If all soil and cleaning agent components are soluble, rinsing is dilution. If some components are insoluble, rinsing is also displacement. A client found two minor soil components were heavy oils, insoluble in water. Displacement/rinsing of heavy insolubles with light solubles is equivalent to pushing a chain uphill.

About Your Site How similar is your rinsing system to my client’s? Would an inspection yield any of the same surprises? Rinsing and cleaning equipment perform no better than the details which make up their design.

From: The Basics of Rinsing - A Case Study