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Containers for cleaning

For businesses packaging cleaning, with capacity, neck finish, case pack and case price published on every container.

Top picks for cleaning

2 oz Clear PET Imperial Bullet Cosmo$0.17 eachcase of 1,2964 oz Clear PET Imperial Bullet Cosmo$0.35 eachcase of 675100 cc White HDPE Packer Bottle$0.26 eachcase of 6402 oz Clear PET Boston Round$0.21 eachcase of 1,12075 cc White HDPE Packer Bottle$0.25 eachcase of 8501 oz Natural HDPE Cylinder Round$0.22 eachcase of 1,3002 oz Natural HDPE Cylinder Round$0.30 eachcase of 9280.5 oz Clear PET Single Wall Jar$0.31 eachcase of 2,178

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Getting started

Is a cleaning products business for youWhat it costs to startHow much time it actually takesWhere the raw materials come fromEquipment for a first batchYour first year, month by monthWhere the work happensWhat you have to register, and with whomWhat protects the makerTurning a recipe into a productNaming it without a problem later

The formula

Surfactants, which do most of the workSolventsAcids and alkalisBuilders, chelators and hard waterPreservative, and why a water-based cleaner needs oneFragrance and dyeWater, which is most of the bottlepH, and what it decidesConcentrates and dilution

Cleaner or pesticide

The claim triggers it, not the chemistryWhat counts as a claimWhat registration actually involvesThe efficacy data behind a disinfectantTreated articles, and the preservative exemptionWipes, devices and other edge casesStaying a cleaner on purposeWhat to say instead

Making a batch

Choosing a batch sizeWeighing, not measuringOrder of additionDissolving and blendingAdjusting pHThickeningAdding fragrance and dyeWhat to check before fillingFillingCleaning down

What goes wrong

Separation and cloudinesspH driftPreservative failureIt went thinThe fragrance disappearedColor change and stainingThe container is being attackedCorrosion of the closureFreezing and heatToo much foam, or noneIncompatibility, and the one mixture never to make

Bottles and closures

What size bottleWhich resin, and what your formula does to itChild-resistant closures, and when they are requiredTriggers, sprayers and pumpsHow full to fill itVenting, swelling and panelingLabels on a bottle that gets wetTamper evidence and induction sealsRefills, pouches and concentratesHow it looks on a shelfCase packing and shipping liquidWhen stock goes off-condition

Selling it

What to chargeWhat federal law requires on the labelIngredient disclosure, and the law that needs a websiteWhat you may legally call itGreen claims, and the Green GuidesSelling at a marketSelling onlineSelling wholesale and to janitorial buyersWhat your state addsInsurance, and what your policy excludesWho you buy from

Growing the operation

Making more of itMaking batch 40 match batch 1Equipment at the next sizeHaving somebody else make itThe contractThe first person you payWhat you have to write down

Tools and directories

Are you a pesticide? A checkDo you need a child-resistant closure?Dilution and concentrate arithmeticWorking out what to chargeWhen it pays for itselfEverything that has to be on the labelWho regulates you, and whenThe words, in the order you meet them

Beyond the bottle

Solid and bar formatsLaundryWipesSelling into janitorialMaking it for somebody else

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