Cleaner OV is a powerful, pH neutral industrial cleaner for thorough degreasing and cleaning of metals and plastics before powder coating or wet paint processes.
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Powerful degreasing performance, cost efficient, and better for people and the environment
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The right cleaner for every type of contamination
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A dedicated range of cleaning solutions developed to replace solvent based cleaning processes
AD Chemicals has developed a specialised range of cleaning products for metal cleaning. Our portfolio includes powerful solvent based cleaners as well as a broad range of water based alternatives designed to replace solvent containing processes. These products offer a safer and more cost efficient solution while delivering the same high level of cleaning performance. The result is a perfectly clean, coating ready surface.
Metal cleaning for every industrial application
AD Chemicals supplies high performance cleaning solutions for metal surfaces. From powerful solvent based products to advanced solvent replacement technologies, we offer the right formulation for every type of contamination and application, developed through many years of practical experience and in house R&D expertise.
Our products are used worldwide by leading companies, including contract coaters, OEM trailer manufacturers, ACE producers, and machine builders. The portfolio includes cleaning solutions for different application methods, such as wipe cleaning, spray application, and immersion processes.
Powerful cleaning with solvent based products
For heavier contamination, AD offers optimised solvent based cleaning products, including:
- Multi Degreaser XP – A powerful all round cleaner
- Electroclean 100 – Developed for more demanding contamination
Solvent replacement cleaners: safer and more sustainable
Our solvent replacement portfolio includes:
- MM31® – An all in one solution combining cleaning, degreasing, corrosion protection, and paint adhesion in a single step
- Cleaner OV – A broadly applicable cleaner that is label free
- Cleaner Neutral – A pH neutral cleaner. Please contact us for more information
Key benefits
- One to one replacements for traditional solvents
- Safer for people and the environment
- Free from hazard labels and ADR classification
- Suitable for multi metal applications
Why replace solvents?
The use of solvents such as thinners, xylene, and heptane is increasingly under pressure because of the risks they pose to people and the environment. Although the use of solvents in paint systems has already been significantly reduced, they are still widely used in many metal cleaning processes, often resulting in unnecessary exposure.
In addition, their cleaning performance is often less effective than commonly assumed. In practice, solvents are usually applied with a cloth, often reused multiple times. This rarely results in a fully clean surface, which can lead to adhesion issues or corrosion.
The water break test provides a simple way to verify whether a surface is truly clean. A clean, hydrophilic surface retains a continuous water film, while contamination causes the film to break. On solvent cleaned surfaces, this often makes it visible that the surface has not been properly cleaned after all.
Replace solvents and upgrade your cleaning process with MM31®
AD Chemicals has re engineered the cleaning process before or after mechanical pretreatment. How?
In addition to creating a clean, properly degreased, and coating ready surface, MM31® also forms a conversion layer on the substrate. This conversion layer provides the following benefits:
- Improved paint adhesion and corrosion protection performance
- Protection against flash rust on steel for up to 48 hours
- Protection against white rust on galvanised alloys and aluminiu
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Cleaner OV
Multi Degreaser XP
One step pre-treatment
AD Chemicals supplies a range of chemicals that can be easily implemented in traditional “mechanical” pre-treatment processes to improve cleanliness of the metal surface and/or enhance corrosion protection and paint adhesion properties. All in one single step!
Starter MM
Suitable for: aluminium, galvanised steel and steel, Starter MM is the solution of choice for cleaning metals together with MM31®. It effectively removes oxides, welding scale and light milling scale, can be applied at mild temperatures (20–35°C) and is pH neutral.
MM31®
MM31®, Multi-purpose, Multi-metal. The product combines the worlds of mechanical and chemical pre-treatment. MM31® creates a chromium-3 based protective conversion layer, which is formed on the metal.























