CLIENT OVERVIEW
- ORGANISATION Pro Ali Design Pty Ltd
- OPERATIONS Food processing production systems OEM
- RELATIONSHIP SINCE 2018
THE CHALLENGE
Pro Ali Design is one of Australia’s most established food processing systems OEMs, designing, fabricating and installing production lines for food manufacturers across the country. Their work is almost entirely executed in stainless steel — conveyors, hoppers, tanks, frames, pipework and processing equipment that must meet food-grade hygiene standards and withstand regular washdown in demanding industrial environments.
Stainless steel in food processing environments is exposed to a unique combination of corrosion stressors: cleaning chemicals, moisture, food acids, salt, and temperature cycling. Over time, even high-grade stainless develops tea staining, rust spotting and surface corrosion — particularly on welded joins, cut edges and areas where contamination embeds in the surface oxide layer. Left untreated, this degradation affects both the appearance and hygiene integrity of food contact surfaces.
Pro Ali needed a reliable, dilutable stainless steel cleaner that could restore contaminated surfaces to a bright, foodappropriate standard — one that worked efficiently in a fabrication workshop context without the logistical complexity of sending components off for acid bath treatment.
OUR SOLUTION
Pro Ali Design has used Chemron’s Stainless Steel Cleaner as their go-to product for restoring and maintaining stainless steel fabrications since 2018 — one of the longest-standing Stainless Steel Cleaner relationships in Chemron’s customer base.
The product uses a combination of phosphoric acid and ammonium bifluoride to deliver heavy-duty cleaning action that removes tea staining, rust spots and embedded corrosion from stainless steel surfaces. The phosphoric acid works to dissolve iron oxide deposits and remove free iron contaminants that compromise the stainless steel’s natural protective oxide layer — restoring corrosion resistance and surface appearance without the need for off-site acid bath treatment. The ammonium bifluoride component provides the aggressive etching action that lifts deeply embedded contamination and brightens the surface finish.
The product is readily dilutable (1:5 for heavy cleaning through to 1:15 for light maintenance) and applied by agitating from the bottom up, allowing to dwell for 5–10 minutes, then rinsing thoroughly. Results are immediate — surfaces are restored to a bright, near-new finish without disassembly or specialist off-site processing.
RESULTS & OUTCOMES
- Since 2018 7 years of repeat ordering — one of Chemron's longest-standing SS Cleaner accounts
- In Situ Iron contamination removed and corrosion resistance restored on-site — no acid bath needed
- Restoration Restores stainless to hygienic, foodcontact standard across fabricated production systems
Over seven years of consistent use, Stainless Steel Cleaner has become a standard workshop product at Pro Ali Design — ordered regularly and applied across a wide range of fabrications before delivery to clients. The product’s ability to restore heavily stained or corroded stainless to a near-new, food-appropriate finish in a single in-situ treatment has made it a practical fit for a fabrication environment where efficiency and surface quality are both critical.
The cleaning chemistry — phosphoric acid combined with ammonium bifluoride — has been particularly valuable for removing the free iron contamination and surface deposits that degrade stainless steel’s corrosion resistance over time. Addressing this contamination in situ, using a dilutable liquid applied directly to fabricated components, eliminates the logistics, handling requirements and lead time of sending components off for acid bath treatment.
The Pro Ali Design relationship demonstrates Stainless Steel Cleaner’s natural fit in any environment where stainless steel must be maintained to a high standard: food processing and commercial kitchens, architectural and coastal balustrading, industrial tanks and vessels, marine infrastructure, and any application where tea staining, rust spotting or corrosion compromises the appearance or hygiene integrity of stainless surfaces.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
"We use it on everything — fresh fabrications, site returns, older equipment coming in for refurbishment. The dilution range means we can dial it up for heavy corrosion or back it off for routine maintenance. One product covers the full range of what we need."
