The everyday cleaning range, made in Namibia

Across every industry segmentation Cernol maintains — transport depots, mines, fishing companies, laundries, nurseries — the same four names appear for the staff kitchen and office block: Dishwash for the sink, Swan Pine Gel pine gel as the general cleaner-disinfectant, Mrs Clean scouring cream for stubborn surfaces, and Steripine as the washroom disinfectant. It is the set Namibian institutions have standardised on for decades. Order it with Antisep 100 and Air Sanitizer and the whole crew area is covered from one delivery.

At the sink: Dishwash liquid (also in Econo 25 L format), with Robust as the high-foam heavy option. In a dishwashing machine, foam is the enemy: use Brilliant powder or Excel chlorinated liquid, which are low-foam and formulated for machine temperatures, plus Rinse Aid so glasses dry spot-free. Putting sink liquid in a machine floods it with foam — a service call we still get every year. Canteens feeding a shift should also keep Greasolv for the stove and extraction canopy.

Soil Soft is a soil liquidizer for septic tanks, settling tanks and blocked drains: it breaks down the organic load so the system flows and digests again, instead of being pumped out. Schools, hostels and lodges on septic systems — most of non-urban Namibia — dose it as maintenance rather than waiting for the overflow. Note the label restriction: not for soft metals. For smells at the drain rather than blockage, dose it as maintenance and pair it with Creomul G where the refuse area needs disinfecting too.

Yes — the Ombuiko Econo line covers the high-volume basics at entry pricing: Econo GPL all-purpose cleaner, Econo Laundry Bleach and Econo Swan Pine Gel in 750 ml and 1 L retail-style packs, plus Dishwash Econo in 25 L. Same Windhoek factory, simplified formulations and packaging. For a tuck-shop, small guesthouse or municipal tender where price per unit decides, the Econo line keeps the business Namibian rather than losing it to imported low-end product.