ASTM's soaps and polishes standards are instrumental in the preparation and evaluation of surfactant products that are usually used in conjunction with water for washing, cleaning, and polishing. Such products include soaps, detergents, bleaches, waxes, and polishes. These standards help identify the certain physical and chemical properties of soaps and polishes such as particle size, pH, cloud point, recoatability, glide adhesion, freeze/thaw resistance, cleaning efficiency, and foaming properties among others. These soaps and polishes standards help guide product manufacturers in the proper methods of producing and testing such products to ensure quality towards safe use.
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D4608-89(2017) Standard Test Method for Citrate in Detergents
D4337-89(2017) Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Linear Detergent Alkylates
D4711-89(2017) Standard Test Method for Sulfonic and Sulfuric Acids in Alkylbenzene Sulfonic Acids
D4954-89(2017) Standard Test Method for Determination of Nitrilotriacetates in Detergents
D2180-17 Standard Test Method for Active Oxygen in Bleaching Compounds
D1569-05(2014) Standard Test Methods for Detergent Alkylate (Withdrawn 2023)
D500-95(2023) Standard Test Methods of Chemical Analysis of Sulfonated and Sulfated Oils
D501-03(2023) Standard Test Methods of Sampling and Chemical Analysis of Alkaline Detergents
D502-89(2023) Standard Test Method for Particle Size of Soaps and Other Detergents
D820-93(2023) Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Soaps Containing Synthetic Detergents
D1570-95(2023) Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Chemical Analysis of Fatty Alkyl Sulfates
D928-03(2024) Standard Specification for Sodium Bicarbonate
D2023-89(2024) Standard Test Method of Analysis for Sodium Toluene Sulfonate in Detergents
D3048-89(2024) Standard Test Method of Assay for Alkaline Protease
D2357-11(2024) Standard for Qualitative Classification of Surfactants by Infrared Absorption
D3049-89(2024) Standard Test Method for Synthetic Anionic Ingredient by Cationic Titration
D3598-89(2024) Standard Test Method for Citrate in Synthetic Detergents
D3673-89(2024) Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Alpha Olefin Sulfonates
D3716-14(2020) Standard Test Methods for Use of Emulsion Polymers in Floor Polishes
D1290-95(2021) Standard Test Method for Sediment in Water-Emulsion Polishes by Centrifuge
D1791-93(2022) Standard Test Method for Accelerated Aging of Liquid Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
D3209-93(2023) Standard Test Method for Freeze/Thaw Resistance of Polymer Floor Polishes
D5678-17(2023) Standard Test Method for Freeze/Thaw Resistance of Wax Emulsion Floor Polish
D6215-98a Standard Guide for Removal of Oily Soils from Metal Surfaces (Withdrawn 2004)
D5343-06(2018) Standard Guide for Evaluating Cleaning Performance of Ceramic Tile Cleaners
D7225-13(2019)e1 Standard Guide for Blood Cleaning Efficiency of Detergents and Washer-Disinfectors
D3556-23 Standard Guide for Deposition on Glassware During Mechanical Dishwashing
D4009-92(2023) Standard Guide for Foam Stability of Hand Dishwashing Detergents
D8549-24 Standard Guide for Testing Cleaning Performance of Hand Dishwashing Detergents
D459-16 Standard Terminology Relating to Soaps and Other Detergents
D3836-13(2021) Standard Practice for Evaluation of Automotive Polish
D4955-89(2021) Standard Practice for Field Evaluation of Automotive Polish
D1455-17(2023) Standard Test Method for 60° Specular Gloss of Emulsion Floor Polish
D1792-17(2023) Standard Test Method for Long-Term Removability Properties of Emulsion Floor Polishes
D3210-95(2023) Standard Test Method for Comparing Colors of Films from Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
D4002-81(2023) Standard Practice for Evaluation of Buffable Shoe Polish
D1793-23 Standard Test Method for Water Spotting of Emulsion Floor Polishes
D2048-23 Standard Test Method for Powdering of Floor Polish Films
D3052-23 Standard Practice for Rating Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
D3153-23 Standard Test Method for Recoatability of Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
D3206-23 Standard Test Method for Soil Resistance of Floor Polishes
D3207-24 Standard Test Method for Detergent Resistance of Floor Polish Films
D3543-24 Standard Test Method for Metal Glide Adhesion
D3758-24 Standard Practice for Evaluation of Spray-Buff Products on Test Floors
D4330-24 Standard Practice for Evaluation of Fiberglass Boat Polish and Wax
D3751/D3751M-10(2024) Standard Practice for Evaluation of Furniture Polish
D4265-21 Standard Guide for Evaluating Stain Removal Performance in Home Laundering
D1173-23 Standard Test Method for Foaming Properties of Surface-Active Agents
D2024-09(2023) Standard Test Method for Cloud Point of Nonionic Surfactants
D1172-15(2024) Standard Guide for pH of Aqueous Solutions of Soaps and Detergents
D2281-10(2024) Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Wetting Agents by the Skein Test
D4008-19(2024) Standard Guide for Measuring Anti-Soil Deposition Properties of Laundry Detergents
D5237-14(2024) Standard Guide for Evaluating Fabric Softeners
D3837-95(2019) Standard Practice for Preparing a Solution of Alkali–Soluble Resins
D1342-92(2002) Standard Test Method for Paraffin-Type Hydrocarbons in Carnauba Wax (Withdrawn 2007)
D3642-13(2021) Standard Test Method for Softening Point of Certain Alkali-Soluble Resins
D1986-14(2021) Standard Test Method for Determining the Apparent Viscosity of Polyethylene Wax
D1386-15(2022) Standard Test Method for Acid Number (Empirical) of Synthetic and Natural Waxes
D3643-15(2022) Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Certain Alkali-Soluble Resins
D3644-15(2022) Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Styrene-Maleic Anhydride Resins
D3954-15(2022) Standard Test Method for Dropping Point of Waxes
D4283-98(2022) Standard Test Method for Viscosity of Silicone Fluids
D4103-17 Standard Practice for Preparation of Substrate Surfaces for Coefficient of Friction Testing
D6205-20 Standard Practice for Calibration of the James Static Coefficient of Friction Machine
D3440-13(2019) Standard Guide for Preparing Specifications for Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
D4078-02(2021) Standard Specification for Water Emulsion Floor Polish
D3757-16(2024) Standard Guide for Preparing Specifications for Solvent-based Floor Polishes
D2825-21e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Polishes and Related Materials