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Trial Number 0

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate selected products on first supplied soil using immersion cleaning

Date Run:

06/18/2008

Experiment Procedure:

Ten products were selected from the lab's on-line database, www.cleanersolutions.org, based on supplied information from client. Each product was diluted to 5% using DI water in 600 ml glass beakers. Solutions were heated to 130 F on a hot plate.
Thirty preweighed steel coupons were coated with the Castrol Industrial Inc Safety Draw 722X (61788-76-9, 64742-54-7) using a swab. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of soil added. Three coupons were immersed into each product and cleaned for 5 minutes using minimal stir-bar agitation. Following cleaning, coupons were rinsed for 15 seconds in tap water at 120 F and dried using air blow off for 30 seconds at room temperature. Final weights were recorded, and efficiencies were calculated.

Trial Results:

No product was very successful using immersion cleaning to remove the Safety Draw fluid. Three of the products had marginal success, removing over a third of the soil in time frame. The table lists the amount of soil added to the coupons, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Shopmaster LpH 1.2137 1.0225 15.75
  1.1135 0.9075 18.50
  0.1178 0.1293 -9.76
SC Aircraft 0.5663 0.5225 7.73
  0.7015 0.4883 30.39
  0.7447 0.4684 37.10
Inproclean 3800 0.6469 0.5230 19.15
  0.3120 0.2797 10.35
  0.6061 0.5558 8.30
Micro 90 0.5373 0.3236 39.77
  0.5647 0.4179 26.00
  0.6406 0.4256 33.56
Sea Wash Blue 0.4791 0.3807 20.54
  0.3889 0.3638 6.45
  0.5080 0.4953 2.50
Daraclean 282 GF 0.3931 0.3337 15.11
  0.4629 0.2623 43.34
  0.2841 0.1559 45.12
Aquavantage 1400 GD 0.5472 0.5084 7.09
  0.6346 0.5415 14.67
  0.4646 0.3489 24.90
Polyspray Jet 790 XS 0.4099 0.2508 38.81
  0.6895 0.2037 70.46
  0.7768 0.5275 32.09
BG Solv 717 0.4779 0.3699 22.60
  0.7915 0.6276 20.71
  0.5449 0.3647 33.07
Hurrisafe 0.6333 0.4602 27.33
  0.6192 0.5813 6.12
  0.6824 0.5654 17.15

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 three products that were partially successful will be evaluated using ultrasonic cleaning. Additional products will be selected from the lab's inventory as well.

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