GOJO Natural Orange vs Fast Orange: Two Pumice Hand Cleaners, Compared From Their Own Documents

GOJO NATURAL ORANGE Pumice Hand Cleaner and Permatex Fast Orange Pumice Lotion share more than their rivalry suggests: both scrub with pumice, both list limonene at 0.1 to 1 percent, and neither maker’s safety data sheet classifies its product as hazardous. They part on two things. Permatex states “no petroleum solvents”; GOJO’s ingredient list names a C11-15 alkane/cycloalkane, which its SDS puts at 5 to under 10 percent. And on 2026-09-24 a Fast Orange gallon cost $5.57 to $10.04 a litre, against $13.84 for GOJO’s cartridge case.

The short version

This comparison is for the shop owner, parts-counter buyer or mechanic who already knows both orange pumice cleaners and is picking one before the next reorder. Everything below comes from the makers’ own documents and one day of seller prices. Five facts carry the decision:

• Both are pumice lotions with a citrus terpene. GOJO’s page says the product “Contains pumice scrubbing particles”; Permatex sells Fast Orange as a pumice lotion. Both safety data sheets list limonene at 0.1 to 1 percent.
• Permatex says no petroleum solvents; GOJO says no harsh solvents. Permatex’s SDS lists no hydrocarbon. GOJO’s ingredient list names “C11-15 Alkane/cycloalkane”, and its SDS puts that ingredient at 5 to under 10 percent by weight.
• Fast Orange was cheaper per litre at every seller we verified. On 2026-09-24 the one-gallon jug ran $5.57 a litre at Sloanex and $10.04 at HD Supply; the GOJO 7255-04 case ran $13.84 a litre at Masterman’s, where it was listed out of stock that day.
• The formats are different purchases. GOJO 7255-04 is a case of four 2,000 mL cartridges for a GOJO PRO dispenser. Fast Orange 25219 is a gallon jug with a pump.
• We publish no cost per wash for either. Neither maker publishes a dose, and Fast Orange is also sold as a waterless cleaner, so any per-wash figure would rest on a number we invented.

One disclosure up front: we sell a third product, Power One Soap, a walnut-shell cleaner rather than a pumice one. It gets its own short section near the end, and the honest-limits section names where it is the wrong buy.

The solvent difference, in each maker’s words

The solvent question is the one place the two makers’ documents diverge, so both sets of words are reproduced here with nothing added. Permatex’s technical data sheet for Fast Orange (part 25122, revised January 2020) states: “Permatex Fast Orange Hand Cleaner is a biodegradable hand cleaner containing no petroleum solvents.” The same sheet adds that “Fast Orange has the special feature of cleaning without the use of petroleum solvents.” The Permatex safety data sheet for the same part (revision date 27 September 2024) lists two ingredients in its composition section, d-limonene and 2-phenoxyethanol, each at 0.1 to 1 percent, and no hydrocarbon solvent.

GOJO’s side rests on two documents of its own. The GOJO product page for 7255-04, as archived by the Wayback Machine on 2020-08-07, says the product “Cleans without harsh solvents” and lists its ingredients as “Water (Aqua), Pumice, C11-15 Alkane/cycloalkane, Laureth-7, Limonene, PEG-4, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Aminomethyl Propanol, Carbomer, DMDM Hydantoin, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate.” GOJO’s safety data sheet (revised February 2018) puts that third ingredient at 5 to under 10 percent by weight. An alkane is a hydrocarbon. If GOJO has revised the formula since that 2020 capture, the label on the current cartridge governs.

We are not going to speculate about what that ingredient does on skin. Both documents are linked so that you can read them and weigh them yourself.

Side by side, from the makers’ own documents

The table below gathers the shared ground and the differences from the same documents. One caveat on the Permatex column: the technical data sheet and safety data sheet we cite are for part 25122, the 15 fl oz Pumice Lotion; the gallon we price is part 25219, Fine Pumice Lotion, whose own gallon product page makes the same no-petroleum-solvents claim. We have not verified that the two part numbers share one formula.

Two rows deserve a sentence each. Both sheets list limonene, a citrus terpene, at low levels: the Permatex SDS at 0.1 to 1 percent as d-limonene, the GOJO SDS at 0.1 to under 1 percent. And neither sheet classifies its product as hazardous: Permatex’s Section 2 reads “This product is not considered hazardous by either the US OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)”, and GOJO’s reads “Not a hazardous substance or mixture.” That is a workplace hazard-communication classification, not a dermatology finding, and this post is general information, not legal or medical advice.

Price per litre, verified 2026-09-24

Price per litre is the one cost figure all three products let you check, because it needs only a price and a volume. The GOJO and Fast Orange prices below were read from three sellers’ listings on 2026-09-24; ours come from our own product pages and are current as of publication.

The arithmetic is division: $21.09 ÷ 3.785 L = $5.57, $37.99 ÷ 3.785 L = $10.04, and $110.69 ÷ 8.0 L = $13.84. Two things follow, and the first cuts against us. On the cheapest verified gallon, Fast Orange costs less per litre than Power One, $5.57 against $9.97, and far less than GOJO’s cartridge refill at $13.84. At HD Supply’s price the same gallon is $10.04 a litre, seven cents above our refill and still well under GOJO.

