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Trial Number 4

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three supplied products for all purpose cleaning

Date Run:

10/30/2013

Experiment Procedure:

Aluminum and Chrome coupons were weighed and then coated with vegetable oil soil using a hand held swab and then aged in the oven at 190 degree Celcius for 5 minutes. Then the soil was allowed to cool to room temperature and weighted to determine the amount of soil added. Then 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 1 spray of cleaning solution. Each coupon was sprayed once 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.

ChemistriesEvaluated: Toucan Cleaner (1 g salt/1.5L); Proforce Pink 100%; Dawn Ultra Apple .1%;

Trial Results:

Free Chlorine level was measured using test strips and recorded to be 50-100 ppm. The pH of the solution was between 8 and 9.
All three products worked well on the aged light oil using manual cleaning.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed Ave % Removed Product Ave
Toucan_Aluminum_Oil         95.84
  0.2072 0.0101 95.13    
  0.2389 0.0064 97.32    
  0.2657 0.0058 97.82 96.75  
Toucan_Chrome_Oil          
  0.2862 0.0153 94.65    
  0.1325 0.0081 93.89    
  0.2702 0.0101 96.26 94.93  
           
Pro-Force Pink_Aluminum_Oil         97.40
  0.2365 0.0062 97.38    
  0.2206 0.0065 97.05    
  0.3397 0.0058 98.29 97.57  
Pro-Force Pink_Chrome_Oil          
  0.2505 0.0063 97.49    
  0.2754 0.0067 97.57    
  0.1557 0.0052 96.66 97.24  
           
Dawn Ultra Apple_Aluminum_Oil         96.83
  0.2978 0.0062 97.92    
  0.1697 0.0056 96.70    
  0.1312 0.0061 95.35 96.66  
Dawn Ultra Apple_Chrome_Oil          
  0.1719 0.007 95.93    
  0.1988 0.0063 96.83    
  0.4420 0.0078 98.24 97.00  

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 95% of the vegetable oil from the surfaces using manual wiping.

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