sugar soap

Danish translation: grundrens/alkalisk sæbe til rensning af malede flader

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English term or phrase:sugar soap
Danish translation:grundrens/alkalisk sæbe til rensning af malede flader
Entered by: Marie Halvorsen

14:05 Jul 13, 2007
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / Painted surfaces
English term or phrase: sugar soap
Text type: Product data sheet

The sentence reads: "Gloss painted surfaces should be flatted and/or degreased with sugar soap or similar."

I am thinking about calling it "alkalisk sæbe/rengøringsmiddel" or simply "affedter" based on the definition from Wikipedia below, but I was wondering if it has a specific name in Danish...?

Definition from Wikipedia: "Sugar soap is an industrial cleaning material, with a variable composition and supplied in either powdered or liquid form. The powdered form looks like granulated white sugar, which explains the first half of the name, although sugar soap contains neither sugar nor soap. It is a mixture of basic salts, such as sodium carbonate and sodium phosphate, dissolved in water to form an alkaline solution. It sometimes contains an abrasive such as sodium silicate.

Sugar soap is commonly used for cleaning paintwork in preparation for repainting.

The term appears to be used mainly in Commonwealth countries. In the United States, it refers to a cosmetic product."
Marie Halvorsen
United States
Local time: 09:20
grundrens /(grundrengøringsmiddel)
Explanation:
Grundrens synes både at være et produktnavn, men bruges vist også generelt. Der er mange firmaer der producerer grundrens.
Brugen er ihvertfald den samme: affedtning og rensning af flader før maling, men jeg ved ikke om det er nøjagtig samme kemiske sammensætning som sugar soap (som formentligt også kan være forskelligt fra producent til producent).
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Tine Wanning
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:20
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4grundrens /(grundrengøringsmiddel)
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grundrens /(grundrengøringsmiddel)


Explanation:
Grundrens synes både at være et produktnavn, men bruges vist også generelt. Der er mange firmaer der producerer grundrens.
Brugen er ihvertfald den samme: affedtning og rensning af flader før maling, men jeg ved ikke om det er nøjagtig samme kemiske sammensætning som sugar soap (som formentligt også kan være forskelligt fra producent til producent).


    Reference: http://www.lavprisvvs.dk/shop/default.asp?SetLng=1&page=prod...
    Reference: http://www.sadolin.dk/NR/rdonlyres/321537C4-D36A-410B-8D9B-9...
Tine Wanning
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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Tak for dit forslag! :-)
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