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Trial Number 2

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the supplied cleaners with bike soil removal on provided substrates.

Date Run:

11/16/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Fifteen stainless steel coupons and fifteen aluminum coupons were weighed to attain initial weights. Bike soil was prepared using 1.6 grams of bike soil and 50 drops of Tri-flow lubricant. Each coupon was then soiled with 1.6 grams of bike soil and 50 drops of Tri-flow lubricant. Dirty weights were recorded. Three coupons were placed in the manual SLW machine at a time and sprayed twice each with the selected cleaner, as well as the paper towel. The coupons were then run for a total of 5 cycles. The process was repeated for all of the 30 coupons. After the cleaning process, the coupons were allowed to dry. Subsequently, the dried coupons were weighed to attain final weights.  

Trial Results:

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed %Average
Pro-Gold Degreaser Steel 0.1719 0.0099 94.24  
  0.2574 0.0209 91.88  
  0.2475 0.0134 94.59 93.57
Pedro's Oranj Peelz Steel 0.2628 0.0070 97.34  
  0.3059 0.0167 94.54  
  0.2986 0.0175 94.14 95.34
Pedro's Degreaser 13 Steel 0.3862 0.0182 95.29  
  0.3260 0.0413 87.33  
  0.2809 -0.0117 104.17 95.59
Pedro's Green Fizz Steel 0.5200 0.0236 95.46  
  0.4071 0.0072 98.23  
  0.2818 0.0084 97.02 96.90
White Lightning Clean Streak Steel 0.3676 0.0311 91.54  
  0.5533 0.0203 96.33  
  0.3292 0.0075 97.72 95.20
Pro-Gold Degreaser Aluminum 0.2761 0.0190 93.12  
  0.4549 0.5124 -12.64  
  0.3712 -0.4558 222.79 101.09
Pedro's Oranj Peelz Aluminum 0.4543 0.0231 94.92  
  0.5037 0.0249 95.06  
  0.4093 0.0241 94.11 94.69
Pedro's Degreaser 13 Aluminum 0.5352 0.0206 96.15  
  0.4849 0.0193 96.02  
  0.2616 0.0235 91.02 94.40
Pedro's Green Fizz Aluminum 0.7770 0.0458 94.11  
  0.3967 0.0219 94.48  
  0.3612 0.0233 93.55 94.04
White Lightning Clean Streak Aluminum 0.5789 0.0291 94.97  
  0.7295 0.0367 94.97  
  0.5266 0.0229 95.65 95.20

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

Overall all five of the cleaners were very effective at removing the bike soil from both stainless steel and aluminum. All of the cleaners had an average removal of above 93%, well above the optimal percentage removal of 85%.

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