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Trial Number 2

Client Number 334

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three supplied products for all purpose cleaning using manual cleaning.

Date Run:

08/13/2010

Experiment Procedure:

The supplied cleaning products were used at the vendor recommended concentration for all purpose cleaning. Preweighed ceramic, plastic G-10 and painted steel 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 Wypal 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 cleaning unit was run for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded, efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Trial Results:

All three products were effective on the four surfaces tested using manual cleaning. The two supplied products worked as well as the conventional product for all purpose soil removal. The table below lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Formula 409 - ceramic      
  0.0785 0.0020 97.45
  0.0586 0.0045 92.32
  0.0885 0.0037 95.82
Formula 409 - painted steel      
  0.0471 0.0088 81.32
  0.0710 0.0072 89.86
  0.1346 0.0098 92.72
Formula 409 - plastic      
  0.0596 0.0031 94.80
  0.0499 0.0044 91.18
  0.0469 0.0036 92.32
Formula 409 - porcelain      
  0.0584 0.0031 94.69
  0.0364 0.0030 91.76
  0.0544 0.0042 92.28
New Leaf All Purpose - ceramic      
  0.0618 0.0013 97.90
  0.0894 0.0020 97.76
  0.0776 0.0048 93.81
New Leaf All Purpose - painted steel      
  0.0449 0.0040 91.09
  0.0390 0.0036 90.77
  0.0450 0.0032 92.89
New Leaf All Purpose - plastic      
  0.0363 0.0047 87.05
  0.0327 0.0025 92.35
  0.0509 0.0021 95.87
New Leaf All Purpose - porcelain      
  0.0449 0.0036 91.98
  0.0312 0.0052 83.33
  0.0514 0.0061 88.13
New Leaf Granite - ceramic      
  0.0820 0.0011 98.66
  0.0808 0.0032 96.04
  0.0963 0.0014 98.55
New Leaf Granite - painted steel      
  0.0508 0.0105 79.33
  0.0452 0.0073 83.85
  0.0437 0.0080 81.69
New Leaf Granite - plastic      
  0.0392 0.0053 86.48
  0.0458 0.0044 90.39
  0.0615 0.0053 91.38
New Leaf Granite - porcelain      
  0.0443 0.0043 90.29
  0.0590 0.0036 93.90
  0.0378 0.0035 90.74

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

The supplied products were found to be effective for removing the Hucker’s soil from various surfaces using manual wiping removing more than 85% of the soil. It compared well to the conventional cleaning product.

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