How Do Orange Oil Cleaners Work?
What Is Orange Oil? Orange oil is an essential oil extracted from the rind of oranges. Commercially, the oil is mixed with surfactants that make it safe as a household cleaner, but in much higher concentrations, it is also poisonous enough to be an effective insecticide. How Orange Oil Works Orange oil is a natural solvent that chemically reacts with oil to break it down. The active agents can dissolve glue. It is effective in removing sticky tags from items. It can be mixed with alcohol but not water. Depending on how it is mixed, it has uses that range from cleaning greasy car parts to removing oil based stains from clothing and polishing furniture by removing smudges and fingerprints. What Is the Active Ingredient in Orange Oil? The main ingredient from this extraction is d-limonene, a hydrocarbon. It is a pale yellow fluid that smells strongly of oranges. As an active ingredient in cleaning solutions it has replaced more dangerous solvents to remove oil from many different things,
