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Trial Number 13

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate successful products on third supplied soil

Date Run:

05/07/2004

Experiment Procedure:

Nine cleaners were selected based on client request for vapor degreasing solvents. All products were used heated to 96 F on a hot plate in 250 ml beakers. The process utilized no water rinse and only used ambient air to dry the parts.
Twenty-seven preweighed steel coupons were coated with a varnish mix containing Cooper's Creek Chemicals, Cooper Black Tank Paint No 739 (64742-89-8, 8052-42-4, 108-88-3); Sherwin Williams Company, V74B2 Black Asphaltum coating (64742-89-8, 64742-88-7, 8052-42-4) using a hand held swab. The oil was then heated with a Master Appliance Heat gun at 300 F for 10 minutes. After cooling to room temperature, a second weighing was performed to determine the amount of soil that was added. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for 5 minutes with minimal stir-bar agitation. After drying, coupons were weighed a final time to determine the cleaning efficiency of each product.

Trial Results:

Five of the nine products removed over 97% of the varnish in five minutes of immersion cleaning. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Ak 225 0.0825 0.0612 25.82 (Paint peeling)
  0.0582 0.0299 48.63
  0.2139 0.1562 26.98
Vertrel CCA 0.1419 0.0980 30.94
  0.2263 0.1477 34.73
  0.1158 0.0803 30.66
Flux Remover C 0.1147 0.0865 24.59
  0.0874 0.0695 20.48
  0.1276 0.0995 22.02
HFE 7200 0.1784 0.1522 14.69
  0.0777 0.0733 5.66
  0.1300 0.1151 11.46
Ensolv 0.0850 0.0017 98.00
  0.0385 0.0017 95.58
  0.0997 0.0020 97.99
Ensolv A 0.0817 0.0020 97.55
  0.2707 0.0027 99.00
  0.1999 0.0023 98.85
Metalnox M6960 0.1420 0.0005 99.65
  0.1522 0.0035 97.70
  0.2053 0.0022 98.93
Solvon PB 0.1371 0.0004 99.71
  0.2841 0.0005 99.82
  0.1712 0.0007 99.59
Solvon IP 0.0704 0.0017 97.59
  0.0971 0.0012 98.76
  0.1262 0.0009 99.29

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

The five products that were successful at removing the varnish should be tested using vapor degreasing.

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