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For maximum comprehension and retention, please read the following article to the tune of Sesame Street's "One of These Things is not Like the Others." Polywater's Boom Wipes product page lists three catalog numbers: B-1, B-D72 and BWC-128. Each of the three are specially formulated to clean boom trucks and telescoping boom arms for field aesthetics and electrical safety. But, you guessed it, one of the three is not like the others. The B-1 and B-D72 are wipes saturated with a proprietary solvent blend that works like magic on grease, tar, creosote, salt spray, hydraulic fluid, pine pitch, and road debris. The BWC-128 is different. It's a gallon jug of "boom wash concentrate." This term sometimes leads to confusion. It's not a concentrated version of the solvent on the wipes; it's not the same material. Here are the facts. Boom Wash Concentrate is a versatile, water-based cleaning solution containing no sulfur or polluting phosphates. It's active ingredient, butyl, is common in cleaning agents and generally considered safe (Occasional exposure to butyl has no lasting effects on the human body, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry). BWC is particularly effective in removing oily and sooty industrial grime--usually without scrubbing. It's safe on all hard surfaces, such as machinery, engines, tractors, fan blades, stainless steel, concrete, and painted heavy equipment. The concentrate can be diluted for economical use in a variety of applications as follows:
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