Apply 1 oz. of Pure B.S. Biological Surfactant to clogged or fly-ridden drains and let soak. For best results, apply to each drain once a week.
Pure B.S. is classified as a biosurfactant or a surfactin. This classification relates to surfactants produced by microbes! Like all other surfactants, this product works by breaking surface tension, making it capble of reaching places water could not. This makes them extremely effective in elimination of biofilm and waste build up.
Break Up Clogs
Pure B.S. provides a powerful and natural solution to common drain issues using a blend of biological surfactants, soap and beneficial microbes. With regular dosage, Pure B.S. is able to avoid daily build up of debris like fats, oils, grease, and sugars to help maintain clear and unblocked plumbing systems. Its bio surfactant components break down organic matter that feeds harmful microbes and drain flies in drains and pipes.
Eliminate Odor
Foul odor can often stick around long after a blockage is resolved. Pure B.S. is uniquely capable of removing existing biofilms and replacing them with proactive biofilms to fight odors and future blockages.
What are surfactants?
Surfactant is short for surface active agents. These are amphiphilic molecules, which means they have a hydrophobic or “water-hating” tail and a hydrophilic or “water-loving” tail.
Because of this unique chemistry, these amphiphilic molecules exist at the interface between oil and water. They make it possible for the two to mix by reducing surface tension. This is why you will hear surfactants referred to as “wetter than wet.” They can reach places water would not be able to!
Surfactants' ability to break surface tension make them a great tool for eliminating biofilm and waste buildup. Biosurfactants, like those in Pure B.S., are simply surfactants of microbial origin.
Essential Oils
Although Pure B.S. itself does not contain essential oils, it is used in our essential oils-based products, like Defender and Desecticide, as a means of killing soft-bodied pests.
Pure B.S. is made of biological surfactants, soap and beneficial microbes. As a surfactant, molecular structure is the secret behind the cleaning power of Pure B.S! A surfactant is an amphiphilic molecule, which means it has a hydrophobic or “water-hating” tail and a hydrophilic or “water-loving” tail.
Natural Surfactants
Some natural surfactants are derived from plants like coconut or palm. Pure B.S. comes from Bacillus bacteria. Typically, natural surfactants are better for sensitive skin than synthetic surfactants, especially in a facial cleanser. Despite being more gentle, natural surfactants have similar solubilizing, emulsifying, dispersing, detergent and stabilizing properties as chemically-synthesized surfactants. Natural surfactants can still create a stable foam for cleansing formulas.
Some natural surfactants are derived from plants like coconut or palm. Pure B.S. comes from Bacillus bacteria. Typically, natural surfactants are better for sensitive skin than synthetic surfactants, especially in a facial cleanser. Despite being more gentle, natural surfactants have similar solubilizing, emulsifying, dispersing, detergent and stabilizing properties as chemically-synthesized surfactants. Natural surfactants can still create a stable foam for cleansing formulas.
Biosurfactant molecules are widely used as antioxidants and antimicrobial ingredients for their ability to reduce surface tension. Micelles are aggregations of biosurfactant molecules. The concentration at which micelles start forming is called the critical micelle concentration, or CMC. The CMC determines the point at which surfactants can reduce surface tension and change substances of amphiphilic nature. In nature these are survival mechanisms to competitively exclude other microbes from their environment.
Surfactins
One exceptionally unique type of surfactant in Pure B.S. is referred to as a surfactin. Surfactins are extremely powerful surfactants produced by strains of B. subtilis bacteria. In nature, Bacillus produce this chemical as a form of chemical warfare to occupy a space and kill competing species.
For this reason, surfactins are most commonly used as an antibiotic against species other than Bacillus! Similar substances have been shown to have antiviral as well as antifungal effects. We use this surfactin as a component in Pure B.S. and as a powerful agent against biofilm formations.
Biosurfactant Structure
A surfactant is categorized as a biosurfactant when it is derived from microbes. Also referred to as surfactins, they're made up of of a hydrophilic part of a molecule made up of amino acids, peptides, (poly)saccharides or sugar alcohols and a hydrophobic part of a molecule consisting of fatty acids. This is similar to the structure of synthetic surfactants.
The hydrophobic portion is composed of fatty acids that vary based on their source. Surfactants from palm will contain different fatty acids than those made by microbes. The hydrophilic portion of the molecules are made of free amino acids, peptides, saccharides, and alcohols which can also vary.
The most commonly used surfactants are Anionic surfactants. This is because they tend to provide the greatest amount of foam and the strongest cleaning power. The most widely-used anionic surfactant is SLS (Sodium lauryl sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate). It can be found in health and beauty products like toothpaste, shampoo and shower gels.
Another type of surfactant is a cationic surfactant. Cationic surfactants have a positive charge that is attracted to the negative charge in hair, helping keep it smooth and reduce frizz.
What is a surfactant?
A surfactant is an amphiphilic molecule, which means it has a hydrophobic or “water-hating” tail and a hydrophilic or “water-loving” tail. Surfactants can break surface tension, making them capable of reaching places water cannot. They can then effectively eliminate biofilm formation and waste buildup.
What is a bio surfactant?
Bio surfactants are surfactants that are of biological origin and have a specific molecular structure. Their hydrophobic component is made up of fatty acids, and their hydrophilic component is made up of amino acids, peptides, (poly)saccharides or sugar alcohols.
