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Trial Number 0

Client Number 370

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three supplied products and water for all purpose cleaning

Date Run:

08/12/2012

Experiment Procedure:

One gram of Tartar was added into 20 fl oz of water (PH 6.5) in supplied spray bottle of Trio then was electronically charged for 3min. after activating, the PH of activated water was changed into 11. The other cleaner was used at full concentration for test.
Four sets of twelve ceramic, stainless steel, and polycarbonate coupons were weighed and then coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (JifCreamy 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 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 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). Final weights were measured, efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Chemistries Evaluated: Trio (1g of Tartar, PH 11), Water (PH 6.5), Clorox Green work All purpose Cleaner, Clorox 409 All purpose Cleaner

Trial Results:

Trio and Clorox green work all purpose was effective at removing more than 85% of the Hucker’s soil from three type of surface. However, water and Clorox 409 was effective at removing more than 85% of the Hucker’s soil from two of the surfaces (stainless steel and polycarbonate) using manual wiping. However, visually, over than 85% of the Hucker’s soil on ceramic coupon was removed by Clorox 409 all-purpose cleaner; we suspected that reaming cleaner’s foam affect the gravimetric analysis. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining after cleaning and the calculated efficiency for each of the ceramic, painted steel and polycarbonate coupons cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Trio Stainless steel      
  0.1581 0.0109 93.11
  0.1890 0.0126 93.33
  0.2224 0.0233 89.52
Trio Ceramic      
  0.1558 0.0046 97.05
  0.1725 0.0194 88.75
  0.2578 0.0093 96.39
Trio Plastic      
  0.0833 0.0117 85.95
  0.1500 0.0165 89.00
  0.1479 0.0177 88.03
Water Stainless steel      
  0.2476 0.0170 93.13
  0.2461 0.0072 97.07
  0.2624 0.0122 95.35
Water Ceramic      
  0.2799 0.0765 72.67
  0.2142 0.0399 81.37
  0.2443 0.0710 70.94
Water Plastic      
  0.0798 0.0072 90.98
  0.1766 0.0326 81.54
  0.1297 0.0076 94.14
Clorox  Stainless steel      
  0.2892 0.0134 95.37
  0.1699 0.0094 94.47
  0.2441 0.0323 86.77
Clorox  Ceramic      
  0.2096 0.0156 92.56
  0.1653 0.0087 94.74
  0.1180 0.0070 94.07
Clorox  Plastic      
  0.1182 0.0144 87.82
  0.0835 0.0093 88.86
  0.2125 0.0070 96.71
Clorox 409 All Purpose Stainless Steel      
  0.1512 0.0132 91.27
  0.1895 0.0181 90.45
  0.1676 0.0206 87.71
Clorox 409 All Purpose Ceramic      
  0.2551 0.0605 76.28
  0.1854 0.0231 87.54
  0.1307 0.0235 82.02
Clorox 409 All Purpose Plastic      
  0.2807 0.0272 90.31
  0.2647 0.0135 94.90
  0.1949 0.0167 91.43

Summary

Trio Trio activated water with 1g of Tartar   100 91.23 Yes
Water Water with stainless steel and plastic   100 89.74 Yes
Water Water with Ceramic 100 74.99 No
Clorox Green Work All Purpose Cleaner 100 92.37 Yes
Clorox 409 All Purpose Cleaner 100 87.99 Yes

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

 Trio Product was found to be effective for removing the Hucker’s soil from various surfaces using manual wiping. It compared well to the other cleaning products supplied for testing.

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