I recently received a sample of a new product that has launched recently here in Australia. It’s an industrial strength cleaning wipe called “BIG WIPES”. You can think of them as a turbo-charged version of Wet-Ones, because they definitely belong in your workshop or factory.
BIG WIPES are “pre-impregnated industrial-strength, dual-sided, antibacterial cleaning wipes” that come in a handy tub of 40 or 80 heavy-duty cleaning wipes, that cut through anything from heavy grease and oil-based paints to adhesives, silicon sealants and epoxy grouts. They feature a biodegradable cleaning formula, are antibacterial and even contain the skin conditioners Aloe Vera and Vitamin E (not that any self respecting handyman would care about that).
The BIG WIPES press release states:
“We believe so strongly in the power of BIG WIPES, we dare you to cover your hands in paint, glue, grease, oil – the messiest materials you can get your hands on – and clean your act up in one wipe with BIG WIPES!”
Why not I say. So I took my pack of BIG WIPES out to the workshop to do a couple of tests.
TEST 1 – SILICON
I must admit that this is the one I was most interested in.
I know that after using silicon, that even after wiping the silicon off your hands using a piece of newspaper or cloth rag that the feel and smell of the silicon stays on your hands for quite a while. Even after washing with water and soap, it doesn’t really seem to make much difference.
So I grabbed a tube of standard clear Silicon sealant, even though I would have preferred black for this particular test, squeezed some out and rubbed it over my fingers.
I was quite surprised to find that I only needed 1 BIG WIPE to clean the silicon off my hands. The wipes are quite moist and I also used a cloth rag to dry my hands afterwords, but the BIG WIPES did the job brilliantly.
My hand wasn’t left with a feel of silicon and even the smell was gone.
TEST 2 – OIL
TEST 3 – PAINT
As you can see by the before and after images the BIG WIPES did the job quite well. It did take 5 of them to get my hands completely clean, but then again there was quite a lot of excess paint on my hands that had to be removed before the actual cleaning process began.
CONCLUSION
Overall I think having a tub of BIG WIPES in your shed or workshop is a great idea. You will definitely use them, and will be happy with the cleaning power these wipes actually have. They are also quite easy on the wallet at $9.99 RRP for a tub of 40 Wipes or $19.99 RRP for a tub of 80.
For more info head on over to www.bigwipes.com
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