Eco Stainless Steel - 1L / No Fragrance is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
"After 25+ years cleaning up polluted soil and water, we turned that same science on the products inside your home."
Diana Trasente, CEO, M.Eng.
Environmental Engineer & Co-Founder
Real Households.
What Customers Say After the Switch
From greenwash-burned shoppers to allergy households — here's what changed when they swapped in Sampson.
Finally a stainless cleaner that does not leave that greasy shine. My fridge used to look smudged again by dinner. Now the prints just wipe off the next morning. Wiping with the grain is the trick.
Used it on the range hood and the sink. The white water marks around the drain that I assumed were permanent came right off. No oily film, no chemical smell.
Works very well, no residue at all. Only note is you really do have to follow the grain or you see light streaks on a big fridge door. Once I figured that out it was flawless.
I switched the whole house to Sampson. This one earns its place — clean steel, short ingredient list I can actually read, made in Montreal. No more buying that oily polish that made things worse.
Why the next fingerprint shows up faster than the last
Most "stainless steel polish" is oil. The oil is why the fingerprints come back.
Conventional stainless polish is built on mineral or silicone oil. It buffs to a shine, then that oil film holds every new fingerprint in place — so the surface looks worse a day later than before you cleaned it. Sampson Eco Stainless Steel Cleaner uses no oil at all: a coconut-derived surfactant system lifts the soil, citric acid removes water-spot minerals, and bio-ethanol flashes off clean.
Spray cleaning products can be 63–99% total VOCs by weight; high-moisture liquid products like this one are 0.75–19% (Aerosol & Air Quality Research)
Phthalate metabolites are detectable in nearly all people tested in national biomonitoring — and synthetic "fragrance" in cleaning products is a recognized exposure route that needs no ingredient disclosure (CDC NHANES)
Petroleum-derived surfactants degrade slowly under microbial conditions and a high percentage pass through standard sewage treatment unchanged (OECD 301 biodegradability data)
Built by Engineers. Not Marketers. Conçu par des ingénieurs. Pas des marketeurs.
We Spent 30+ Years Cleaning Up Contamination. Then We Checked Under the Sink. Nous avons passé 30+ ans à décontaminer des sites. Puis nous avons regardé sous l'évier.
Diana Trasente and Angelo Diadelfo are environmental engineers with Master's degrees and over 30 years remediating contaminated soil and water across Canada. They know industrial chemicals intimately — PCBs, heavy metals, synthetic surfactants, petroleum solvents. Diana Trasente et Angelo Diadelfo sont des ingénieurs en environnement avec des maîtrises et plus de 30 ans d'expérience en décontamination de sols et d'eau au Canada.
Then they started reading the labels on their own household cleaners. The same classes of synthetic chemicals they spent their careers cleaning up were sitting in their kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room. Puis ils ont commencé à lire les étiquettes des nettoyants ménagers chez eux. Les mêmes classes de produits chimiques qu'ils passaient leur carrière à nettoyer se trouvaient dans leur cuisine, salle de bain et buanderie.
In 2010, they founded Sampson Eco Shop — applying the same scientific rigor to household cleaners that they applied to environmental remediation. Every product starts with one question: What's actually in here, and is it safe to put down a drain? En 2010, ils ont fondé Sampson Eco Shop — appliquant la même rigueur scientifique aux nettoyants ménagers qu'à la décontamination. Chaque produit commence par une question: Qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et est-ce sécuritaire de l'envoyer dans un drain?
“Every cleaner we make starts with the same question we'd ask on a contamination site: what's actually in here, and what happens when it goes down the drain?” “Chaque nettoyant qu'on fabrique commence par la même question qu'on poserait sur un site contaminé: qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et qu'est-ce qui se passe quand ça va dans le drain?”— Diana Trasente, M.Eng. — Diana Trasente, M.Ing.
The Method
Cleans With Surfactants and Acid, Not Oil.
Coconut-derived surfactants and citric acid, paired and balanced by Diana and Angelo Diadelfo, M.Eng. — environmental engineers since 2010.
Surfactants lift the soil off the steel
Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauramine Oxide, and a coconut-derived foam booster (AMIDET N) — all coconut-derived — surround the fingerprint oils, kitchen splatter, and light grease and break their grip on the surface.
Citric acid dissolves the water spots
The white mineral haze around a sink or on an appliance is hard-water deposit, not grease. Citric acid dissolves those minerals so they rinse away instead of being polished over.
