Benefits

Our new Sobo Tank Cleaner is a unique blend of biodegradable surfactants and environmentally friendly components.

Effective & powerful

• Effective solvency & degreasing in a range of applications.
• Heavy duty product with excellent material compatibility.
• Designed for easy cleaning of oil storage tanks.

Environmentally friendly

• Biodegradable - naturally breaks down in the environment, leaving no soil residue and no hazard to plants.

• Non-toxic and with no potential for bioaccumulation.
• Low aquatic toxicity.
• VOCs (volatile organic compounds) free.
• D-Limonene free.

Safer to use

• Improves employee safety by avoiding the handling of toxic cleaning chemicals.
• Not classified as flammable.
• Non-toxic.
• Not classified as a skin irritant or skin sensitiser.
• No transport classification required.
• Safe to use on most metal surfaces, painted surfaces and tank coatings.

Quick and easy to use

• Simply stir, dilute and use!
• Fast-acting for the removal of waxy and residual hydrocarbons.
• Water rinsable and separator friendly.
• Easy rinse off, leaving clean and oil-free surfaces.

For more information, please visit our FAQs section.

Where to Use

Oil storage tanks require periodic cleaning for a variety of reasons, for example to maximize available storage capacity, to make repairs or to reconfigure.

Sobo Tank Cleaner is specially designed to remove waxy and residual hydrocarbons from storage tanks walls and floors.

Can also be used throughout the oil & gas industry to remove heavy contamination from surfaces, including contamination from asphaltine, crude oils, tars, hardened greases, hardened oxidised oil and heavy soils. 

• Please note: Sobo Tank Cleaner is not registered for offshore use.

How to Use

Sobo Tank Cleaner must be diluted with water in order to activate it - do not use neat.

STEP 1

• Agitate to activate the emulsion and then dilute to required concentration.
• Dilution rate is 4-10%, ie 40ml to 100ml of Sobo Tank Cleaner per 1 litre of solution.
• Fill the pressure washer tanker with water.
• For best results, use hot water.

STEP 2

• Pour the required amount of Sobo Tank Cleaner into the pressure washer water tank.
• To use at a 4% solution, use 40ml of Sobo Tank Cleaner to 960ml of water; for a 10% solution, use 100ml Sobo Tank Cleaner to 900ml water.

STEP 3

• Begin applying the solution to the oil contaminated area, starting at the highest point.
• Diluted solution that flows down the tank wall will act as a pre-soak for the lower, fouled surfaces.

STEP 4

• Allow a contact time of 10-15 minutes before rinsing with water.
• Allow up to 60 minutes when used in the cleaning of oil tanks or heater tubes
• For best results, use hot water to rinse after use.

Technical Data

Pack Sizes

• 1000 Litre IBCs

• 200 Litre drums

• 25 Litre containers

• 4 x 5 Litre containers