Car Wash harmful to your teeth!

 In a report from the Sahlgrenska Hospital, we read that there is a risk of dental injuries if you work with car wash and car care.
 
  That acid can corrode the enamel have been known for a long time, but now a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy also determine that strongly alkaline substances can damage teeth.

 

Subjects with high pH can include destroying the plaque so enamel becomes more vulnerable.
 

The study was conducted at the Department of Work and Environmental Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy and published in the scientific journal Journal of Dentistry.
 

- The study also shows that alkaline substances are harmful to the teeth, but the injury process is different compared to the exposure of acidic drinks or acid vapors in the industry, “said Fabian Taube, occupational hygienic and one of the researchers behind the study.
 

There were no cases of occupational injuries in the car wash and reconditioning, which attracted scientists’ interest. Common to all cases was the exposure of an alkaline degreasing agent that was sprayed on parts of cars. Product proved to have a pH of between 12 and 14, and is very alkaline.
  – Exposure to this medium led to tooth enamel surface was damaged and peeling away. The type of injury makes the risk of tooth decay and other dental injuries increases significantly, “says Jörgen Norén, the dentist and professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
  The alkaline degreasing agent used primarily in the food industry, including the cleaning of kitchens, but are also common in the car care industry.
  – Occupational Injuries in the teeth from exposure to alkaline medium is probably not as common as the damage caused by the acidic medium, but it becomes a problem when employers do not inform about the risks or do not provide access to the right protective equipment, “says Fabian Taube.
  The study suffered prolonged teeth for degreasing and other basic solutions. Enamel samples was subsequently examined by scanning electron microscopy and various spectroscopic methods. The researchers note that the rapid dissolution of organic material on the tooth surface, such as plaque.

 

The results suggest that although the organic components of enamel affected by exposure, as the enamel becomes more porous.
  – However, we have been able to show that the basic means changing the composition of the minerals that make up the bulk of enamel. Thus differs from the effects arising from exposure to acids, “says Fabian Taube.
  The study has been supported by, inter alia, Research Council for Working Life and Social Sciences (FAS) and Magnus Berg Walls Foundation

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Economic crises in the eastern parts of Europe

One thing that surprised me on this last trip in Romania was that the economic crises didn’t hit eastern part of Europe until just before summer 2009.

We are looking into some  positive progress in the Nordic region with customers who is increasing their purchase of chemicals to their producing lines. We see it in the car manufacture industries and even the ordinaire industries starts to see the light in the tunnel.

The aftermarket has sold out all there used car stock and are now looking into a bit more booked new car sales.

In Romania they are in the middle of the crises and on top of that having a political break down with sitting government leaving there seats.

All though the companies with a strong portfolio could gain market shares as always in crises if the dare to confront it.

I’m glad to say that our partner is such a company therefore I’m pretty sure that we have a good future together in Romania.

Detailing concept

At my visit in Romania we meet a Skoda dealer in Bucharest who asked for a total concept for detailing

He was interesting in time schedules, chemical consumptions and education for the staff

I told him that we have a total concept of products, education and equipment to full fill his demands

He was looking for a way to move the used cars more frequently and improve the cashflow in his business.

After we had show him how our concept was we took a walk through the used car line on the front yard.

He explained the difficulties they was facing and we explained the solutions we could educate his personal at.

It was exciting to see the opportunities that we have together in Romania

Truck detailing

There is a huge amount of used truck in storage in many truck dealers where they sit some times years before they could be sold.

Todays used market is hotter than in many years because lack of economic resources to buy new truck customers instead look into the used truck market.

Could you as a dealer get extra margin on selling a used truck with the help of an detailing makeover it wouldn’t hurt would it?

Here we have a Renault that had been in a Volvo truck dealers storage for over 2 years up in the northern parts of Finland

We educated 6 Volvo truck dealers in how to cut down storage time of used truck and speed up the cashflow if you could address the market with a good looking truck  instead of a dull dirty old one.

First some theory describing what to use to what problem then a full day of hands on working and the result was stunning.

The front plastic detail was really worn down of chemical abuse and hard weather.

 We polished it with No1 Fastcut 13 and got a quick result.

We polished it with No1 Fastcut 13 and got a quick result.

With a ladder and a polisher we buffed until it shined all over.

We did also some inside cleaning

The customer decided that they should start truck detailing on 2 of the 6 dealers doing what we showed them.

A crew of Lahega technicians could return south away from the snow after a well done job.