FAQ

Q. What makes the Oillift cleaning technology unique apart from its performance?
A. Oillift is made from Organic Hydrocarbons (plants) as oppose to Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Oil). Currently the bulk of the cleaning products and solvent market products are made from oil. It is well documented that most oil based cleaners and solvents have significant health and environmental problem associated with them. These initial toxicity, carcinogenic and ability to pervade in the environment is well documented and are coming under restrictions on a global scale.

Q. Oillift is made from Organic Hydrocarbons; it performs same as oil based cleaners?
A. Typically, non-toxic products have not performed very well and have had limited application and poor acceptance. Oillift has been developed a group of replacements based on plant or organic surfactants (cleaners) and solvents which outperform most petroleum based products without the side effects. This innovation in chemistry allows us to create industrial strength replacements for the bulk of the toxic products in industry as well as household.

Q. Oillift is industrial strength is it harmful to any surfaces and skin?
A. No, not at all

The reason asphalt breaks up is when it is exposed to any chemical with sufficient strength to dissolve the oil component. This can be brake fluid, varsol, diesel, gasoline, even hot oil if the asphalt has a low aggregate content. Asphalt by itself is not actually bonded together like paint. It's literally held in place by gravity or squished down. the tar or oil part is what fills the spaces and provides some level of water proofing so the base underneath does not wash away. With that being said, it is chemically impossible for the oil lift to dissolve normal asphalt. It simply does not have that level efficacy. Every cleaner made has a very specific penetration or wetting ratio. what makes this product work is it has high penetration yet a very low ratio of energy to dissolve oil. The products you see dissolving oil are the items like the dispersants you saw them spraying in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. These chemicals simply blow apart the oil.

The real problem with home driveways is the size of aggregate. The big rocks work, the little ones fall apart really easily. I have seeing countless driveways were gas or a similar substance is spilled and then somebody pressure washes and the whole thing falls apart. The real problem is the big rocks cost more. For city roads the aggregate size and thickness is specified based on desired longevity.

Q. Oillift cost more?
A. No, Oil Lift products are industrial - strength concentrates. They can be diluted up to 10 - 20 parts water for cleaning applications. For cleaning windows and outside of vehicles, for example, we recommend using at least 20 parts water, therefore, in the long run, consumers actually save money. While at the same, they can vary the concentration with less water added for really ugly stains. Oillift is concentrates, you dilute it before you use it, so we provide double chamber dilution bottle.

Q. Oillift can be used on an all cotton sweater, or any type of clothes for that matter?
A. Yes you can use it on clothes as long as you follow the laundering instructions on the clothes (label). Make sure you spot test prior to use (color fast) and that the cloths are already shrunk. When we do our laundry we have a spray bottle at 8 parts water to 1 part oil lift for spot removal and then we use half a cup of Oillift diluted at ten parts water. Depending on whether you have hard water or soft water will determine the dilution. Basically you have to play with it. Also, note you don’t need laundry detergent or bleach. The Oillift will break down the laundry detergent and it even cleans out your washing machine of the moldy laundry detergent inside the machine. To determine if your machine has moldy laundry detergent inside, smell your towels after a couple of days of use. If they smell moldy your machine has a mold problem. Simply wash some big towels in hot water and stop the machine when it is filled with water for half an hour. This will give Oillift time to work and break up the mold and detergent. Repeat if necessary.

Q. I have a bad oil spill on an asphalt driveway. Does your product work for such stains?

A. The oil lift oil remover is the product you want for this application. it will remove 99% of the oil. Sometimes the oil has stained the surface and it takes a few days for the color to bleach back out to gray. Flushing with hot water seems to speed this up.

You should always spot test on the application, check to see if the oil or fluid has not damaged the surface by pressing a key into the surface. Oil lift cannot repair damaged asphalt.

