Trial Purpose:
To evaluate additional products for removing paint and ink from supplied parts
Date Run:
05/22/2006Experiment Procedure:
Individual products and mixture of products were used at various concentrations. Each product/mix was heated to 150 F in a 40 kHz ultrasonic tank. One golf ball was cleaned in each solution for 30 minutes. At the end of the cleaning, the ball was rinsed in a tap water spray for 15 seconds at 120 F and wiped dry with a paper towel. Observations were made and compared to the client's current cleaner. An additional 30 minutes of cleaning was included if the alternative started to remove the paint and ink.
Trial Results:
| Alternative | Observation |
| D Zolve 1012 @10% | No visual effect |
| D Zolve 1012 @50% | Some removal of ink - ball still shiny |
| Metabolix E3HB | Some removal, not as shiny, ink coming off |
| Metabolix & Actisolv 50-50 mix | Good removal, ink very faded |
| Inproclean 4000 T 30% | Followed with 20 minutes of cleaning with |
| Metabolix & Actisolv mix - did not improve | |
| cleaning | |
| Soy Cleaner 180 D | No removal |
| DFC Degreaser | No removal |
| Actisolv & Inproclean & Water | Paint flaking off with some ink removal |
| 50%-15%-35% | Additional 30 minutes had lots of paint |
| flaking off and ink nearly gone | |
| Not completely cleaned |
Success Rating:
A follow up test, usually based on company input.Conclusion:
Despite some of the products having moderate success when mixed with other successful products, nothing worked as well as the current solvent.
