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Trial Number 361

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 (60 min)
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 Product

Pine-Water SI #4 Peel Away #7 Safety peel Force 9 Green Strypeeze
Coupon 1 58.30 57.17 60.35 59.19 63.02 49.20
Coupon 2 63.01 57.66 58.56 58.70 68.72 64.95
Coupon 3 56.96 59.40 57.72 65.64 64.14 54.50
Average 59.42 58.08 58.88 61.17 65.29 56.22
Std Dev 3.17 1.17 1.34 3.87 3.02 8.01

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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