Product Overview

Actichem Clean Force is a super concentrated prespray powder with powerful enzyme cleaning action for tackling tough organic and greasy soiling. It combines alkaline salts with solvents, surfactants, emulsifiers and enzymes to address heavy soil build-up in restaurants, rentals and schools. It rinses freely, leaving carpets chemical free.

An excellent replacement for PowerClean PowerClenz Ultra.

Benefits

Powerful cleaning action — alkaline salts and a tough surfactant/solvent blend for breaking through heavy, oily and greasy soiling.
Enzyme power — specialist enzyme technology chosen to withstand the high temperatures involved in carpet cleaning, and to provide maximum action on organic soils, proteins, starches and oily/fatty soils.
Cost-saving — the high concentration allows very economical dilution ratios, making it ideal for large areas of synthetic carpet such as schools and community facilities.
Quick dissolving — dissolves quickly and totally in hot or warm water.
Low VOC profile — no unwanted, unpleasant vapours. Low VOC is not the same as low hazard — see the Safety section below, which has been corrected.
A pleasure to use — designed for easy use with pump-up or hydroforce sprayers, and it leaves a fresh, clean herbal scent.

Application Areas and Surface Suitability

Clean Force is an enzyme-boosted carpet cleaning prespray, ideal for heavy-duty applications in public buildings, schools and similar settings.

Do not use on upholstery, natural fibres, wool or stain-resistant (5th generation) carpeting.

How to Use

Always pre-test in an inconspicuous location for substrate sensitivity to chemicals and dye stability.

Dilutions

Pump-up sprayer — add 10–15 g per litre of water (1:100 – 1:64), depending on soil conditions.
Hydroforce high-pressure model, 1:9 tip (yellow) — add 200 to 360 grams per 5 litres of hot water and mix until dissolved before pouring into the hydroforce.

Application

Always prepare the carpet for cleaning by thoroughly vacuuming.
Pre-spray the Clean Force solution onto the carpet. Do not allow to dry.
Agitate and allow 5–10 minutes dwell time.
Extract rinse using Emulsifier Plus or Extracta Pro. Extract rinse using Rinse Pro if you intend to apply a protector to the carpet.
Assist drying with air movers or similar if the atmosphere is humid.

Add the powder to water, never water to powder, and mix at low height to limit dust. See the Safety section before opening the pail.

Safety

Please read this section before your next job. This listing previously described Clean Force as “Non-hazardous”. That was seriously wrong — this is one of the most hazardous products we sell. It has been corrected.

The page also already carried a dangerous goods shipping notice while describing the product as non-hazardous. The shipping notice was the accurate one.

Actichem’s safety data sheet for AP453, version 2.4 issued 12 August 2025, classifies Clean Force as a HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL and as DANGEROUS GOODS under the Model WHS Regulations and the ADG Code.

Signal word: DANGER
H314 — causes severe skin burns and eye damage
H335 — may cause respiratory irritation
AUH066 — repeated exposure may cause skin dryness and cracking
HAZCHEM code: 2X
Poisons Schedule: 5 and 6
pH of a 1% solution: 11.5 – 12.5

H314 is corrosive, not irritant. This product burns skin and causes irreversible eye damage. The classification describes the powder in the pail, which is what you handle when decanting and mixing. Actichem measure pH at a 1% solution and record 11.5 – 12.5. The in-use dilution here is 10 – 15 g per litre, which is close to that 1% figure — so treat the working solution as strongly alkaline too, not merely mild.

⚠ Dust is the hazard people miss

Actichem instruct: “do not breathe dust or spray” and “use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area”.

Clean Force is supplied as a damp powder, which raises less dust than a free-flowing one — but less is not none. Tipping powder from a 10 kg pail into a mixing bucket aerosolises it, and H335 means what you breathe irritates your airways.

Wear a P2 dust respirator when decanting or mixing, not just gloves and goggles. This is the one product class in our chemical range where a respirator is the primary control rather than a precaution.
Tip slowly and low into the bucket. Do not drop powder from height.
Add powder to water, not water to powder.
Mix outdoors or in a well-ventilated area. A closed plant room or the back of a van is the wrong place.
For a spill, wear a dust respirator, sweep up without raising dust, and do not use compressed air.

