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Client #16

Project Number 1

Summary:

Lab had difficulty in finding a straight aqueous cleaner. Two different combinations were found to work. AW Chesterton 803 Marine Solvent & Solvent Kleene D-Greeze 500 and MacDermid ND-17 & Solvent Kleene D-Greeze 500 worked with manual cleaning.

Test Objective:

To find an alternative cleaner to Heptane/Toluene

Product Use:

Metal used on coating heads. Parts can not be dipped, they must be hand washed
Trial Number Date Run Purpose Success Rating
0 10/24/1995 Replace current 4:1 heptane-toluene mixture Test showed little or no promise.
1 11/27/1995 Eleven different cleaners were evaluated Test showed little or no promise.
2 12/22/1995 Various safer solvents to be tested Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.
3 12/27/1995 Mixtures of best terpenes & aqueous cleaners Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.