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Trial Number 355

Trial Purpose:

Laboratory evaluations of alternative cleaning products

Date Run:

06/01/2003

Experiment Procedure:

Basic cleaning performance testing was conducted using ASTM G122 as the bases for cleaning. 

Cleaning: Brush on gel/paste strippers in one thick coat.
Run Time: Let sit 1 hour (60min)
Removal: manual scrape with plastic spatula/scraper (Home Depot general paint scraper)
Drying: 72-hour dry time to allow for evaporation of strippers from wood.

Trial Results:

03-WD-PA-6-
Wood-Paint

Maple-Water SI #4 Peel Away #7 Safety peel Force 9 Green Strypeez
Coupon 1 60.44 60.30 60.90 51.85 50.63 46.70
Coupon 2 61.15 59.46 62.69 57.91 46.51 51.29
Coupon 3 55.59 55.69 50.63 52.09 54.44 47.29
Average 59.06 58.48 58.07 53.95 50.53 48.43
Std Dev 3.03 2.45 6.51 3.43 3.97 2.50

Success Rating:

Preliminary compatibility tests on substrate coupons encouraging for at least one cleaning chemistry. More in-depth laboratory testing necessary.

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