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Trial Number 0

Client Number 317

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaulate supplied recipes for all purpose cleaning

Date Run:

01/27/2009

Experiment Procedure:

The supplied cleaning products were made following the supplied recipe. A fourth product, selected by the lab, was selected by the lab and used at full strength for all purpose cleaning. Preweighed ceramic, painted steel and plastic coupons were coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jif Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline solution 2.7%) using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added.

Three coupons were placed into a Gardner Straight Line Washability unit. A Kimberly Clark Reinforced paper towel was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 5-7 sprays of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 7-10 times with the same cleaning solution. The solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped using a water-soaked paper towel to rinse any cleaner residue (if necessary and then wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were measured, and efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Trial Results:

The supplied products and industry product were effective in removing the Hucker's Soil with a manual wiping action. The table lists the amount of soil initially added and the amount remaining after cleaning and the product efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
BWG Fantastic - ceramic 0.1856 0.0355 80.87
  0.3117 0.0353 88.68
  0.2453 0.0402 83.61
BWG Fantastic - painted steel 0.1303 0.0182 86.03
  0.2120 0.0118 94.43
  0.2250 0.0207 90.80
BWG Fantastic - plastic 0.2821 0.0280 90.07
  0.1742 0.0300 82.78
  0.0438 -0.0481 209.82
BWG Magic - ceramic 0.0865 0.0161 81.39
  0.2554 0.0171 93.30
  0.0881 0.0195 77.87
BWG Magic - painted steel 0.1057 0.0196 81.46
  0.1115 0.0223 80.00
  0.5981 0.0316 94.72
BWG Magic - plastic 0.2272 0.0040 98.24
  0.0380 -0.0047 112.37
  0.0224 -0.1141 609.38
BWG Fabulous - ceramic 0.1214 0.0155 87.23
  0.1747 0.0326 81.34
  0.1589 0.0223 85.97
BWG Fabulous - painted steel 0.1628 0.0193 88.14
  0.1543 0.0155 89.95
  0.2495 0.0214 91.42
BWG Fabulous - plastic 0.2322 -0.0141 106.07
  0.1486 0.0064 95.69
  0.1990 0.0171 91.41
Clorox Formula 409 AP - ceramic 0.4108 0.0248 93.96
  0.1033 0.0397 61.57
  0.3659 0.0353 90.35

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

The supplied product had an overall average efficiency greater than 85% and would be considered effective based on the SSL testing methodology for all purpose cleaning and for Green Seal GS 37 requirements.

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