These are one-day snapshots from a few sellers. Prices and stock move; follow the links and believe the number in front of you. Power One against GOJO on price per litre is argued in full, with its own verified prices (checked 2026-08-06, when Masterman’s listed the same GOJO case at $113.98, or $14.25 a litre), in Power One Soap vs GOJO: price per litre; its conclusion is that our refill and case cost less per litre than GOJO’s cartridge case at every distributor price we have checked, and this post does not re-run that math.

Why is there no cost-per-wash figure here?

Cost per wash is the number a buyer actually wants, and this post does not publish one for GOJO or for Fast Orange. Cost per wash needs two numbers, a price and a dose, and neither maker publishes a dose for these products. Fast Orange adds a second problem: Permatex sells it as a waterless cleaner, and a waterless wipe-off and a rinse-off wash at a sink do not use the same amount. Any per-wash or per-year figure we put beside those two prices would rest on a dose we made up, and the made-up dose would decide the winner. So there is none, in either direction.

Power One has a published figure because its dose is metered: 5.0 mL neat from the wall unit, 710 washes per 3.55 L, $0.0499 a wash on the $35.40 refill. That number is ours alone. It is not a basis for deriving anyone else’s, and this post does not use it that way.

Cartridge refill or gallon jug: which format fits your sink?

The format difference between these two products is a real buying difference, not packaging trivia. GOJO 7255-04 is a refill: a case of four 2,000 mL cartridges made for a GOJO PRO dispenser. If that dispenser is already on your wall, a case is a complete reorder. If it is not, the case is not a complete purchase, because the cartridge has nothing to sit in.

Fast Orange 25219 is a one-gallon jug that ships with its own pump, so nothing has to be on the wall first. Permatex’s page for the gallon calls it “The #1 selling, waterless, petroleum solvent-free hand cleaner that contains no harsh chemicals, petroleum solvents or ammonia that can sting cuts or abrasions.” The “#1 selling” part is Permatex’s claim about its own product, not a figure we have checked. We have not verified what either maker charges for dispensers or wall brackets, so no hardware prices appear in this post.

The third option, disclosed: Power One Soap

Power One Soap is the third product on this page, and we sell it. StretchRite LLC of Lyndhurst, NJ prices it, ships it and publishes the figures above, so weigh this section accordingly. It is not a pumice cleaner. Its scrubber is nearly 20 percent cosmetic-grade walnut shell, the formula is only about 20 percent water, it carries six skin emollients, contains no petroleum solvents, and is made in the USA. The 3.55 L bottle loads upside-down into a metered wall unit that is guaranteed for life: $18.95 on its own, or $53.50 with the first 3.55 L bottle.

Against GOJO, the per-litre case is made in the sibling post linked above and is not repeated here. Against Fast Orange, the honest reading is the price table: the cheapest verified gallon undercuts our refill by $4.40 a litre, and the dearer one sits seven cents above it. Why walnut shell and pumice behave differently on skin and in a drain is the business of Walnut Shell vs Pumice Soap and the pumice-and-drains post. Case and bulk quotes for shops running several sinks go through our contact page.

Where each of the three is the wrong buy

Each of the three products on this page is the wrong purchase for somebody; here are the cases.

GOJO NATURAL ORANGE 7255-04 is the wrong buy when…

• You have no GOJO PRO dispenser. The case is a refill for hardware we have not priced here; without the dispenser it is not a complete purchase.
• Price per litre is your deciding number. At $13.84 it was the dearest of the five rows in the price table, more than double the cheapest Fast Orange gallon.
• You need it this week. The one listing we verified showed it out of stock on 2026-09-24. Stock changes; check before you plan around it.

Permatex Fast Orange 25219 is the wrong buy when…

• Your station needs a wall-mounted, metered unit. The gallon with pump is a countertop jug. We have not verified what Permatex offers for wall mounting, so we cannot tell you whether it exists.
• Your supplier is at the high end. At HD Supply’s $10.04 a litre the gallon’s price advantage over Power One disappears, though it still beats GOJO’s case by a wide margin.

Both pumice products deserve a second look when…

• The sink drains to septic or already runs slow. Pumice is a mineral grit that tends to settle in a P-trap; the case is made in the drains-and-septic post.
• Someone on the crew reacts to citrus cleaners. Both list limonene at low levels; what the dermatology literature shows about d-limonene is in the d-limonene skin-safety post.

Power One Soap is the wrong buy when…

• The soil is fresh and heavy. For fresh transmission fluid, catalysed paint and two-pack epoxy, pumice cuts faster than walnut shell; that is the conclusion of our mechanics’ buying guide, and it stands here. Reach for GOJO or Fast Orange.
• You are optimising purely on price per litre. Fast Orange’s cheapest verified gallon wins that contest outright at $5.57 against our $9.97 and $9.89. Buy the gallon.

The bottom line for the two products in the title: same abrasive, limonene at similar low levels, the same non-hazardous classification on their own sheets; different solvent disclosures, different formats, and a price-per-litre gap that ran in Fast Orange’s favour at every seller we checked on 2026-09-24. Decide on the document you trust, the hardware on your wall, and the price in front of you.