The difference between For All and Koh....

This is is a question that often comes up in my Facebook ads, especially when people see For All for the first time.

While both advertise some similar points, there's some big differences here. 

Key Differences

For All is a highly concentrated detergent, more concentrated than any cleaning product you will find on supermarket shelves. Koh, on the other hand, is 99.5% water and 0.5% Potassium Hydroxide. KOH is the chemical name for Potassium Hydroxide.

The initial cost outlay is quite similar, but Koh is a ready-to-use product.

For All is a product you dilute yourself at home, with water from the tap.

This means 1 bottle of For All goes a lot further than 1 bottle of Koh. 

Ingredient Composition

In For All, we use Sodium Hydroxide, a very similar ingredient to Potassium Hydroxide, but we use it as our pH stabilizer rather than our hero ingredient.

Our hero ingredients are the surfactants, which Koh does not contain.

The surfactants in For All are highly acidic, but to make For All a skin-friendly, all-surface-safe product, we neutralise the formula using the Sodium Hydroxide.

This pH-neutral characteristic makes For All safe on marble, stone, wood, etc.

Usage and Application

Dilution Process

With For All, you dilute the concentrate at home into a spray bottle, essentially creating a product that you use in the same ways you would use Koh.

A 1 litre bottle of For All makes 50 litres of spray. 

Versatility

For All can be used in extra ways beyond the spray:

• Car Cleaning: A bucket of For All in water can clean your car efficiently. I mean, you could try spray and wiping your car with Koh (or For All) but can you imagine how long that would take?! And how much product you'd go through?!
• Mopping Floors: You can use a traditional mop and bucket for mopping floors. Using Koh would not be economical because it’s already diluted, so you'd need litres of it to make up a bucket. Use 5-20ml of For All diluted into a mop bucket. 
• Window Cleaning: For All allows for professional-style window cleaning with a bucket of soapy water and a squeegee. Like car cleaning you could try spray and wiping windows, but this would take a very long time especially on dirty windows, and you'd go through so much product. 
• Dishwashing: For All can also be used for washing dishes, whereas Koh sells a separate dishwashing product as its Universal cleaner does not do this. 
• Hand Washing and Pet Cleaning: You can make a hand wash or even wash your pets with For All.

Fragrances

For All offers different varieties of essential oils as well as a fragrance-free option, Koh is fragrance free but you can buy separate essential oils to add to your bottle of Koh. 

To sum it up: while Koh vs For All may seem similar in some advertising points, their differences are substantial in terms of concentration, ingredients, usage, and the ways in which you can clean with it.