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Trial Number 0

Trial Purpose:

Comparative product was used at the supplied ready to use dilution.

Date Run:

09/16/2014

Experiment Procedure:

Preweighed glass coupons were coated with SSL Soil 2 (Glass soap scum: Water 51.5%, Hair gel 25.6%, Toothpaste 10.4%, Shaving cream 5.3%, Hair spray 3.7% and Spray deodorant 3.5%) using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added.

Three coupons were placed into a Gardner Straight Line Washability unit. A Wypall X60 reinforced wipe was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 1 spray of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 1 time with the same cleaning solution. The solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 5 cycles (~10 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were measured and efficiencies recorded. Visual observations were made on the coupons for spotting and filming following the general guidelines set forth in the CSPA DCC 09A. Filming is best recognized as "haziness" or overall "milkiness", while streaking is best identified as dried droplets or "spotting", usually found strung together into thin white lines. Each coupon was evaluated separately for filming and streaking, (i.e., product residues without added soil), according to a scale of "1" to "7" where:

Filming  Streaking
7 = high filming  7 = high streaking (poor performance)
1 = no visible filming  1 = no visible streaking (excellent performance)

Chemistries Evaluated: Force of Nature; Windex;

Trial Results:

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
ForceOfNature_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.0416 0.0031 92.55
  0.0452 0.0036 92.04
  0.0385 0.0017 95.58
ForceOfNature_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.0769 0.0036 95.32
  0.0561 0.0030 94.65
  0.0790 0.0034 95.7
ForceOfNature_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.0747 0.0017 97.72
  0.0691 0.0015 97.83
  0.0522 0.0008 98.47
Windex_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.1006 0.0071 92.94
  0.0740 0.0058 92.16
  0.0814 0.0036 95.58
Windex_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.0921 0.0097 89.47
  0.0618 0.0039 93.69
  0.1034 0.0036 96.52
Windex_SSLSoil2_Glass      
  0.0499 0.0017 96.59
  0.0490 0.0021 95.71
  0.0637 0.0039 93.88

Visual Observations

Cleaners Subs S1 F1 S2 F2 S3 F3 Avg. S Avg. F
Force of Nature Glass 5 3 5 2.5 4 2 4.67 2.5
Force of Nature Glass 4 2 5 2 3 2 4 1.5
Force of Nature Glass 3 3 4.5 1.5 2 1.5 3.17 1.5
Force of Nature Glass 4 4 4 3 5 4 4.33 2.75
Force of Nature Glass 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 2.75
Force of Nature Glass 3 2 3 2.5 3 3 3 1.88
Force of Nature Glass 2 2 3 2 2 2 2.33 1.5
Force of Nature Glass 2 1 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 2 1.13
Force of Nature Glass 2 1 2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.83 1
Windex Glass 4 3 3.5 3.5 4 3.5 3.83 2.5
Windex Glass 3 3 4 3 3 3.5 3.33 2.38
Windex Glass 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 3.75
Windex Glass 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 3
Windex Glass 4 2 5 3 4.5 3 4.5 2
Windex Glass 3 6 4 6 5 6 4 4.5
Windex Glass 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4.5
Windex Glass 6 2 6 4 6 3 6 2.25
Windex Glass 6.5 3 6 3 6.5 4 6.33 2.5

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

The Force of Nature cleaning solution cleaned a little bit more than the Windex comparative product. This translated to a much better rating for both streaking and filming, showing that Force of Nature performed as a better glass cleaning product.

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