NOTICE: Please describe current cleaning techniques and compounds with exact deck surface composition (floor and walls) so that ideal mixture can be supplied.
1. Application
a. Pool decks treated with pHluorus should always have in mind the need of keeping the initial treatment solution out of the pool water. A mop should be used near decks edge as described in Tier 2000 (2210 Initial micro-etch procedures) "for application near carpets". Care should be taken to spray rinse water away from pool and towards deck. The use of chlorinated cleaners should be discontinued before initial application and rinsed thoroughly before application of pHluorus initial treatment. Cleaning intervals for pool deck should be continued with pHluorus cleaner as recommended to maintain adequate (COF). Fluorinated deck surfaces repel algae and fungi so effectively, that cleaning intervals can be increased. Athletes foot is history.
NOTE: Take special care during initial treatment to keep liquid away from mirrors or glass doors. pHluorus cleaner will not effect surfaces when dilute on-going is used.
2. Result
a. The pHluorus application, in pool areas has special significance because of the compounds permanent bacteriofrenic feature. Pool areas cleaned by professional Janitorial Services, where waste mop water was tested resulted in the identification of almost every known infectious organism.
b. The pHluorus treatment and on-going cleaner will produce a permanent fluorinated surface. Since the Al-F bond is also a fairly strong relative to the A1-O bond, treatment of kaolin (clay substance in tile) with HF (hydrofluoric acid) will result in replacement of -OH groups attached to Al by F groups. The equation is:
-Al - OH + HF --> Al-F + H2O
c. The number of -OH groups replaced by F will depend on the strength of the (HF) solution and the dwell-time of solution. Under prolonged treatment segments of the AlOH surface are dissolved by even dilute (HF) (on-going cleaner) to take amounts of the surface coating into solution. The equation is:
d. This process opens the underlying silicate micro-crack structure to attacks by (HF) and a slightly roughened, less slippery surface is generated. We have `glass frosting' in a very `gentlemanly fashion' because the on-going cleaner solution is so dilute. Thus, the worlds first continual traction treatment. The negative fluorine ion in the (HF) is the most powerful element known to man for reacting to compounds common in stone floor surfaces. Thus safe, low dilution levels will most efficiently dissolve all slippery deposits normally occurring on floor surfaces (i.e. silicates, calcium, carbonates and other minerals). Dangerous disease organisms such as, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruqinosa Salmonella cholerasuis, infectious hepatitis, cold and flu virus) cannot survive on pHluorus treated surfaces because of the fluorination factor. The fluorinated surface has a significantly higher bond energy (see report 3030 p.3 III A.) reducing tile and grout deterioration caused by conventional cleaners, water and the micro-organisms/fungi supported by a combination of the two.
e. In grout/cement the result of treatment is a reconstructed surface generation converted from the original molecular structure of calcium carbonate, (limestone) which is relatively soft and soluble, to hard, strong calcium fluoride. The equation is;
CaCO3 + HF --> CaF2 (INSOLUBLE) + H2O + CO2 ^ (GAS)
f. Tests performed by professional scientists, (Tier 3000 report 3020 and 3110) confirm that wherever silicates, (tile), calcium, (grout), carbon and combinations thereof exist, fluorination will result when pHluorus is applied. The bond energy of CaCo is only 368 kj/mole, whereas CaF(PO) is 540 kj/mole. An increase in chemical and physical erosion resistance will result.
g. Separate test conducted at the Mesa Luther Hospital in Mesa, Arizona confirmed that when the tile surface was treated with pHluorus, no bacterial colonies could be grown. See Tier 3000 Series #3080.
3. Comparative Advantage
a. pHluorus is, permanent surface infection control. Disinfecting agents or cleaners containing hydrochloric, sulfuric, citric, phosphoric or other acid, neutral or alkaline compounds are sufficiently water soluble and wash off or prematurely `wear out', making them `part time' bacterofrenic agents.
b. The pHluorus fluorinating compound will out perform all disinfectants or related micro-organisms/fungi control agents, because of its permanent full time bacterofrenic characteristic. The pHluorus treatment cannot be `washed off' or `worn out'. Hospitals, restrooms, health clubs, Aquatic recreation parks, swimming pools, to name a few, where the publics health can be in jeopardy no longer need be `part time' communal disease centers.
