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Trial Number 3

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the supplied cleaners with bike soil removal on provided substrates.

Date Run:

11/16/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Fifteen stainless steel coupons and fifteen aluminum coupons were weighed to attain initial weights. Bike soil was prepared using 1.6 grams of bike soil and 50 drops of Tri-flow lubricant. Each coupon was then soiled with 1.6 grams of bike soil and 50 drops of Tri-flow lubricant. Dirty weights were recorded. Three coupons were placed in the manual SLW machine at a time and sprayed twice each with the selected cleaner, as well as the paper towel. The coupons were then run for a total of 5 cycles. The process was repeated for all of the 30 coupons. After the cleaning process the coupons were allowed to dry. Subsequently, the dried coupons were weighed to attain final weights.

Trial Results:

  Initial wt. Final wt % Removed Average %
Pro-Gold Degreaser 0.1719 0.0099 94.24 93.57
  0.2574 0.0209 91.88  
  0.2475 0.0134 94.59  
Pedro's Oranj Peelz 0.2628 0.0070 97.34 95.34
  0.3059 0.0167 94.54  
  0.2986 0.0175 94.14  
Pedro's Degreaser 13 0.3862 0.0182 95.29 94.17
  0.3260 0.0413 87.33  
  0.2809 0.0003 99.89  
Predro's Green Fizz 0.5200 0.0236 95.46 96.38
  0.4137 0.0138 96.66  
  0.2818 0.0084 97.02  
Clean Streak White Lightning 0.3676 0.0311 91.54 95.2
  0.5533 0.0203 96.33  
  0.3292 0.0075 97.72  

Success Rating:

A cleanliness study, addressing only various analytical techniques.

Conclusion:

Overall, all five of the cleaners were very effective at removing the bike soil from both stainless steel and aluminum. All of the cleaners had an average removal of above 93%, well above the optimal percentage removal of 85%.

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