Murphy's Oil Soap "Biodegradable" New Formula

[29thWisCoG]

Does the new formula MOS clean as well as the original formula? if not, are there alternatives like Lestoil or Pine-Sol... thanks

 

[TreeMan]

Don’t worry about all those concoctions. Plain old water works as good as anything. If your cleaning between shots use rubbing alcohol, vodka, -0 windshield washer. All evaporate fast. For regular cleaning use the same or water. Water is cheap.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Didn't know they had a new formula. I'm still using the original formula with 98% naturally derived ingredients. Hard to believe they improved on it.
Guess I'll have to do some checking and testing.
I'm guessing it's the same formula, just new advertising, it's always been biodegradable as far as I know and the the stuff I have works just fine.

 

[Hawken]

"Biodegradeable" is most definitely a major marketing term. All soap and detergents are "biodegradeable". It just takes a hell of a long time. The mark-up on those cute little bottles of "Campers Suds" is off the charts.

The Murphy's co. may have removed any phosphates, if they ever had any. They didn't have any choice. If that's the case, it won't cut grease as well it did.

 

[coloradoclyde]

The Murphy's co. may have removed any phosphates, if they ever had any. They didn't have any choice. If that's the case, it won't cut grease as well it did.

The US started banning phosphates in soaps and detergents back in the 70's.

 

[29thWisCoG]

This is the "new formula" from the MOS website:

• Water
• Sodium Tallate
• Fragrance
• Trisodium MGDA
• Lauramidopropyldimethylamine

 

[Scota@4570]

I use the MOS bottle under the sink as a patch lube. It works very well. The MSD sheets I found do not say what is in it.

 

[rafterob]

Sodium Tallate is soap. So water and soap, there you go.

 

[coloradoclyde]

If the new soap doesn't work the company will be in trouble, because I bet more than half of the people who buy it are using it for muzzleloaders rather than wood floors.

 

[rafterob]

I made my own soap for a long time. Homemade soap is excellent because it still contains glycerin, making it very emollient. Most commercial grades of handsoap remove the glycerin because it is more valuable for other applications. I used to dissolve trim pieces and small remnants of bars in water to use as liquid soap. Made a great patch lube also. I tried using flaked soap for laundry but that never worked so well.

 

[user 36911]

Don’t worry about all those concoctions. Plain old water works as good as anything. If your cleaning between shots use rubbing alcohol, vodka, -0 windshield washer. All evaporate fast. For regular cleaning use the same or water. Water is cheap.

Vodka! Are you nuts! That's for getting drunk!

 

[firestick]

Vodka! Are you nuts! That's for getting drunk!

Better for starting fires and fights.

 

[29thWisCoG]

The original formula used potassium hydroxide, this new formula doesn't... curious how the sodium tallate stacks up to the potassium hydroxide.