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Trial Number 2

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate supplied product for all purpose cleaning application

Date Run:

03/10/2006

Experiment Procedure:

The supplied cleaning products were diluted with DI water to vendor recommended concentration for all purpose cleaning (3.156 and 1.56%). Water was also used. Preweighed ceramic, plastic G-10 and painted steel coupons were coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jif Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws 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 Professional Painter's Rag 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 two supplied products removed over 85% of the Hucker's soil. The table below list the amount of soil added, the amount reaming and the efficiency for each substrate. 

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Perma 180 Ceramic 0.4392 0.1015 76.89
  0.2328 0.0552 76.29
  0.1891 0.0532 71.87
Perma 1040 Ceramic 0.2918 0.0726 75.12
  0.2849 0.0990 65.25
  0.3980 0.1108 72.16
Water Ceramic 0.4808 0.2625 45.40
  0.7266 0.2852 60.75
  0.2941 0.1590 45.94
Perma 180 Plastic 0.2726 0.0061 97.76
  0.6373 0.0060 99.06
  0.3019 0.0040 98.68
Perma 1040 Plastic 0.3735 0.0045 98.80
  0.3150 0.0134 95.75
  0.2924 0.0113 96.14
Water Plastic 0.4390 0.0505 88.50
  0.4479 0.0593 86.76
  0.4891 0.0567 88.41
Perma 180 Steel 0.3693 0.0397 89.25
  0.4073 0.0223 94.52
  0.4835 0.0176 96.36
Perma 1040 Steel 0.5734 0.0879 84.67
  0.5301 0.0258 95.13
  0.2885 0.0419 85.48
Water Steel 0.4182 0.0668 84.03
  0.3262 0.0610 81.30
  0.2627 0.0677 74.23

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

Both Geo Clean 180 and Easy Mix 1040 removed over 85% of the Hucker's at the suggested concentrations.

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