Detergent Selector
Commercial Cleaning Detergents
View the list below to learn more about which Hotsy detergents work best for your commercial cleaning application.
Aluminum
ADVANCED FORMULA ALUMINUM BRIGHTENER
An extra-strength, acid-based, aluminum cleaner and brightener designed for non-polished aluminum tanks and trailers, aluminum wheels and for preparing aluminum surfaces for painting. This easy-to-apply formula restores aluminum and makes it look like new in just one application. Do NOT use on glass, polished aluminum or anodized aluminum. Contains no phosphates.
YELLOW FEVER
Yellow Fever is a powerful acidic cleaner and aluminum brightener to clean and restore stained aluminum surfaces, without dulling bright aluminum finishes. Yellow Fever is effective in removing diesel smoke, grease, carbon, oils and resins. Removes hard-water scale. Effective in removing mineral efflorescence from brick, masonry and concrete. Avoid contact with glass or anodized aluminum.
Awnings – Steel / Canvas
BLUE THUNDER
A popular vehicle cleaner for removing exhaust deposits, road film and bug residue. Excellent for older vehicles with faded finishes; helps restore oxidized paint surfaces of all types. Great for house washing. Works well in cold water.
NYTRO
Truckers and fleet maintenance specialists swear by this heavy duty detergent. It makes diesel smoke stains, road film and gummy grease residue disappear. It’s equally effective on floors, walls and windows. Use this powerful cleaner where other detergents fail.
Building Exteriors – Brick
BLUE THUNDER
A popular vehicle cleaner for removing exhaust deposits, road film and bug residue. Excellent for older vehicles with faded finishes; helps restore oxidized paint surfaces of all types. Great for house washing. Works well in cold water.
Building Exteriors – Steel
BLUE THUNDER
A popular vehicle cleaner for removing exhaust deposits, road film and bug residue. Excellent for older vehicles with faded finishes; helps restore oxidized paint surfaces of all types. Great for house washing. Works well in cold water.
Chrome
POLISHED ALUMINUM & STAINLESS STEEL CLEANER
This non-etching specialty cleaner contains a concentrated blend of surfactants and glycol ethers to quickly penetrate and remove dirt, grease, oil, road film, diesel smoke and welding smut.
Concrete / Fual Islands
BREAKTHROUGH!
This highly concentrated detergent is extremely popular and effective for tackling crude oil and caked-on buildup of fifth-wheel grease, yet it’s gentle enough for fine finishes on cars and to use for general cleaning purposes. Helps restore all types of oxidized paint surfaces. Excellent in cold water.
RIPPER I
A highly concentrated, non-caustic cleaner for heavy equipment and trucks. This fast-acting cleaner is especially effective on off-road and grease-clogged equipment and great on hard-to-remove road film on tractor/trailers. Safe to use indoors and on all painted surfaces. Excellent for cleaning shop floors and walls where inside cleaning is necessary.
Concrete Sidewalks
FLOOR WASH
Designed for use as a floor cleaner for food, automotive and manufacturing industries. It can be used with hot or cold water and is formulated with a color indicator for control of concentration and strength, and to insure uniform coverage and rinsing.
Descks – Wood
BLUE THUNDER
A popular vehicle cleaner for removing exhaust deposits, road film and bug residue. Excellent for older vehicles with faded finishes; helps restore oxidized paint surfaces of all types. Great for house washing. Works well in cold water.
ENVIRO-CLEAN
This phosphate-free detergent is excellent for communities where phosphates are prohibited from entering municipal wastewater treatment facilities. It’s safe for all kinds of cleaning, yet has the cleaning power of highly concentrated degreasers. It is great on polished aluminum.
Dirt / Great / Oil
BREAKTHROUGH!
This highly concentrated detergent is extremely popular and effective for tackling crude oil and caked-on buildup of fifth-wheel grease, yet it’s gentle enough for fine finishes on cars and to use for general cleaning purposes. Helps restore all types of oxidized paint surfaces. Excellent in cold water.
Glass
HOTSY “99”
A highly concentrated formulation of non-fuming inhibited phosphoric acid and surfactants that remove concrete, welding smut, hard-water scale, rust, mortar, and diesel smoke. It is ideal for cleaning and descaling concrete trucks, metal surfaces, equipment, bricks and glass. Do not use on polished aluminum.
Mold / Mildew
CARBOCHLOR
A special emulsifying formula with high powered bleach for food processing plants. Excellent on tough odors, stains, dirt, oils and fats left behind on equipment, floors, and walls. Chlorinated for extra punch. NSF Registered for use in federally inspected food plants.
Painted Surfaces
BLUE THUNDER
A popular vehicle cleaner for removing exhaust deposits, road film and bug residue. Excellent for older vehicles with faded finishes; helps restore oxidized paint surfaces of all types. Great for house washing. Works well in cold water.
Parking Lot
FLOOR WASH
Designed for use as a floor cleaner for food, automotive and manufacturing industries. It can be used with hot or cold water and is formulated with a color indicator for control of concentration and strength, and to insure uniform coverage and rinsing.
Plastics
BREAKTHROUGH!
This highly concentrated detergent is extremely popular and effective for tackling crude oil and caked-on buildup of fifth-wheel grease, yet it’s gentle enough for fine finishes on cars and to use for general cleaning purposes. Helps restore all types of oxidized paint surfaces. Excellent in cold water.
Stainless Steel
ADVANCED FORMULA ALUMINUM BRIGHTENER
An extra-strength, acid-based, aluminum cleaner and brightener designed for non-polished aluminum tanks and trailers, aluminum wheels and for preparing aluminum surfaces for painting. This easy-to-apply formula restores aluminum and makes it look like new in just one application. Do NOT use on glass, polished aluminum or anodized aluminum. Contains no phosphates.
POLISHED ALUMINUM & STAINLESS STEEL CLEANER
This non-etching specialty cleaner contains a concentrated blend of surfactants and glycol ethers to quickly penetrate and remove dirt, grease, oil, road film, diesel smoke and welding smut.
Steel
BREAKTHROUGH!
This highly concentrated detergent is extremely popular and effective for tackling crude oil and caked-on buildup of fifth-wheel grease, yet it’s gentle enough for fine finishes on cars and to use for general cleaning purposes. Helps restore all types of oxidized paint surfaces. Excellent in cold water.