PRODUCT NEED:

Grime-covered rubber goods such as gloves and hot jumpers present safety hazards to utility linemen.   Field contaminants like hydraulic fluid and agricultural chemicals can degrade protective rubber products.   Gunky build-up can change rubber's electrical properties and defeat its insulating protection by providing potentially dangerous electrical paths--sometimes by simply allowing moisture from rain, mist, fog, or snow to "wet out" on tool surfaces.   Grime can also hide physical damage (nicks, cuts, burns, and crush points) that compromises rubber tools.   Grime also reduces visibility, making normally bright yellow or orange tools difficult to differentiate from dangling branches during storm restoration.   Though they may clean effectively, off-the-shelf industrial cleaners and solvents (petroleum distillates, hydrocarbons, kerosene, terpenes, d-limonene, and glycol ethers) can also damage protective rubber, and should be avoided.   Rubber goods must be cleaned; lives depend on it.   But existing cleaners are ineffective, incompatible with rubber, or too harsh on hands.   Can't someone formulate a safe and effective rubber goods cleaner?

Catalog #RBG-35LR Quart Spray and
Catalog #RBG-D72 Rubber Goods Cleaning Wipes

PRODUCT SOLUTION:

Introducing Rubber Goods Cleaner (RBG) to the Polywater® family of Live-Line safety products.   RBG is a specially formulated water-based cleaner for removing hydraulic fluid, grease, dirt, carbon, creosote, and other grimes from insulating blankets, lineman’s gloves, rubber sleeves, ground jumpers, hot jumpers, and line-hose.   RBG is safe for use on natural and synthetic rubbers.   Unlike other water-based rubber cleaners, convenient RBG requires no dilution.   It contains no hazardous ingredients and is pH neutral, making it safe for use on skin.   RBG is also biodegradable and safe for the environment.   Because RBG is effective yet gentle on hands it is more likely to be used, further extending the life of rubber goods--and possibly the personnel using them.

DISTRIBUTOR BENEFITS:

Be the first distributor to introduce your utility customers to this important new safety product.   Online tools such as the technical bulletin complete with application instructions (linked above) and the demonstration video (linked below) make this task easier.   American Polywater has liberal sampling policies, and your local representative is available to assist with on-site demos.   When you're ready to buy, mention this newsletter issue to receive a 10% discount on your initial order!

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Click here to view a Streaming Video on rubber goods cleaning

For samples, literature, and ordering info on Polywater® products, contact your local representative or factory salesperson.

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