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Trial Number 3

Client Number 359

Project Number 4

Trial Purpose:

To determine the color removal from a cloth that has been saturated with the foam cleaner.

Date Run:

01/22/2015

Experiment Procedure:

Four different types of cloths were saturated with the cleaning foams. These were allowed to sit for 15 minutes to soak in the foam. After 15 minutes, each set of colored fabric was covered in a paper towel and patted down to determine color leakage. These paper towels underwent a gloss meter testing to determine how close the towels were to the initial value using the formula FINAL/INITIAL *100%.

ChemistriesEvaluated: Shout Stain and Odor, Shout Urine, Bran Buzz Carpet 0.2%, Brand Buzz Urine 0.4%, Resolve

Trial Results:

Only 2 of the cloth types, the red stripped and the solid brown, had any visual color absorption from the cloth. Our visual analysis could not effectively differentiate between the two types of staining, resulting in the need for a gloss based analysis. The other two cloths did not undergo a gloss analysis.

Initial Reading Initial L A initial B initial G Initial          
  Value 88.43 -2.11 3.09 1.8        
Cleaner Cloth L Final A Final B Final G Final Change L % A % B% G% 
Shout Stain and Odor Red 88.84 -1.36 2.39 1.90 0.46 35.55 22.65 5.56
Shout Stain and Odor Red 88.86 -1.50 2.66 2.00 0.49 28.91 13.92 11.11
Shout Stain and Odor Red 85.64 -1.46 3.76 2.00 3.16 30.81 21.68 11.11
Shout Stain and Odor Green 89.30 -1.50 1.96 1.90 0.98 28.91 36.57 5.56
Shout Stain and Odor Green 88.26 -1.73 1.80 1.80 0.19 18.01 41.75 0.00
Shout Stain and Odor Green 86.06 -1.46 1.79 1.70 2.68 30.81 42.07 5.56
Shout Stain and Odor Brown 78.08 2.26 10.45 1.60 11.70 207.11 238.19 11.11
Shout Stain and Odor Brown 76.02 1.97 9.09 1.40 14.03 193.36 194.17 22.22
Shout Stain and Odor Brown 75.73 2.21 10.23 1.40 14.36 204.74 231.07 22.22
Shout Urine Red 90.57 -1.85 1.86 2.00 2.42 12.32 39.81 11.11
Shout Urine Red 88.98 -1.68 2.14 1.80 0.62 20.38 30.74 0.00
Shout Urine Red 85.55 -1.46 0.80 2.00 3.26 30.81 74.11 11.11
Shout Urine Green 90.74 -1.60 3.11 2.00 2.61 24.17 0.65 11.11
Shout Urine Green 92.06 -1.71 2.52 1.40 4.10 18.96 18.45 22.22
Shout Urine Green 87.51 -1.55 1.31 1.90 1.04 26.54 57.61 5.56
Shout Urine Brown 79.77 2.00 10.55 1.66 9.79 194.79 241.42 7.78
Shout Urine Brown 79.73 2.46 10.80 1.80 9.84 216.59 249.51 0.00
Shout Urine Brown 74.72 2.71 11.00 1.50 15.50 228.44 255.99 16.67
BB Carpet 0.2% Red 90.62 -1.58 1.60 1.80 2.48 25.12 48.22 0.00
BB Carpet 0.2% Red 91.01 -1.60 1.65 2.03 2.92 24.17 46.60 12.78
BB Carpet 0.2% Red 90.46 -1.52 1.65 1.90 2.30 27.96 46.60 5.56
BB Carpet 0.2% Green 91.85 -1.59 2.20 1.90 3.87 24.64 28.80 5.56
BB Carpet 0.2% Green 92.06 -1.61 2.05 2.80 4.10 23.70 33.66 55.56
BB Carpet 0.2% Green 92.04 -1.60 2.21 1.90 4.08 24.17 28.48 5.56
BB Carpet 0.2% Brown 85.65 -1.20 1.67 2.30 3.14 43.13 45.95 27.78
BB Carpet 0.2% Brown 86.11 -1.54 0.65 4.40 2.62 27.01 78.96 144.44
BB Carpet 0.2% Brown 85.54 -1.37 1.10 2.50 3.27 35.07 64.40 38.89
BB Urine 0.4% Red 85.52 -1.53 0.83 1.30 3.29 27.49 73.14 27.78
BB Urine 0.4% Red 85.44 -1.48 0.79 1.70 3.38 29.86 74.43 5.56
BB Urine 0.4% Red 86.16 -1.49 1.07 1.80 2.57 29.38 65.37 0.00
BB Urine 0.4% Green 85.50 -1.57 1.77 2.20 3.31 25.59 42.72 22.22
BB Urine 0.4% Green 85.45 -1.47 0.84 1.90 3.37 30.33 72.82 5.56
BB Urine 0.4% Green 85.98 -1.50 0.80 2.00 2.77 28.91 74.11 11.11
BB Urine 0.4% Brown 75.53 2.14 8.83 4.50 14.59 201.42 185.76 150.00
BB Urine 0.4% Brown 84.24 -0.77 2.40 1.70 4.74 63.51 22.33 5.56
BB Urine 0.4% Brown 81.01 0.16 4.31 3.40 8.39 107.58 39.48 88.89
Resolve Red 89.17 -1.55 2.39 1.80 0.84 26.54 22.65 0.00
Resolve Red 88.52 -1.61 2.57 1.70 0.10 23.70 16.83 5.56
Resolve Red 89.24 -1.70 2.16 2.00 0.92 19.43 30.10 11.11
Resolve Green 88.02 -1.47 2.35 1.90 0.46 30.33 23.95 5.56
Resolve Green 88.00 -1.54 3.01 1.90 0.49 27.01 2.59 5.56
Resolve Green 88.68 -1.53 2.49 1.90 0.28 27.49 19.42 5.56
Resolve Brown 73.88 5.37 10.55 1.40 16.45 354.50 241.42 22.22
Resolve Brown 72.44 6.41 11.52 1.20 18.08 403.79 272.82 33.33
Resolve Brown 73.85 6.50 12.70 1.40 16.49 408.06 311.00 22.22

The only color that exhibited any substantial change was the brown carpets. Furthermore, the G value range was small enough to cause massive shifts, thus rendering the G data useless. Taking this into account, the data was summarized,

Cleaner Average Change L % Average A % Average B Change %
Shout Stain and Odor 13.37 201.74 221.14
Shout Urine 11.71 213.27 248.98
Brand Buzz Carpet 0.2% 3.01 35.07 63.11
Brand Buzz Urine 0.4% 9.24 124.17 82.52
Resolve 17.01 388.78 275.08

Success Rating:

Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.

Conclusion:

Based on the summarized table, the Brand Buzz cleaning products exhibited the least amount of color change upon application. The Brand Buzz Carpet formulation exhibited the least amount of change while the BrandBuzz Urine was a close second.

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