Bio-ethanol carries it off and evaporates
A small amount of plant-based ethanol speeds drying and lifts the loosened soil into the cloth. It evaporates fully — no solvent carrier, no streak-forming film left on the steel.
Bare steel — so the next print wipes off
Because nothing oily is left behind, the next fingerprint sits on bare metal instead of being trapped in a polish film. It wipes off with a dry cloth rather than building up.
One Line. Every Room.Une gamme. Chaque pièce.
14 Cleaners. Same Engineers. Same Standards.14 nettoyants. Mêmes ingénieurs. Mêmes standards.
Replace what's under your sink one product at a time. Every Sampson Eco cleaner is plant-based, biodegradable, and built by environmental engineers.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier un produit à la fois. Chaque nettoyant Sampson Eco est à base de plantes, biodégradable et conçu par des ingénieurs en environnement.
FloorsPlanchers (2)
Eco-Strips Floor CleanerBandelettes pour planchers
Dissolvable strips. No bottle. 60 strips/pack.Bandelettes dissolubles. Sans bouteille. 60/sachet.
Eco Floor Cleaner (Liquid)Nettoyant planchers (Liquide)
Concentrate refill. Same chemistry, liquid format.Recharge concentrée. Même chimie, format liquide.
Kitchen & SurfacesCuisine & surfaces (4)
Eco Dish SoapSavon à vaisselle
Cuts grease. Plant-derived. No phosphates.Coupe la graisse. Végétal. Sans phosphates.
Eco All-Purpose SprayVaporisateur tout usage
One bottle, every surface. Streak-free.Une bouteille, chaque surface. Sans traces.
Eco Stainless SteelAcier inoxydable
No oily residue. Cleans, doesn't coat.Sans résidu huileux. Nettoie sans enrober.
You're HereVous êtes iciEco Super DegreaserDégraisseur puissant
Cuts industrial grease without solvents.Coupe la graisse industrielle sans solvants.
Bathroom & GlassSalle de bain & verre (2)
Laundry & HandsLessive & mains (4)
Eco Laundry HELessive HE
HE-certified. Plant surfactants. Quats-free.Certifié HE. Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans quats.
Eco Fabric SoftenerAssouplissant
Soft fabrics, light scent. Plant-derived softening.Tissus doux, parfum léger. Adoucissement végétal.
Eco Hand SoapSavon à mains
Plant surfactants. No drying SLS or parabens.Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans SLS ni parabènes.
Eco Foaming Hand SoapSavon à mains moussant
Pre-foamed. Less product per wash. Same plant base.Pré-moussé. Moins de produit par lavage. Même base végétale.
Replace what's under your sink, one cleaner at a time.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier, un nettoyant à la fois.
Every cleaner in the line is engineered by Diana & Angelo. Same standards, every formula.Chaque nettoyant de la gamme est conçu par Diana et Angelo. Mêmes standards, chaque formule.
Format Matters
Three stainless cleaners, three very different labels
Whether a stainless cleaner actually cleans or just oils over the problem comes down to the chemistry behind it. Here is the comparison, ingredient by ingredient.
| Sampson Eco Stainless Steel Cleaner | Conventional oil-based stainless polish | "Eco" / greenwashed stainless wipe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named ingredients on label | 7, all disclosed | Often undisclosed "oils" plus fragrance | Partial disclosure typical |
| Shine mechanism | None added — cleans steel, leaves it bare | Mineral or silicone oil film | Often still oil-based |
| Re-attracts fingerprints | No oil film, so prints wipe off | Yes — oil film holds new prints | Often yes |
| Removes hard-water marks | Yes — citric acid dissolves minerals | No — buffs oil over them | Rarely |
| Surfactant origin | Coconut-derived (plant) | Petroleum-derived | Mixed |
| VOC content | None — water-based, bio-ethanol only | Variable, often high (solvent carriers) | Sometimes disclosed |
| Scent | Ships unscented; add from 20+ natural essential oils | Synthetic — phthalate carrier likely | Single "natural" scent, source rarely disclosed |
| Biodegradable to OECD 301D | Yes (disclosed on label) | No | Sometimes claimed |
The format is the difference. Same plant chemistry, same engineering rigor — without the bottle, the water weight, or the synthetic add-ons.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on streaks, water spots, why the fingerprints come back, and how to use it.
