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Trial Number 357

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-Poly SI #4 Peel Away #7 Safety peel Force 9 Green Strypeeze
Coupon 1 86.95 86.08 83.36 84.93 83.32 85.02
Coupon 2 87.37 88.62 85.69 81.79 81.09 81.27
Coupon 3 84.34 89.40 83.97 83.45 80.32 84.38
Average 86.22 88.03 84.34 83.39 81.58 83.55
Std Dev 1.64 1.74 1.21 1.57 1.56 2.01

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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