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Trial Number 5

Client Number 230

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate odor neutralizing biobased products.

Date Run:

11/02/2004

Experiment Procedure:

Four products were selected from the lab's inventory of biobased products. The products were chosen based on vendor supplied information. A fifth product was included as the client's current odor neutralizing product. Three products were used at full strength and two were diluted to recommended concentrations (H2Orange2 at 1.6% and Super H2O2 at 8%). All products were used at room temperature.

Three soils were selected based on the amount of odor produced. Each soil/odor was applied to a coupon, one for each cleaning product to be tested. Initial odor was noted for strength of smell by two observers. An odor neutralizing product was sprayed two times onto the coupon. A second odor strength observation was made at this point. A third observation was made after 5 minutes and then a final observation was made at one hour. Each product was ranked separately by two observers against the other products.

Soils Used
A - SSL Soil 3 (Hucker's soil)
B - SSL Soil 4 (Kitchen soil)
C - Castrol Moly Dee cutting fluid

Substrate: Fiberglass coupons

Observation Classifications: High
Medium/high
medium
medium/low where masked = medicine = medicine/perfume
low/medium where low/medicine
low
low/none
none

Trial Results:

All but one of the products tested worked as well as the current odor neutralizing product on the three soil/odors tested in the laboratory setting. The table lists the observations made and the product rankings made by two observers. An average rank was taken from both the observers. A final overall average was then calculated from the three soil/odors and are listed in the second table.

Cleaner Coupon # Soil  Initial 5 min 60 min Rank Rank Average
Eats It 17 B masked medicine/perfume smell low medicine/perfume  4 1 2.5
SC Odor 15 B low none none 2 3 2.5
Heavy Duty Odor 16 B none none none 1 4 2.5
H2Orange2 32 B medium medium/low medium/low 5 5 5
Super H2O2 35 B low low/none low/none 3 2 2.5
Eats It 44 A medicine medium/low medium/low 3 3 3
SC Odor 18 A low/medium low low 2 2 2
Heavy Duty Odor 19 A low/medium low/none none 1 1 1
H2Orange2 39 A medium/high medium/high medium/high 5 4 4.5
Super H2O2 57 A medium/high medium medium 4 4 4
Eats It 49 C masked medium/low low/medium 4 4 4
SC Odor 47 C low/medium low/medium low 2 3 2.5
Heavy Duty Odor 48 C medium medium/low low 5 1 3
H2Orange2 56 C low/medium low/medium low 2 5 3.5
Super H2O2 58 C low low low/none 1 2 1.5

Observations of non-treated coupon

Soil B medium medium low/medium
Soil A high medium low/medium
Soil C high high medium

Overall Average for Odor Elimination

Cleaner Overall Ave Rank
Eats It 3.17 4
SC Odor 2.33 2
Heavy Duty Odor 2.17 1
H2Orange2 4.33 5
Super H2O2 2.67 3

Success Rating:

Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.

Conclusion:

Three of the four products tested were as effective or better than the current odor neutralizing product.

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