Q. I would prefer to use spray paint because of the small size of the items I’m painting and the wide variety of the flat and hunter colors available. I really don’t want permanently paint any of my hunting guns, any help or recommendations you could provide would be great.

A. The removable paint comes as a clear. you can use universal paint tint to make colors. I'm working on a color pallet yet this will take some time. you can use the oil lift to remove it. It's a hard acrylic so it takes some abuse and chemical attack.

A. For years the people in the water conservation world have tried to get people to wash their car over grass or gravel. The reason is to prevent direct discharge of pollutants into an aquatic body.

The soil contains bacteria and enzymes that digests the pollutants. This is how things biodegrade. This is the reason you see the culverts beside roads being replanted to replace the concrete drain systems all over the world. These are known as Aquarian buffer zones, bio swales etc. Basically it's the same principle as using a water filter accept that it also digests the waste.

When cleaning an oil stain from a driveway people mainly just flush it down the storm drains and it discharges directly into the streams, rivers, lakes and ultimately to the ocean. By encouraging people to soak it up and use nature’s filtration systems, we are hoping to have some impact in reducing the water pollution. The good news is since we made the first commercial doing this, lots of people really became water aware and are taking the next step in the thinking process to question what the heck is going on here. The ideal situation is to educate people to clean up the oil with a product that actually breaks down the oil. We just launched our new product called Flubber Dust that biodegrades oil when wet with natural bacteria and when dry it's actually a molecular sieve that when heated in the sunlight or your micro wave, splits the petroleum hydrocarbon you are left with powdered carbon which is plant food. Organic hydrocarbon.

The funny thing about this whole process, is the weirder I make my products, the more people play with them and the more real impact we have on reducing the largest form of water pollution in the world. Oil in parking lots. The goal is to create worldwide brands with real products in the hopes that the water awareness spills over and people actually take action. The good news is people like you are asking the questions which will lead to this change one drop at a time.

Q. I tried the graffiti remover on a steal door that is painted. Not only the graffiti came out also the paint on the door. Is that possible.

A. All graffiti is paint; the difference between our remover and others is it is for ink and black felt markers as well. The main selling features for the applicators are it does not burn their skin and the long dwell time. The solvent products evaporate to fast.
On doors the paint is usually UV damaged and they use cheaper paint. The trick is to get the coating on the doors then use the remover so you have no paint damage. As soon as the super wax is finished we will add that to the war chest.

Q. In the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrRg45BMU0), they talk about using multiple products which absorbs the oil and re-hardens the asphalt. Exactly which products are used in that video?

A. What happens is the oil or usually diesel softens the asphalt. When you clean the surface with Oil lift is removes the bulk of the contaminant and the surface harden back up. Generally you should use the oil lift oil remover and the Flubber dust product for this application. Something really weird happens when you leave Flubber dust on asphalt over a few weeks. the oil just disappears. the chemical process is the Flubber dust sucks the water out of the oil molecule and breaks it apart.

Q. will your product harm the laqure finish on the boat if i use it and some of it got on the wood jim.

A. It depends on the quality and UV aging of the lacquer?

It cleans everything really well. I test everything first, as each situation is job specific. The big thing with wood is actually unnoticed paint failure. Binding paints to wood to get adhesion has being the Bain of the paint industry for years as the cellulose and tannins, resins act as bond breakers. A little bit of UV and expansion and contraction and film can peel off. So the simple rule is, what can go wrong will go wrong, so test and take precautions.

Q. I recently just bought the oillift flubber dust. I noticed you can use it on carpet. How can you use it on carpet? I have some oil spilt in my car and I`d like to clean it up.

A.When you use it on carpet there are two things to consider.

1. is it a wet stain
2. is it a dry stain?

If its wet you just use it as an absorbent, sprinkle it on and let it grab the spilled material. then you let it dry and vacuum it up. If it’s a dry stain you need to use some oil lift to lift the stain or de-bond the stain from the fabric and then you Flubber dust it and follow the same procedure.