before pressure washing. We have the right pair for your setup.

Specialized pressure washers and drive-through tunnel systems apply chemicals at much higher dilution, which lowers chemical cost and speeds up the wash. We have the right high-dilution products for those systems too.

Need to impress a customer? We have the right foaming wash and wax for a durable, water-beading finish, and the right tire dressing for a fast-drying gloss.

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