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IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of Paint Care Products for Motor Vehicles: Paint cleaners (2018), Paint conditioners (2022), Paint polishes (2023)

Paint care products for motor vehicles are applied on larger, painted body components and can be classified in respect of their polishing, paint conditioning and cleaning properties. Paint cleaners for motor vehicles are used for older already matt or scratched, pre-cleaned paint surfaces.

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IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of Paint Care Products for Motor Vehicles: Paint cleaners (2018), Paint conditioners (2022), Paint polishes (2023)

IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of Compatibility of Shoe Uppers with Care Products (2022)

IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of Glass Cleaning Agents / Glass Cleaners (2022)

IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of the Product Performance of Degreasing Power Cleaners (2017)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of the Cleaning Performance of Dishwasher Detergents (Part B, Update 2015)

Joint Press Release of PFI and IKW: Compatibility of Shoe Uppers with Care Products (2014)

IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of the Product Performance of All-Purpose Cleaners (2014)

IKW Recommendation for the Safety Assessment of Detergents, Cleaning and Maintenance Products (2008)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of Winter Windscreen Cleaners (2005)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of the cleaning performance of Glass Ceramic Cooking Fields (2004)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of the Product Performance of Oven Cleaners (2004)

IKW Recommendations "Cement-based joints in bathrooms" (2004)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality assessment of Leather Care Products (2002)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of Bathroom Cleaners (2002)

IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of the Cleaning Performance of Hand Dishwashing Detergents (2002)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of Floor Shine Emulsions (2000)

IKW Recommendations for the Quality Assessment of Acidic Toilet Cleaners (1999)

IKW Fact Sheet: Safe use of boric acid and borates in liquid detergents

IKW/IHO Cleaning recommendation for Sanitary Fittings

The lifecycle of a T-shirt – an eco assessment

IKW: The new power of cleaning – New appreciation of an often underestimated activity

IKW Measures to Ensure Compliance with the Limit Value for Phosphorus in Automatic Dishwasher Detergents

IKW: Voluntary Agreement on hypochlorite-containing household cleaners

Safety Assessment of Cleaning and Maintenance Products, which contain Nanomaterials and/or Form Nano-Layers

Exampel Safety Assessment of an All-Purpose Cleaner

“Nano” in cleaning and maintenance products intended for private consumers

The role of fragrances in detergents, maintenance and cleaning products

Contact allergies and irritations – do detergents and cleaning products play a role?

REACh – the chemicals legislation of the European Union

European Union: New regulations on detergents and cleaning products

Sustainability initiative of the European detergent and cleaning products industry

Fact sheets on palm kernel and coconut oil as raw materials

Action Day – Sustainable Washing (up)

IKW Sustainability Report

Globally Harmonised System (GHS)

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