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Trial Number 0

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate selected products for buffing compound removal.

Date Run:

08/16/2006

Experiment Procedure:

Eight alternative products were selected from the lab's database of testing results based on supplied client information. Products were selected based on buffing compound and oil removal potential and compatibility with brass metal substrates. Each product was diluted to 5% in 250 ml beakers using DI water and heated to 130 F on a hot plate.

Twenty-four preweighed coupons were coated with the green buffing compound using a handheld swab after heating to its melting point with a heat gun. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of buffing compound added. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for five minutes using minimal stir bar agitation. Coupons were rinsed for 15 seconds in a tap water bath at 120 F and dried using a dry compressed air for 30 seconds. Once dry coupons were weighed a final time and product efficiencies were calculated.

Trial Results:

Only one of the products, Polyspray Jet 790 XS, removed over 85% using immersion cleaning. A second product, Inproclean 3800, removed just over 60%. The following table lists the amount of buffing compound applied, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
KPC 820 N 0.3450 0.2243 34.99
  0.5303 0.3470 34.57
  0.7658 0.5817 24.04
1990 GD 0.7036 0.5119 27.25
  0.2148 0.1132 47.30
  0.8864 0.6942 21.68
SC Aircraft & Metal 0.6186 0.4965 19.74
  0.5409 0.5220 3.49
  0.4449 0.4332 2.63
Micro 90 0.2197 0.1408 35.91
  0.5064 0.3748 25.99
  0.9407 0.8823 6.21
Daraclean 283 0.2063 0.1094 46.97
  0.4799 0.2701 43.72
  0.2921 0.0817 72.03
Inproclean 3800 0.4517 0.1812 59.88
  0.3630 0.1230 66.12
  0.2662 0.1115 58.11
Beyond 2001 0.6450 0.3844 40.40
  0.3123 0.1155 63.02
  0.3038 0.0962 68.33
Polyspray Jet 790 XS 0.2699 0.0407 84.92
  0.6787 0.1967 71.02
  0.1059 0.0010 99.06

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

The one effective product, Polyspray 790 XS and the next three most effective products will be tested on the same buffing compound using ultrasonic energy.

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