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Trial Number 356

Trial Purpose:

Laboratory evaluations of alternative cleaning products

Date Run:

06/01/2003

Experiment Procedure:

Basic cleaning performance testing was conducted using ASTM G122 as the bases for cleaning. 

Cleaning: Brush on gel/paste strippers in one thick coat.
Run Time: Let sit 1 hour (60 min)
Removal: manual scrape with plastic spatula/scraper (Home Depot general paint scraper)
Drying: 72-hour dry time to allow for evaporation of strippers from wood.

Trial Results:

03-WD-PA-6-
Wood-Paint

Oak-Oil SI #4 Peel Away #7 Safety peel Force 9 Green Strypeez
Coupon 1 71.51 71.88 69.88 69.10 64.71 75.66
Coupon 2 65.01 80.72 71.28 74.81 61.71 76.72
Coupon 3 65.43 73.45 63.00 66.50 62.31 78.11
Average 67.32 75.35 68.05 70.14 62.91 76.83
Std Dev 3.63 4.72 4.43 4.25 1.59 1.23

Success Rating:

Preliminary compatibility tests on substrate coupons encouraging for at least one cleaning chemistry. More in-depth laboratory testing necessary.

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