{"product_id":"bilt-hamber-touch-less-sugar-based-snow-foam-pre-wash","title":"Bilt Hamber Touch-Less | Sugar-Based Snow Foam Pre-Wash","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\"Sugar-based\" is not marketing. It's the formulation.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost brands would say \"sugar-based\" and hope you didn't look. So look. Bilt Hamber's safety data sheet declares \u003cstrong\u003eD-glucopyranose, oligomers, decyl octyl glycosides (CAS 68515-73-1) at 10–30%\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eC10-16 alkyl glycosides (CAS 110615-47-9) at 1–10%\u003c\/strong\u003e. Those are \u003cstrong\u003ealkyl polyglucosides\u003c\/strong\u003e — APGs — non-ionic surfactants built by condensing glucose with a fatty alcohol. The hydrophilic head genuinely is a sugar. The claim is literal, and it's declared at CAS level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy APGs matter\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPGs are readily biodegradable, they're derived from renewable feedstock rather than petrochemistry, and — the part that matters when the chemical is sitting on your paint for five minutes — they clean hard without needing to be aggressive. Bilt Hamber back that up with what they've left \u003cem\u003eout\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eno phosphates, no solvents, no NTA and no caustic soda.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe pH, honestly\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouch-Less sits at \u003cstrong\u003epH 10.5\u003c\/strong\u003e per Bilt Hamber's SDS. It is alkaline — you need alkalinity to saponify road film and lift oily soil, and anyone selling you a \"pH neutral\" product that strips a filthy car is selling you something that doesn't work. But 10.5 is mild. Put it next to Auto-Foam at pH 13 or Surfex-HD at pH 13.25 and you're looking at roughly \u003cstrong\u003etwo orders of magnitude\u003c\/strong\u003e less hydroxide. Each pH step is a tenfold change. That's the whole argument for Touch-Less on a maintained, coated or waxed car.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may see \"pH 12\" quoted for this product elsewhere online. It's wrong. The SDS says 10.5.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIt protects while it cleans\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilt Hamber confirm Touch-Less \u003cstrong\u003econtains corrosion inhibitors\u003c\/strong\u003e. They don't disclose which, and we won't speculate — but a pre-wash that leaves inhibitor behind on bare metal, brake hardware and seams is doing more than a pre-wash needs to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e0.5% to 2% at the panel\u003c\/strong\u003e — that's Panel Impact Ratio, the concentration actually landing on the paint, not what's in the bottle. Go to 2% for a genuinely dirty car. Dwell \u003cstrong\u003e1 to 5 minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003enever let it dry\u003c\/strong\u003e. Pressure washer foam lance, pump sprayer or trigger — all work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHandle it properly\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilt Hamber classify Touch-Less as \u003cstrong\u003eEye Dam. 1, H318 — Danger, causes serious eye damage\u003c\/strong\u003e. Wear eye protection. Mild alkalinity and gentle-on-eyes are not the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSafety Data Sheet (Australia)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0707\/8878\/files\/Touch-Less_SDS_au.pdf?v=1784380297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDownload the Bilt Hamber Touch-Less SDS (PDF)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bilt Hamber","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":48433204265182,"sku":"BH-TouchLess-5L","price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0707\/8878\/files\/touch-less-1ltr-scaled.jpg?v=1784179132","url":"https:\/\/www.alphadetails.com.au\/products\/bilt-hamber-touch-less-sugar-based-snow-foam-pre-wash","provider":"Alpha Details","version":"1.0","type":"link"}