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Trial Number 14

Client Number 275

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate supplied products for peanut oil removal from non-porous surface using manual wiping.

Date Run:

09/24/2009

Experiment Procedure:

The first supplied product was used at a 1:48 dilution. The second supplied product was used at three dilutions, 1:64, 1:128 and 1:256. A conventional product was used at a 1:64 dilution. A sixth product that uses electrolyzed water was included in the testing.

Preweighed hard plastic coupons were coated with peanut oil taken from a jar of all-natural peanut butter. The oil was skimmed off the top of the container and applied to the coupons using a swab. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of oil that was applied.

Coupons were placed in a Gardner Straightline washability unit. A 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 solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded, and efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Following the first round of cleaning, a second round of manual cleaning was conducted on the same set of coupons using the washability unit. A second set of final clean weights were recorded, and efficiencies calculated.

Trial Results:

All six products removed over 95% of the peanut oil in the first cleaning attempt. Following the second round of wipe cleaning, all removed over 98%. The four supplied products removed over 99% of the oil. The table lists the amount of peanut oil added, remaining after cleaning and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned for both cleaning cycles.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed 2nd Final wt 2nd % Removed
PC 116          
  0.1727 0.0069 96.00 0.0022 98.73
  0.2198 0.0079 96.41 0.0000 100.00
  0.2865 0.0072 97.49 0.0004 99.86
PC 120 1:64          
  0.2379 0.0036 98.49 0.0011 99.54
  0.2743 0.0038 98.61 0.0005 99.82
  0.2599 0.0068 97.38 0.0049 98.11
PC 120 1:128          
  0.2410 0.0099 95.89 0.0014 99.42
  0.2599 0.0054 97.92 0.0001 99.96
  0.3138 0.0052 98.34 0.0012 99.62
PC 120 1:256          
  0.2637 -0.0006 100.23 -0.0013 100.49
  0.2754 0.0005 99.82 0.0009 99.67
  0.2753 0.0044 98.40 0.0000 100.00
Alpha HP          
  0.3543 0.0032 99.10 0.0004 99.89
  0.4482 0.0027 99.40 -0.0007 100.16
  0.2805 0.0036 98.72 0.0011 99.61
Activeion          
  0.3156 0.0038 98.80 -0.0014 100.44
  0.2006 0.0097 95.16 0.0036 98.21
  0.2349 0.0075 96.81 0.0040 98.30

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

All six products were very effective at removing peanut oil after two cleaning cycles using manual wiping.

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