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Trial Number 0

Client Number 351

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three supplied products for all purpose cleaning following EPA DfE requirements

Date Run:

11/02/2012

Experiment Procedure:

The four supplied cleaning products were diluted with DI water at room temperature to vendor recommended concentration for all purpose cleaning (32:1, 8:1 and 1:1). The fourth product was used at the RTU concentration.

Preweighed ceramic, plastic and painted steel coupons were coated with a mixture of three cooking oils/greases. The mix was blend of 33% vegetable shortening, 33% lard, 33% vegetable oil and 1% carbon black. Care was taken in the application of the soil onto the coupons so that light and heavy areas were avoided. The soiled coupons were 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.

Table Key
Substrate
A Ceramic
B Plastic
C Painted Steel
Product
1 Tub, Basin, Tile
2 Heavy Duty D&C
3 Super Citrus
4 Cycle Degreaser
5 Formula 409

Trial Results:

Two of the three supplied products were effective at removing the all-purpose soil from the three surfaces using manual wiping. Each of these compared closely with the conventional product. Only one product removed less than 85% of the soil. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining after cleaning and the calculated efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
1A      
  0.4597 0.0615 86.62
  0.6314 0.0447 92.92
  0.3191 0.0339 89.38
1B      
  0.0520 0.0001 99.81
  0.0763 0.0073 90.43
  0.0839 0.0059 92.97
1C      
  0.0823 0.0061 92.59
  0.1515 0.0034 97.76
  0.1283 0.0032 97.51
2A      
  0.1832 0.0338 81.55
  0.2276 0.0159 93.01
  0.2435 0.0408 83.24
2B      
  0.0974 0.0048 95.07
  0.0651 0.0027 95.85
  0.0650 0.0042 93.54
2C      
  0.0740 0.0031 95.81
  0.0704 0.0014 98.01
  0.1124 0.0020 98.22
3A      
  0.1397 0.0091 93.49
  0.3995 0.0048 98.80
  0.3805 0.0123 96.77
3B      
  0.0797 0.0034 95.73
  0.1143 0.0056 95.10
  0.0824 0.0021 97.45
3C      
  0.0783 0.0050 93.61
  0.0929 0.0032 96.56
  0.1206 0.0021 98.26
4A      
  0.0745 0.0129 82.68
  0.0327 0.0070 78.59
  0.0458 0.0080 82.53
4B      
  0.0409 0.0028 93.15
  0.0343 0.0084 75.51
  0.0587 0.0023 96.08
4C      
  0.0458 0.0136 70.31
  0.0472 0.0101 78.60
  0.0367 0.0092 74.93
5A      
  0.2346 0.0082 96.50
  0.2109 0.0113 94.64
  0.3179 0.0063 98.02
5B      
  0.1166 0.0048 95.88
  0.0937 0.0098 89.54
  0.0808 0.0053 93.44
5C      
  0.1107 0.0016 98.55
  0.0949 0.0002 99.79
  0.0992 0.0012 98.79

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

The Super Citrus product was the most effective of the five products tested for manual all-purpose cleaning.

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