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Trial Number 1

Client Number 379

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate three products for all purpose cleaning

Date Run:

11/15/2013

Experiment Procedure:

Plastic, Ceramic, and painted metal coupons were weighed and then coated with Hucker's soil using a hand held swab and allowed to dry for 2 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 Kimberly-Clark Wypal reinforced paper towel was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 1 spray of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed once with the same cleaning solution. The cleaning unit was run for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, final weights were recorded and efficiencies were calculated.

The Toucan Eco product was run through two cycles using 1 gram of salt and 1.5 liters of water at 120 F. Resulting free chlorine level and pH were recorded. The supplied NaOH was used at room temperature and 120 F.

ChemistriesEvaluated: Toucan Cleaner (1 g salt/1.5 L - pH 8-9; Free Chlorine 100 ppm); NaOH at room temp and 120F;

Trial Results:

The heated NaOH solution provided removed more than 80% of the Hucker’s soil from the surfaces using manual wiping. At room temperature, it removed 77% of the soil. The Toucan Eco heated removed just under 70% of the soil. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining after cleaning and the calculated efficiency for each coupons cleaned. Photographs of cleaned coupons are included.

Cleaner  Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Toucan NaOH RT - ceramic           
  1.0665 0.2017 81.09
  0.4295 0.1510 64.84
  0.2535 0.0211 91.68
Toucan NaOH RT - plastic           
  0.4464 0.0987 77.89
  0.2737 0.0873 68.10
  0.3603 0.0321 91.09
Toucan NaOH RT - painted metal           
  0.1508 0.0176 88.33
  0.1948 0.0252 87.06
  0.2323 0.1195 48.56
Toucan NaoH 120 - ceramic           
  1.1937 0.1619 86.44
  1.4842 0.1549 89.56
  1.2016 0.1672 86.09
Toucan NaOH 120 - plastic           
  0.4427 0.0724 83.65
  0.3740 0.0636 82.99
  0.6448 0.3282 49.10
Toucan NaOH 120 - painted metal           
  0.2524 0.0360 85.74
  0.3864 0.0337 91.28
  0.2967 0.0323 89.11
Toucan Eco 120 - ceramic           
  0.5580 0.2960 46.95
  0.6318 0.3693 41.55
  0.3813 0.1199 68.55
Toucan Eco 120 - plastic           
  0.3432 0.0593 82.72
  0.3887 0.0723 81.40
  0.5682 0.1012 82.19
Toucan Eco 120 - painted metal           
  0.3014 0.1388 53.95
  0.3861 0.0358 90.73
  0.3300 0.0734 77.76
Water - ceramic           
  1.1275 0.2871 74.54
  0.4635 0.1552 66.52
  0.5174 0.3024 41.55
Water - painted metal      
  0.7020 0.2501 64.37
  0.7048 0.2015 71.41
  0.9047 0.3218 64.43
Water - plastic           
  0.7941 0.2571 67.62
  0.8842 0.3573 59.59
  1.0230 0.4273 58.23

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

Using manual wipe, the three products were more effective in removing Hucker’s Soil than water.

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