Butyl Glycol

Industrial Cleaning & Degreasing

Butyl Glycol is widely used in the formulation of heavy-duty cleaning chemicals for the removal of:

• Industrial oils and lubricants

• Grease and oily deposits

• Workshop dirt and grime

• Machinery contamination

• Adhesive residues

• Selected printing ink residues

• General industrial soils

It is commonly incorporated into alkaline degreasers, multi-purpose cleaners and industrial maintenance formulations.

Marine Cleaning Chemicals

Butyl Glycol is used as a solvent ingredient in selected marine cleaning formulations.

Applications include:

• Marine engine room degreasers

• Machinery cleaning products

• Heavy-duty maintenance cleaners

• Oily surface cleaning formulations

• Workshop and equipment cleaning

• Selected tank-cleaning detergent formulations

The finished cleaning product must be assessed for surface compatibility, personnel safety and environmental discharge requirements.

Paints & Coatings Industry

Butyl Glycol functions as a solvent and coalescing aid in suitable paint and coating formulations.

It can assist with:

• Film formation

• Flow and levelling

• Wetting of substrates

• Solvent balance

• Controlled evaporation

• Application characteristics

It is used in selected water-based architectural and industrial coatings.

Printing Inks

Butyl Glycol is used in certain printing ink formulations to improve solvent balance, flow and application characteristics.

Textile Processing

Used in selected textile processing formulations as a solvent, wetting aid and auxiliary ingredient.

Automotive Chemicals

Butyl Glycol is incorporated into compatible automotive cleaning formulations, including workshop degreasers and selected surface cleaners.

Household & Institutional Cleaning

Used as an ingredient in formulated cleaners for hard surfaces, industrial floors and other suitable applications.

Chemical Tank Cleaning

Spraying –

The tank should be sprayed with BSOLV, and then left for 45 minutes.  After 45 minutes the tank should be butterworthed warm 50-60 ^o C for 30 minutes, followed by a 4 hour hot wash 80 – 85 ^o C, after which fresh water rinse and dry the tank.  All safety precautions must be taken whenever handling this product.

Re-circulation –

Sufficient BSOLV should be filled into the tank so that the cargo pump and butterworth machines function properly.  Circulations  should be carried out for at least 4 and ideally 6 hours and all areas of the tanks must be rinsed.  The tank MUST be at least cleaned to a good Water White standard and must be dry, before filling the Butyl Glycol.  If another tank is to be circulated, then the product can be directly transferred.  IF not, it can be returned to drums for further use at a later date.  Following the circulations, the same washing procedure is carried out as outlined above in the spraying section.

* Use a strainer at the pumpstack when circulating any solution.Tank Lining – Stainless / Zinc / Epoxy  

Typical Physical & Chemical Properties

The above values are typical reference properties of 2-Butoxyethanol and are not batch-specific specifications. Final values must be confirmed from the applicable product TDS and COA.