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Trial Number 3

Client Number 361

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate supplied products for glass cleaning using manual cleaning

Date Run:

01/30/2014

Experiment Procedure:

Preweighed glass, mirror, and chrome coupons were coated with SSL #2 and Glass Soil using a hand held swab and were allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added and were subjected to a visual Streak/Film Test to see if it removed all of the soil. The visual Streak/Film Test ranked from 1-7; (1 is the best, 7 is the worst).

Trial Results:

The compared products had differing overall average removal efficiency.  As the results show, the Windex product cleaned the best at an average cleaning efficiency of 91.35%. The Chrisal product trailed behind a little at a cleaning efficiency of 85.26%. As for the Film and streak test, the Windex product fared higher rating levels than the Chrisal product. The Windex product scored an average of 2.66 for Streak and 2.83 for Filming. The Chrisal product scored an average of 2.83 for Streaking and 3.16 for Filming. The product which most efficiently removed the soil was Windex, it also had more satisfactory levels for Filming and Streaking.

Substrate Cleaner Initial wt Cont. wt Clean wt %Removed Streak Film
Glass Chrisal 37.8694 37.9031 37.8739 86.65 3 3
Glass Chrisal 37.6031 37.6368 37.6080 85.46 2 3
Glass Chrisal 37.9762 38.0038 37.9805 84.42 2 3
Mirror Chrisal 38.0481 38.1004 38.0538 89.10 3 3
Mirror Chrisal 37.4532 37.4746 37.4569 82.71 4 3
Mirror Chrisal 37.4271 37.4443 37.4301 82.56 3 5
Chrome Chrisal 21.7001 21.7153 21.7027 82.89 n/a n/a
Chrome Chrisal 21.6368 21.6996 21.6427 90.61 n/a n/a
Chrome Chrisal 21.6673 21.7030 21.6734 82.91 n/a n/a
Glass Windex 37.6475 37.7040 37.6506 94.51 2 2
Glass Windex 37.5274 37.5578 37.5313 87.17 2 2
Glass Windex 37.8038 37.8222 37.8055 90.76 2 4
Mirror Windex 37.5615 37.5805 37.5650 81.58 4 3
Mirror Windex 37.1573 37.1804 37.1593 91.34 4 3
Mirror Windex 38.0065 38.0366 38.0087 92.69 2 3
Chrome Windex 22.0848 22.0871 22.0850 91.30 n/a n/a
Chrome Windex 22.0521 22.0700 22.0528 96.09 n/a n/a
Chrome Windex 21.6674 21.6946 21.6683 96.69 n/a n/a

Success Rating:

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

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