Simple Green
The Simple Green® story began 50 years ago, long before "environmentally friendly" products were mandated by law. Bruce FaBrizio and his father developed a safer alternative to the toxic cleaners being used to remove tannic acid, a by-product of coffee roasting, from roasting machinery. It took three years to perfect the biodegradable, not-toxic, non-flammable, non-abrasive formula. After its initial success, Bruce began selling Simple Green to automotive and industrial customers in 55-gallon drums; which he delivered in his van, for use as a cleaner on equipment and floors. In 1979, just as initial retail marketing efforts were beginning to pay off, Bruce's father passed away. Though devastated, Bruce persevered and through grit and determination was able to keep the business alive. In 1981 he gave his company the name it continues to carry — Sunshine Makers, Inc. Simple Green was then introduced nationally into several new markets including Hardware/Do It Yourself, automotive, consumer grocery & drug, GSA (government) and Club-Store classes of trade. In the early 1990s, Bruce created the Environmental Technology Division within his company in order to define the cutting edge of cleaning solution tech and solidify his company's high standards for environmental responsibility. Today, millions of dollars have been spent to prove the safety and efficacy claims of Simple Green. Sunshine Makers, Inc. is still owned and operated by Bruce P. FaBrizio. In 2025 Simple Green celebrated our 50 year anniversary. Original Simple Green and the entire family of Simple Green products are a part of everyday life in millions of homes, commercial and industrial sites, not only in the United States but all over the world. Sunshine Makers, Inc. has its headquarters in Huntington Beach, California, with satellite offices all over the world. Simple Green is proud to be an American company. Our products are manufactured in Garden Grove, California and Lawrenceville, Georgia.www.simplegreen.com
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Search complete. 23 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Simple Green".
Sep 25, 2026
Jerome RandHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Jerome RandHOST
And you had this stuff called Simple Green.
Jerome RandHOST
Yeah.
TeddyGUEST
Yeah.
Jerome RandHOST
Oh, I used to just smell like simple green.
Jerome RandHOST
Yeah.
Jerome RandHOST
But it was how you made all those connections and all that stuff.
25 MINS LATER
TeddyGUEST
And salt's not bad for the teeth either.
Tim BradstreetGUEST
Well-
Ross PadgettHOST
... "we made Simple Green."
Joel WarrenHOST
No, that, yeah, that is not good.
Tim BradstreetGUEST
I think after this one we learned a very valuable lesson.
Jess HutchinsonPANELIST
What's that stuff called? Bartender's pal or something.
Jess HutchinsonPANELIST
What's that called, Jess? You see this, right? It's simple green.
Rob AnthonyHOST
That's a
Alan CoxHOST
spray.
Alan CoxHOST
I'm talking about Bar Keeper's Friend.
Alan CoxHOST
You ever see that? It's a scrub.
Alan CoxHOST
Simple Green.
Alan CoxHOST
Jesus, my mom bought that when I was a kid.
SteveHOST
Yeah.
KristenHOST
I don't use a ch- I just use Simple Green.
SteveHOST
Yeah, but that's still a chemical cleaner.
SteveHOST
I mean, we all just use ch- Simple Green-
KristenHOST
Okay
SteveHOST
... on everything, and it's sprayed all over everything.
Jack BradshawHOST
like water, soap, or just dust it off, or what?
Mike MerolleHOST
I'm a big fan of Simple Green or Dawn Dish Detergent, something like that.
Mike MerolleHOST
Just something that's going to get anything.
Mike MerolleHOST
Bugs sometimes stick to it, or frogs like to enjoy themselves.
AlexHOST
Speaking on products, outside of nitro...
AlexHOST
Cow RC, I recently made an order through them, bought my first ultrasonic cleaner, and after borrowing Arturo's for like the millionth time, the electronic sprayer doohickey he has, for the people that don't know what I'm talking about, like instead of using the... you know bottle cleaner this you just dump in your cleaner and like if you're using simple green or cow rc or like a concentrated like it holds like almost a liter i think so like you can mix it up as you need out of the concentrate and then it's a usb rechargeable sprayer so you just click a button and then it sprays you know that's it no it just so i bought that and then like i did my own like due diligence i like looked at cow rcs i think it's like 32.99 is retail um and then i uh i went on amazon and you know got on amazon looked up electric you know rechargeable sprayer to you know see you know And honestly, after scrolling like three pages of Amazon, the CalRC one was pretty much the cheapest.
AlexHOST
There was a couple cheaper ones I found on Amazon with poor reviews.
AlexHOST
But the one thing I know with CalRC is they're going to stand behind their product.
MikeHOST
That's crazy.
MikeHOST
So that spray is awesome.
AlexHOST
And I compared Simple Green, Modal Wash, the cow rc moo clean and then uh from the dollar store it's called totally awesome which i highly recommend that on anything else like automotive oh that stuff's so good it is awesome
TaylorHOST
my one friend when he introduced me to it like he was using it in a garage i think we were cleaning like a intake manifold or something like that i'm like what are you using he's like it's awesome i'm like no really what are you using it's he's like it's awesome i'm like no what's it called he's like it's awesome And it's like that dumb and dumber part.
Ross PadgettHOST
I get it.
Ross PadgettHOST
They're gross right now with Simple Green, which, by the way, I'm invested now.
Ross PadgettHOST
I think that's the best cleaner in the market.
Ross PadgettHOST
Really? Yeah, I love Simple Green.
Ross PadgettHOST
That's all of 37 years
speaker_25ADVERTISER
of age of me right
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speaker_33AUDIENCE
Happy Friday.
Deb RobertsHOST
Harder standing up.
Courtney CurryHOST
All right, so Doug writes in, Tom, what do you recommend for cleaning driveways and siding? For the siding, he would like something that doesn't kill the plants.
Tom TynanHOST
Doug from Tom, I want to say that Simple Green is one of my favorites.
Tom TynanHOST
Dawn Detergent is one of my favorites.
Tom TynanHOST
I'm sure there's other good cleaners out there that are pH balanced and not going to hurt your plants and stuff.
Tom TynanHOST
But if you were going to ask me what two cleaners I use in almost everything I do, it's either Dawn Liquid Dish Detergent or the Simple Green if it's like guttering and things like that on the outside.
Tom TynanHOST
And neither one will not hurt your plants.
Tom TynanHOST
Or ducks that have oil all over them.