⚠ It will corrode your equipment

Actichem list copper, aluminium and their alloys as incompatible with Clean Force. Alkaline solutions attack these metals.

That is an equipment warning as much as a safety one. Check before you mix in or run this through:

Aluminium mixing buckets, jugs and measuring vessels
Aluminium or brass fittings, quick-connects and wand components
Copper lines and brass pump internals on older machines

Use plastic or stainless steel for mixing and storage. If you are unsure what your machine’s wet path is made of, ask us before running this through it.

Dangerous goods — freight

Clean Force is classified dangerous goods, HAZCHEM 2X. Actichem’s sheet states no pack-size exemption, unlike several of their liquid products which are exempt at 5 litres or less. If you are consigning this rather than carrying it yourself, tell your freight provider it is regulated. A DG shipping surcharge applies.

Do not mix

Beyond copper and aluminium, Actichem list strong acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides and chloroformates, and oxidising agents including nitrates, oxidising acids, chlorine bleach and pool chlorine.

In our range that means keeping it away from Brownaway and the acid restorers, and from Chlorosan and the chlorine products.

Personal protective equipment

Actichem specify elbow length nitrile chemical protective gloves — note this differs from the neoprene and butyl specified across our liquid prespray range. Add chemical goggles, a P2 dust respirator for decanting and mixing, overalls and a chemical-resistant apron. An eyewash unit and safety shower should be available.

First aid

Eyes. Wash out immediately with fresh running water for at least 15 minutes, holding the eyelids open. Call a Poisons Information Centre or doctor immediately. H314 eye damage is irreversible and time matters.

Skin. Remove contaminated clothing immediately and wash with plenty of water. Seek medical attention — alkaline burns can progress after contact ends and may look mild at first.

Inhalation. Move to fresh air. Seek medical attention if coughing or breathing difficulty persists.

Swallowed. Rinse the mouth with water. Do not induce vomiting — a corrosive burns on the way back up. Give water to drink and call a Poisons Information Centre or doctor immediately.

Specifications

Product code	AP453.10
Pack size	10 kg
Product type	Super concentrated enzyme-boosted alkaline prespray powder
Appearance	Damp white powder
Fragrance	Herbal — fruity cinnamon on the SDS
Dilution	1:100 – 1:64 (10–15 g/L)
Dwell time	5 – 10 minutes
pH	11.5 – 12.5 measured as a 1% solution (Actichem SDS v2.4). Our earlier figure of 10 – 11.5 appears to have been measured at a different concentration. We have asked Actichem to confirm the basis of each.
Key components	Sodium carbonate (CAS 497-19-8) 10–30%; ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (CAS 111-76-2), sodium metasilicate pentahydrate (CAS 10213-79-3), tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (CAS 7320-34-5), EDTA tetrasodium salt (CAS 64-02-8), each under 10%
WHS classification	Hazardous chemical
Signal word	DANGER
Hazard statements	H314, H335, AUH066
Dangerous goods	Yes — no pack-size exemption stated
HAZCHEM code	2X
Poisons schedule	5 and 6
Gloves	Nitrile, elbow length
Respirator	P2 dust respirator for decanting and mixing
Attacks	Copper, aluminium and their alloys
Do not use on	Upholstery, natural fibres, wool, stain-resistant (5th generation) carpet
SDS referenced	Version 2.4, issued 12 August 2025

Related Products

Actichem Extracta Pro — the extraction rinse powder. Same classification: DANGER, H314, H335, dangerous goods. The same dust and metal precautions apply.
Actichem Emulsifier Plus — liquid extraction rinse. Classified DANGER with H318.
Actichem Rinse Pro — use this rinse if you intend to apply a protector afterwards.

Safety Data Sheet

Actichem Clean Force Safety Data Sheet — version 2.4, issued 12 August 2025

If your risk assessment or safe work method statement for this product was written on the basis that it was non-hazardous, it needs to be redone. This is a corrosive, dangerous goods classified powder with a respiratory hazard.

SKU: AP453.10

Unsure whether your equipment is compatible, or how to set up safe mixing for a powder like this? Contact Carpet Cleaners Warehouse before you order.