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Trial Number 5

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate solvents in formulation for all purpose cleaning

Date Run:

09/08/2010

Experiment Procedure:

The previous two supplied solvent were used in supplied three formulations at full strength.

A set of preweighed ceramic, porcelain, plastic G-10 and painted steel coupons were coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jiffy Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline solution 2.7%) using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. A second set of coupons were coated with DCC 17 grease soil mix (33% vegetable oil, 33% shortening, 33% lard, 15 carbon black). 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 5-7 sprays of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 7-10 times with the same cleaning solution. The cleaning unit was run for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded, efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Trial Results:

The APC formulation one worked well on the Hucker's soil, removing more than 85%. The third formulation removed just under 85%. The second formulation was the weakest removing less than 75%. No product left a residue behind on the surface. Similar results were obtained for the DCC 17 grease mix, except the third formulation worked slightly better than the first.

Interesting observation was that when visually inspecting the coupons, the second formulation looked cleaner than the other two formulations for both soils. The table below lists the amount of soil added, remaining and efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Hucker's Soil      
APC 1 Porcelain      
  0.0683 0.0111 83.75
  0.0516 0.0111 78.49
  0.0708 0.0069 90.25
APC 1 Ceramic      
  0.1094 0.0153 86.01
  0.1115 0.0196 82.42
  0.0844 0.0149 82.35
APC 1 Plastic      
  0.0750 0.0104 86.13
  0.1692 0.0083 95.09
  0.0846 0.0116 86.29
APC 1 Painted steel      
  0.0989 0.0072 92.72
  0.1018 0.0092 90.96
  0.0926 0.0091 90.17
APC 2 Porcelain      
  0.0308 0.0098 68.18
  0.0426 0.0086 79.81
  0.0461 0.0107 76.79
APC 2 Ceramic      
  0.0534 0.0224 58.05
  0.0447 0.0270 39.60
  0.0580 0.0250 56.90
APC 2 Plastic      
  0.0507 0.0045 91.12
  0.0546 0.0094 82.69
  0.0312 0.0066 78.85
APC 2 Painted steel      
  0.0416 0.0102 75.48
  0.0513 0.0082 84.02
  0.0682 0.0096 85.92
APC 3 Porcelain      
  0.0643 0.0129 79.94
  0.0558 0.0096 82.80
  0.0692 0.0131 81.07
APC 3 Ceramic      
  0.0974 0.0097 90.04
  0.3128 0.0481 84.62
  0.1088 0.0343 68.47
APC 3 Plastic      
  0.0625 0.0077 87.68
  0.0767 0.0061 92.05
  0.0550 0.0094 82.91
APC 3 Painted steel      
  0.0709 0.0089 87.45
  0.0739 0.0083 88.77
  0.0835 0.0076 90.90
DCC 17 Grease      
APC 1 Porcelain      
  0.0738 0.0037 94.99
  0.1137 0.0145 87.25
  0.1434 0.0001 99.93
APC 1 Ceramic      
  0.3160 0.0039 98.77
  0.1902 0.0040 97.90
  0.2857 0.0049 98.28
APC 1 Plastic      
  0.0899 0.0110 87.76
  0.1650 0.0007 99.58
  0.1092 0.0023 97.89
APC 1 Painted steel      
  0.1616 0.0206 87.25
  1.0791 0.1825 83.09
  0.3619 0.0087 97.60
APC 2 Porcelain      
  0.1216 0.0042 96.55
  0.0971 0.0038 96.09
  0.0924 0.0007 99.24
APC 2 Ceramic      
  0.2784 0.0066 97.63
  0.2918 0.0075 97.43
  0.2606 0.0048 98.16
APC 2 Plastic      
  0.0767 0.0079 89.70
  0.0925 0.0070 92.43
  0.0919 0.0043 95.32
APC 2 Painted steel      
  0.1058 0.0071 93.29
  0.1479 0.0156 89.45
  0.1173 0.0300 74.42
APC 3 Porcelain      
  0.1459 0.0053 96.37
  0.1570 0.0033 97.90
  0.1154 0.0094 91.85
APC 3 Ceramic      
  0.2199 0.0066 97.00
  0.1764 0.0072 95.92
  0.0966 -0.0413 142.75
APC 3 Plastic      
  0.0957 0.0078 91.85
  0.1170 0.0021 98.21
  0.1087 0.0075 93.10
APC 3 Painted steel      
  0.1409 0.0128 90.92
  0.0976 0.0067 93.14
  0.1607 0.0077 95.21

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

Formulations 1 and 3 appear to be effective all-purpose cleaners based on the combined results for both soils tested.

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