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Trial Number 3

Client Number 359

Project Number 14

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate supplied products for glass cleaning using manual cleaning.

Date Run:

01/29/2018

Experiment Procedure:

Pre-weighed Glass and Chrome coupons were coated with SSL Soil 2 (Glass soap scum: Water 51.5%, Hair  gel 25.6%, Toothpaste 10.4%, Shaving cream 5.3%, Hair spray 3.7% and Spray deodorant 3.5%) using a hand held 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 Wypall L60 reinforced wipe was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 1 spray of cleaning solutions.  Each coupon was sprayed 1 time with the same cleaning solution.  The solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 5 cycles (~10 seconds). Coupons were left to dry overnight before final weights and efficiencies were recorded.

Visual observations were made on the coupons for spotting and filming following the general guidelines set forth in the CSPA DCC 09A. Filming is best recognized as "haziness" or overall "milkiness", while streaking is best identified as dried droplets or "spotting", usually found strung together into thin white lines. Each coupon was evaluated separately for filming and streaking, (i.e., product residues without added soil), according to a scale of "1" to "7" with:

Filming Streaking
7 = high filming 7 = high streaking (poor performance)
1 = no visible filming 1 = no visible streaking (excellent performance)

Trial Results:

Both cleaners were effective at removing the SSL Soil 2 from both glass and chrome surfaces. Foaming Glass Cleaner Clorox had the highest efficiency at 94.35% removal on chrome. The following table lists the initial and final soil weight, and the percent weight of soil removed.

 Table 1: Gravimetric Results

Cleaner Substrate Initial wt Final wt % Removed % Average Removed
Foaming Glass Cleaner Clorox Glass 0.1086 0.0089 91.80 90.89
0.1063 0.0081 92.38
0.1180 0.0136 88.47
Chrome 0.1263 0.0077 93.90 94.35
0.1109 0.0067 93.96
0.1099 0.0053 95.18
Foaming Glass Cleaner Windex Glass 0.1042 0.0127 87.81 88.26
0.1179 0.0110 90.67
0.1123 0.0154 86.29
Chrome 0.1109 0.0051 95.40 93.61
0.1079 0.0075 93.05
0.1023 0.0078 92.38

Table 2: Visual Ratings

Cleaner Coupon Type Streaking Average Streaking Filming Average Filming
Foaming Glass Cleaner Clorox Glass 5 2 3 3.28 2 3 3 2.67
4 2 2 2 2.5 3
6 3.5 2 2 2.5 4
Chrome 4 4 3 3.50 4 4.5 2 3.56
3 4 4 4 5 3
3 3.5 3 3 3.5 3
Foaming Glass Cleaner Windex Glass 4 2 2 2.89 1 2.5 3 2.22
4 2 2 1 2.5 3
5 2 3 2 2 3
Chrome 2 1.5 1 1.39 1 1.5 1 1.11
2 1.5 1 1 1 1
1 1.5 1 1 1.5 1

Table 3: Overall Average Visual Ratings Per Substrate

Cleaner - Substrate Substrate Average S Average F
Foaming Glass Cleaner Clorox Glass 3.28 2.67
Chrome 3.50 3.56
Foaming Glass Cleaner Windex Glass 2.89 2.22
Chrome 1.39 1.11

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

Each of the cleaners was effective in soil removal of above 80% for each surface. Foaming Glass Cleaner Clorox resulted with the highest soil removal efficiency at 94.35% on chrome, and the highest on glass at 90.89%.  Based on the filming and streaking table, we can see that overall Foaming Glass Cleaner Windex was the highest performing glass cleaner, doing significantly better on chrome in both filming and streaking, and moderately better on glass. 

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