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Trial Number 2

Client Number 379

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three supplied products for bathroom cleaning

Date Run:

10/30/2013

Experiment Procedure:

The supplied cleaning products were used at the supplied concentrations. Preweighed chrome, ceramic and fiberglass, coupons were coated with SSL Soil 1 (Bathroom soap scum: All-in-one shampoo and conditioner 28.6%, Dry skin lotion 21.4%, Liquid hand soap 21.4%, Liquid body wash 14.3%, Deodorant bar soap 7.2% and water 7.1%.) 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 L30 reinforced wipe was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 1 spray of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 1 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 once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded and efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

ChemistriesEvaluated: Toucan Cleaner (1 g salt/1.5L); Proforce Bath & Tile; Lysol Bathroom

Trial Results:

Free Chlorine level was measured using test strips and recorded to be 50 ppm. The pH of the solution was between 8 and 9. All three products worked well on the bathroom soap scum using manual cleaning. The Pro-Force product had the highest overall average but the Toucan solution was nearly the identical. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the calculated efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final w % Removed Ave % Removed Product Ave
Toucan_Ceramic         92.4
  0.4148 0.0283 93.18         
  0.4174 0.0411 90.15         
  0.5041 0.0093 98.15 93.83  
Toucan_Plastic            
  0.3648 0.0216 94.08         
  0.3703 0.0189 94.90         
  0.3549 0.0359 89.88 92.95  
Toucan_Chrome            
  0.3463 0.0299 91.37         
  0.3425 0.0331 90.34         
  0.3120 0.0326 89.55 90.42  
Pro-Force Bath & Tile_Ceramic         93.19
  0.6583 0.0546 91.71         
  0.7331 0.0197 97.31         
  0.7519 0.0007 99.91 96.31  
Pro-Force Bath & Tile _Plastic            
  0.4114 0.0347 91.57         
  0.4861 0.0213 95.62         
  0.5191 0.0604 88.36 91.85  
Pro-Force Bath & Tile _Chrome            
  0.2199 0.0082 96.27         
  0.2294 0.0156 93.20         
  0.1990 0.0304 84.72 91.4  
Lysol Bathroom_Ceramic         88.89
  0.2490 0.0371 85.10         
  0.2866 0.0342 88.07         
  0.3342 0.0295 91.17 88.11  
Lysol Bathroom_Plastic            
  0.2353 0.0197 91.63         
  0.2114 0.0256 87.89         
  0.1501 0.0305 79.68 86.4  
Lysol Bathroom_Chrome            
  0.1831 0.0123 93.28         
  0.1811 0.0150 91.72         
  0.1159 0.0099 91.46 92.15  

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

All of the products were effective at removing more than 88% of the bathroom soil from the surfaces using manual wiping. Proforce exhibited the highest levels of cleaning while Lysol Bathroom exhibited the lowest.

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