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Cleaning Chemicals for Automotive & Transport in Namibia

A Namibian wash bay fights a two-front war: grease from hard-worked drivelines and the fine red dust that binds with it into films ordinary soap ignores. Swachem supplies the fleet-washing arsenal in 25-litre concentrates — Fleet Wash through the pressure guns, Engine Cleaner 222 and Greasolve on the driveline, Alubright on the tankers, wash-and-wax where the livery matters — blended for hard Windhoek water.

The local problems this range solves

  • Kalahari and Namib dust bonding with oil into stubborn films
  • Corridor trucks arriving with 2,000 km of grime against tight turnarounds
  • Aluminium tanker and body brightening without etching damage
  • Wash-bay effluent management under trade-permit conditions

Compliance & documentation

Wash-bay chemistry is supplied with SDS and dilution documentation; quick-break formulations support trade-effluent permit compliance.

Local tip

Rinse coastal salt film the day the truck returns inland — salt left on a chassis through one Windhoek week does more corrosion than the whole coastal rotation, because it dries, concentrates and keeps working.

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Fleet Wash pack

Fleet Wash

Concentrated truck and fleet washing detergent.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Swachem Engine Cleaner 222 pack

Swachem Engine Cleaner 222

Heavy-duty engine and component degreaser.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Greasolve pack

Greasolve

Heavy-duty solvent degreaser for engines and plant.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Alubright Extra 25L pack

Alubright Extra 25L

Acid brightener for aluminium truck bodies and tankers.

Available in25 L

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Wash & Wax pack

Wash & Wax

Vehicle shampoo with wax protection in one step.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Swachem Waterbase Degreaser pack

Swachem Waterbase Degreaser

Water-based degreaser for floors and parts, no solvent flash.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

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Cleaning Chemicals for automotive & transport: asked and answered

What dilution discipline makes a wash bay profitable?

Metered dilution at the gun or a marked dosing jug — nothing else survives staff turnover. Fleet Wash at its correct dilution washes a truck for cents; free-poured, the same drum lasts a third as long with no better result. We laminate dilution charts for the bay wall with every account; the chart outperforms training alone.

How do we get bonded dust-oil film off without hours of scrubbing?

Chemistry first, pressure second: a degreaser pre-spray (waterbase for general film, Engine Cleaner 222 on the heavy zones) needs five dwell minutes before the pressure wash — the dwell does the work scrubbing otherwise would. Corridors trucks get the pre-spray on arrival lane; by wash position the film releases in one pass.

What is the correct way to brighten aluminium tankers?

Alubright Extra diluted per panel condition, applied bottom-up (streaks run down clean metal, not down dry oxide), short dwell, thorough rinse — and never on hot panels or in direct midday sun, where it flash-etches. Mask glass and polished trim. Done right it restores mill brightness; done lazy it frosts the panel permanently.

How should wash-bay water reach the separator?

Via quick-break chemistry: our waterbase degreaser and fleet wash release oil in the separator instead of emulsifying it through to the discharge point — which is the difference between passing and failing a trade-effluent inspection. Add Biodyne 301 dosing to digest the accumulating load between pump-outs.

Serving Automotive & Transport from our Windhoek branch

Swachem Windhoek · 2-8 Walter Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 235 051 · Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00

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