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Trial Number 6

Trial Purpose:

Evaluate compartaive products on same soils as Troy Corp cleaners

Date Run:

12/07/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Initial weights of the coupons were recorded.  The coupons were then soiled with 1.6g of bike soil.  Dirty weights were recorded and they were placed in threes into the Manual SLW machine.  The coupons and paper towel were both sprayed twice with the selected cleaner. 5 complete back and forth cycles were run and the coupons were then allowed to dry.  Once dry, the clean weights were recorded.  This process was repeated for each cleaner.

Trial Results:

Cleaner Substrate Coupon # Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Simple Green Painted Stainless Steel        
    2 1.7134 0.0605 96.47
    3 1.7686 0.0476 97.31
    10 1.3045 0.0671 94.86
WD-40 Bike Wash Painted Stainless Steel        
    11 1.6266 0.1206 92.59
    20 1.6056 0.0980 93.90
    33 1.6566 0.0969 94.16
Goo Gone Remover Spray Gel Painted Stainless Steel        
    49 1.9437 0.0644 96.69
    60 2.0849 0.0488 97.66
    121 1.9408 0.0550 97.17
Water Painted Stainless Steel        
    1 2.0715 0.1378 93.35
    6 2.0560 0.1105 94.63
    7 2.1508 0.2301 89.30
Finishline Super Bike Wash Painted Stainless Steel        
    9 1.9948 0.5843 70.71
    13 1.9886 0.7817 60.69
    51 1.8969 0.1223 93.55

Success Rating:

A cleanliness study, addressing only various analytical techniques.

Conclusion:

The four comparative products worked.

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