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Trial Number 5

Trial Purpose:

To reevaluate supplied product at two dilution formulations

Date Run:

09/16/2008

Experiment Procedure:

The supplied cleaning product was used at two supplied dilutions, 10:1 and 20:1.

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 handheld 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 Wypal reinforced paper towel 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:

Both dilutions were effective at removing the Hucker's soil from the three substrates. The 10:1 dilution was more effective on two of the three substrates, painted steel and plastic, but was slightly less effective on the ceramic than the 20:1 dilution. Overall, the 20:1 dilution had the higher average efficiency. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the calculated efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Heavy 10:1 Ceramic 0.1703 0.0135 92.07
  0.3528 0.0349 90.11
  0.2479 0.0351 85.84
Heavy 10:1 Steel 0.4030 0.0124 96.92
  0.1475 0.0007 99.53
  0.8258 0.0176 97.87
Heavy 10:1 Plastic 0.2386 0.0007 99.71
  0.1614 0.0023 98.57
  0.1714 0.0042 97.55
Heavy 20:1 Ceramic 0.1703 0.0045 97.36
  0.3306 0.0055 98.34
  0.2127 0.0070 96.71
Heavy 20:1 Steel 0.2307 0.0161 93.02
  0.2090 0.0025 98.80
  0.4617 0.0370 91.99
Heavy 20:1 Plastic 0.2534 0.0026 98.97
  0.2572 0.0023 99.11
  0.2945 0.0102 96.54

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

Both dilutions removed over 85% of the Hucker's soil and would be considered effective based on the SSL testing methodology.

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