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Trial Number 6

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate the effectiveness of Better Life Wipes and comparative products for removing Hucker's Soil on Ceramic, Plastic and Painted Metal coupons.

Date Run:

07/01/2019

Experiment Procedure:

Nine pre-weighed coupons, three of each substrate per cleaner, were soiled with 0.5g of Hucker’s Soil (Evaporated milk 26.5%, Creamy Peanut Butter 17%, Salted Butter 17%, Stone ground wheat flour 17%, Linseed oil 2.25%, Saline solution 5.25%, India Ink 6.8%, Lemon Juice 8.2%) and aged for two hours at room temperature (68˚F). Dirty weights recorded before placing three coupons of the same substrate onto the Straight-Line Washability (SLW) unit. The cleaner wipe was attached to the SLW sled and cleaned for 20 cycles (equivalent of 30 seconds of manual cleaning). Coupons air dried at room temperature (68 F) overnight before final weights were recorded.

Trial Results:

 

Cleaner Substrate Initial wt. of cont. Final wt. cont. % Cont. Removed % Average Removal Overall % Removal
1 Plastic 0.3300 0.0500 84.84 64.11 59.67
0.3000 0.1700 43.33
0.5300 0.1900 64.15
Ceramic 0.2400 0.1300 45.83 48.36
0.3000 0.0800 73.33
0.2700 0.2000 25.92
Painted Steel 0.3100 0.1500 51.61 66.53
0.4400 0.1100 75.00
0.3700 0.1000 72.97
2 Plastic 0.3600 0.0200 94.44 92.29 71.17
0.3800 0.0300 92.10
0.3100 0.0300 90.32
Ceramic 0.3100 0.1000 67.74 64.91
0.3200 0.1400 56.25
0.4100 0.1200 70.73
Painted Steel 0.3900 0.0900 76.92 56.31
0.4100 0.2200 46.34
0.4600 0.2500 45.65
3 Plastic 0.2024 0.0131 93.52 94.97 86.92
0.3587 0.0100 97.18
0.3958 0.0230 94.18
Ceramic 0.2825 0.0895 68.31 69.15
0.3923 0.1339 65.86
0.4782 0.1279 73.25
Painted Steel 0.5199 0.0206 96.04 96.65
0.4232 0.0128 96.97
0.4505 0.0138 96.93

 

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

Better Life Wipes were not as effective as the comparative cleaners.

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