KavarClean®Redox Powder & Spray 5l by Kavarmat®

KavarClean® by Kavarmat® is a water-soluble powder concentrate for a surface-friendly cleaning solution used when handling Cr(VI)-contaminated surfaces. In everyday language such a product is called a chromium(VI) neutralizer, and that is the term people search for. In chemical terms it is not a neutralization. The active system of an organic reducing agent and a complexing acid converts Cr(VI) into the less toxic Cr(III) and binds contaminated dust, so that residue is taken up wet instead of being raised as dust.
 
It is intended as an aid during remediation and maintenance work, and in the vehicle sector wherever substitution of the insulation is not planned and the exposure is at least to be reduced.
 
It replaces neither the risk assessment nor the protective equipment nor substitution. How far the conversion goes depends on the substrate, the soiling, the wetting, the quantity and the contact time. We do not promise complete conversion, and a negative spot test is not proof that a surface is free of Cr(VI).
 
If the calcium source remains on the component, the chromate forms again the next time operating temperature is reached. Only a change to an insulation system without alkali and alkaline earth oxides ends this permanently.