Household Cleaning, Care and Maintenance Products image
H.G. Hauthal and G. Wagner (editors) (Ziolkowsky)

2004; 160 x 240 mm, 6.5" x 9.5", 350 pages, hardback, £37.00, ISBN: 978-3-87846-241-5

This book is an updated English-language version of the German original Reinungs- und Pflegenmittel im Haushalt, published in 2003 and sold out in an exceptionally short period of time.

In this modern, comprehensive and clear overview of the fundamentals of and the products for cleaning and care in the home, competent authors in science and industry describe not only the basics and economic relationships, but also the most common product categories such as dishwashing detergents, cleaners for hard and textile surfaces, and cleaning and care agents for floors, automobiles and leather, their ingredients and their mode of action. The most important materials and surfaces to be cleaned in the household are also covered. Particular emphasis is laid on hygiene in the home.

The content embraces everything from a short cultural history of home cleaning to the tenets of sustainable development. The aspects of ecological safety, eco-balances and consumer safety are treated thoroughly, as are the legal regulations and voluntary agreements of industry on cleaning and care agents in Europe.

Contents
i. Cleaning the household
ii. Ingredients of domestic cleaning and maintenance products
iii. Household materials and surfaces
iv. Dishwashing agents
v. All-purpose cleaners and scourers
vi. Cleaning agents for the kitchen, bathroom and toilet
vii. Cleaning and care products for special applications
viii. Shoe and leather care
ix. Cleaning and care products for the car
x. Ecological aspects
xi. Consumer safety
xii. Legal regulations and voluntary agreements

Detergent Analysis: A Handbook for Cost-Effective Quality Control image
by B.M. Milwidsky and D.M. Gabriel

1982; reprinted with corrections 1989, 160 x 240 mm, 6.5" x 9.5", 310 pages, with illustrations, hardback, HALF PRICE was £50.00 NOW £25.00, ISBN: 978-1870228-03-9 (UK) and 978-0-9608752-3-8 (US)

Detergent Analysis is a handbook for the industrial laboratory where time and costs are crucial to efficient and economical processing. This classic handbook is not only an invaluable reference work but also forms an ideal introductory text for the small enterprise reqyuiring an effective and economical system for routine control analysis. Many of the tests are applicable to cosmetic ingredient analysis.

Chemical Specialties: Domestic and Industrial
2nd edition (in two volumes), by Louis Chalmers and Peter Bathe

Vol.1: 1978; Vol. 2: 1979, 240 x 160 mm, 9" x 6", Vol. 1: 219 pages; Vol. 2: 382 pages, hardback, HALF PRICE Vol. 1: £21.00 (previously £42.00); Vol. 2: £27.50 (previously £55.00), ISBN: Vol. 1: 978-1870228-00-8; Vol. 2: 978-18700228-10-5

This book, which is a classic in its field, discusses, the chemistry, manufacture and application of a range of household specialties and thus brings together, from a variety of sources, data on widely differing products that have as a common ground their type of market and their dependence upon quite specific, though varying, user requirements and expectations. The rate of expansion in this field in recent years, both in the development of existing products and in the emergence of quite new ones, has meant that this revised edition has had to be substantially rewritten and expanded and now appears in two volumes. Although some years have elapsed since this edition was revised, it contains much that is still relevant today.

The chapters of Vol. 1 are titled: Soap; Synthetic detergents; Laundry syndets; Enzymes in the laundry process; Fabric conditioners; Laundry bleaches; Optical brightening agents; Household pests and their control; Moths, wool-digesting insects and mothproofing.

Vol. 2 contains: Polishes; Disinfectants; Adhesives; Abrasives; Paints; Aerosols; Household toiletries

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