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Trial Number 45

Client Number 232

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To reevaluate supplied products for all purpose cleaning using a newer soil mixture.

Date Run:

10/25/2007

Experiment Procedure:

Upon review of the previous all purpose cleaning trial, the soil formulation was very old (over 1 year) which may have affected the cleaning performance for the conditions typically used for all purpose cleaning.

The supplied cleaning products were used at full strength.

Preweighed fiberglass, ceramic and chrome coupons were coated with a fresh batch of SSL Soil 3 (Hucker's Soil: Distilled water 45.8%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Creamy peanut butter 9.2%, Salted butter 9.2%, Stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg yolk 9.2%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9% and 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 WypAll X60 reinforced wipe 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). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded. Efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Trial Results:

The newer mixture of the Hucker's soil yielded efficiencies that were more consistent with previous testing results. Three products were found to remove less than 90%. Two of these products were thicker then typical water spray cleaners and left more residue behind after cleaning and wiping dry. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining, the efficiency for each coupon cleaned and the average removal from each substrate type.

Cleaner Substrate Initial wt Final wt % Removed Substrate Ave Product Ave
Clorox  Painted Steel 0.5119 0.0238 95.35 95.46 93.51
    0.1606 0.0102 93.65    
    0.2188 0.0057 97.39    
  Plastic 0.1923 0.0124 93.55 93.06  
    0.1972 0.0187 90.52    
    0.1823 0.0089 95.12    
  Ceramic 0.2674 0.0277 89.64 91.99  
    0.2057 0.0129 93.73    
    0.2649 0.0196 92.60    
Countertop Painted Steel 0.2632 0.0150 94.30 95.58 93.49
    0.2028 0.0110 94.58    
    0.3424 0.0073 97.87    
  Plastic 0.1415 0.0127 91.02 91.28  
    0.2227 0.0178 92.01    
    0.1709 0.0157 90.81    
  Ceramic 0.3431 0.0296 91.37 93.59  
    0.3293 0.0159 95.17    
    0.2465 0.0142 94.24    
Seventh Kitchen Painted Steel 0.1956 0.0092 95.30 95.31 90.35
    0.1471 0.0005 99.66    
    0.1165 0.0105 90.99    
  Plastic 0.2002 0.0224 88.81 86.11  
    0.2959 0.0184 93.78    
    0.1380 0.0335 75.72    
  Ceramic 0.2667 0.0547 79.49 89.63  
    0.1914 0.0120 93.73    
    0.2515 0.0109 95.67    
Soft Scrub Painted Steel 0.1668 0.0407 75.60 70.59 64.48
    0.2295 0.0661 71.20    
    0.2189 0.0767 64.96    
  Plastic 0.1580 0.1063 32.72 50.35  
    0.2024 0.0680 66.40    
    0.2453 0.1179 51.94    
  Ceramic 0.1355 0.0572 57.79 72.50  
    0.2893 0.0550 80.99    
    0.2632 0.0560 78.72    
Formula 409 Painted Steel 0.1969 0.0060 96.95 96.75 94.32
    0.0904 0.0041 95.46    
    0.3453 0.0075 97.83    
  Plastic 0.2429 0.0223 90.82 92.45  
    0.1923 0.0116 93.97    
    0.2664 0.0198 92.57    
  Ceramic 0.1086 0.0042 96.13 93.76  
    0.2270 0.0065 97.14    
    0.1176 0.0141 88.01    
Meyer All Purpose Painted Steel 0.1274 0.0077 93.96 95.08 92.81
    0.1816 0.0130 92.84    
    0.1812 0.0028 98.45    
  Plastic 0.2305 0.0357 84.51 88.69  
    0.1281 0.0128 90.01    
    0.2836 0.0240 91.54    
  Ceramic 0.3158 0.0191 93.95 94.65  
    0.2479 0.0191 92.30    
    0.2870 0.0066 97.70    
Seventh All Purpose Painted Steel 0.1482 0.0306 79.35 86.32 90.73
    0.1935 0.0032 98.35    
    0.0694 0.0130 81.27    
  Plastic 0.1478 0.01881 87.27 92.29  
    0.1420 0.0029 97.96    
    0.2749 0.0230 91.63    
  Ceramic 0.2727 0.0145 94.68 93.58  
    0.1959 0.0115 94.13    
    0.1807 0.0146 91.92    
DFC General Spray Painted Steel 0.1938 0.0408 78.95 91.31 93.61
    0.1888 0.0024 98.73    
    0.1490 0.0056 96.24    
  Plastic 0.2282 0.0050 97.81 94.45  
    0.1478 0.0032 97.83    
    0.2408 0.0296 87.71    
  Ceramic 0.2281 0.0164 92.81 95.07  
    0.2418 0.0109 95.49    
    0.3986 0.0123 96.91    
DFC Kitchen Painted Steel 0.2161 0.0097 95.51 95.36 90.79
    0.0977 0.0063 93.55    
    0.1502 0.0045 97.00    
  Plastic 0.2375 0.0324 86.36 92.55  
    0.2251 0.0125 94.45    
    0.2812 0.0089 96.83    
  Ceramic 0.0648 0.0136 79.01 84.48  
    0.1801 0.0079 95.61    
    0.2568 0.0544 78.82    
Comet Painted Steel 0.1598 0.0616 61.45 84.60 89.60
    0.2139 0.0063 97.05    
    0.2440 0.0115 95.29    
  Plastic 0.2890 0.0127 95.61 95.01  
    0.2404 0.0110 95.42    
    0.1881 0.0113 93.99    
  Ceramic 0.2943 0.0300 89.81 89.19  
    0.1624 0.0178 89.04    
    0.1612 0.0182 88.71    
Meyer Shower Painted Steel 0.1330 0.0073 94.51 96.27 91.37
    0.2745 0.0057 97.92    
    0.1734 0.0063 96.37    
  Plastic 0.2446 0.0310 87.33 90.10  
    0.1771 0.0048 97.29    
    0.1752 0.0251 85.67    
  Ceramic 0.1246 0.0106 91.49 87.74  
    0.2003 0.0148 92.61    
    0.1498 0.0313 79.11    
Seventh Bathroom Painted Steel 0.1448 0.0126 91.30 94.03 94.53
    0.2847 0.0074 97.40    
    0.1994 0.0132 93.38    
  Plastic 0.1305 0.0010 99.23 98.06  
    0.1164 0.0016 98.63    
    0.1761 0.0065 96.31    
  Ceramic 0.2631 0.0073 97.23 91.51  
    0.1366 0.0240 82.43    
    0.2454 0.0126 94.87    
DFC Polish Painted Steel 0.2495 0.0318 87.25 89.04 78.64
    0.1572 0.0197 87.47    
    0.2647 0.0201 92.41    
  Plastic 0.2046 0.0368 82.01 76.41  
    0.1821 0.0340 81.33    
    0.1639 0.0559 65.89    
  Ceramic 0.1371 0.0287 79.07 70.48  
    0.1606 0.0680 57.66    
    0.2040 0.0516 74.71    

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

Only the two thicker cleaning solutions removed under the 85% cut off point for effective all purpose cleaning.

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