Jeyes Fluid
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Jeyes Fluid is a brand
of disinfectant fluid made by Jeyes Group Ltd. in Thetford
, Norfolk
, England. It is for outdoor use only.
Patented by John Jeyes in 1877 the product was granted a Royal Warrant
to the British Royal Family
in 1896, and continues to supply the Royal household to this day.
Jeyes Group have an exclusive licence to sell the following brands into the UK professional cleaning market:
Historically Jeyes Fluid has also been used in medical treatments, as quoted by Dr. William Robert Woodman
in the British Medical Journal
(1888, Vol 2):
Since 1877 Dr. Woodman's patients were given frequent warm baths with some Jeyes' Fluid added. This proved significant in the treatment of scarlet fever and the prevention of dropsy, which usually followed.
For the first time in its 130 years, Jeyes Fluid appeared on television screens with a £500,000 advertising campaign that was aired in the UK over the Easter bank holiday in 2011. This campaign was to widen the appeal of the brand, remind consumers of its versatility, and introduce the product to a new generation.
The product is pronounced as "Jays" Fluid.
It has a pH
from 8.0 to 10.0.
Brand
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of disinfectant fluid made by Jeyes Group Ltd. in Thetford
Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England. It is for outdoor use only.
Patented by John Jeyes in 1877 the product was granted a Royal Warrant
Royal Warrant
Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier...
to the British Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
in 1896, and continues to supply the Royal household to this day.
Jeyes Group have an exclusive licence to sell the following brands into the UK professional cleaning market:
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- Ajax
Historically Jeyes Fluid has also been used in medical treatments, as quoted by Dr. William Robert Woodman
William Robert Woodman
Dr. William Robert Woodman , one of three co-founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.-Early years:Woodman was born in England in 1828. He studied medicine and was licensed in...
in the British Medical Journal
BMJ
BMJ is a partially open-access peer-reviewed medical journal. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988. The journal is published by the BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association...
(1888, Vol 2):
Dr. Woodman drew special attention to the scarlet fever cases treated in hospital, and pointed out that the whole of the deaths among them occurred in 1877. From 1877 to December 31st 1887, 241 cases of scarlet fever were treated by the medical officers at the sanatorium without a death."
Since 1877 Dr. Woodman's patients were given frequent warm baths with some Jeyes' Fluid added. This proved significant in the treatment of scarlet fever and the prevention of dropsy, which usually followed.
For the first time in its 130 years, Jeyes Fluid appeared on television screens with a £500,000 advertising campaign that was aired in the UK over the Easter bank holiday in 2011. This campaign was to widen the appeal of the brand, remind consumers of its versatility, and introduce the product to a new generation.
The product is pronounced as "Jays" Fluid.
Composition
| Name | EC-No | CAS-No CAS registry number CAS Registry Numbersare unique numerical identifiers assigned by the "Chemical Abstracts Service" toevery chemical described in the... |
% Content | Risk Statements Risk and Safety Statements Risk and Safety Statements, also known as R/S statements, R/S numbers, R/S phrases, and R/S sentences, is a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals and compounds. The R/S statement of a compound consists of a risk part and a safety part , each followed by a combination... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-chloro-m-cresol | 200-431-6 | 59-50-7 | 5 - < 10% | Xn;R21/22 R43 Xi;R41 N;R50 |
| Tar acids, (poly-)alkylphenol fraction | 284-893-4 | 84989-05-9 | 5 - < 10% | T;R24/25. Xi;R38 |
| Propan-2-ol Isopropyl alcohol Isopropyl alcohol is a common name for a chemical compound with the molecular formula C3H8O. It is a colorless, flammable chemical compound with a strong odor... |
200-661-7 | 67-63-0 | 1 - < 2.5% | F;R11 Xi;R36 R67 |
| Terpineol Terpineol Terpineol is a naturally occurring monoterpene alcohol that has been isolated from a variety of sources such as cajuput oil, pine oil, and petitgrain oil. There are three isomers, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-terpineol, the last two differing only by the location of the double bond... |
232-268-1 | 8000-41-7 | 2.5 - < 5% | Xi;R38 |
It has a pH
PH
In chemistry, pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Pure water is said to be neutral, with a pH close to 7.0 at . Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline...
from 8.0 to 10.0.
External links
- Company history
- Material safety data sheetMaterial safety data sheetA Material Safety Data Sheet is a form with data regarding the properties of a particular substance....
s are available from www.jeyesprofessional.co.uk - Jeyes Fluid 1L x 6 (JP) safety data sheet
- Jeyes Fluid 5L x 4 (JP) safety data sheet
- Product fact sheet