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Trial Number 0

Trial Purpose:

To compare and test the removal efficiency of an all purpose soil on various substrates using Logo Technologies products and comparative product.

Date Run:

04/06/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Nine coupons per cleaner on three different substrates (ceramic, plastic and painted steel) were set up in rows of three on a tray. Initial weights were taken of all three substrates and immediately soiled with about 0.5g of Hucker’s soil. They were allowed to dry for two hours before recording the dirty weights of the coupons. Three coupons of a single substrate were placed into a Gardner Straight Line Washability unit at a time. A Wypall X60 reinforced wipe was attached to the cleaning sled and treated with two sprays of cleaning solutions.  Each coupon was sprayed two times with the same cleaning solution. The solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 20 cycles (~30 seconds).  At the end of the cleaning, final weights were recorded and efficiencies recorded.

Trial Results:

The Logo Technologies products had a wide range of percent efficiency to the comparative product, Kaboom. However, when the standard deviation for each cleaner was calculated for, all of the products fell within a similar confidence interval range. Therefore, all of the products could be considered effective.

Cleaner Substrate Initial wt of cont. Final wt of cont. %Cont Removed % Efficiency 
NatSurFact A  Ceramic 0.5323 0.2375 55.38 72.32
0.2271 0.0890 60.81
0.8119 0.3850 52.58
Plastic 0.2191 0.0262 88.04
0.2418 0.0139 94.25
0.2673 0.0526 80.32
Painted Steel 0.2416 0.0825 65.85
0.2584 0.0226 91.25
0.2548 0.0958 62.40
NatSurFact B Ceramic 0.2141 0.0371 82.67 79.42
0.4925 0.0941 80.89
0.4273 0.2398 43.88
Plastic 0.3217 0.0109 96.61
0.3266 0.0047 98.56
0.2549 0.0471 81.52
Painted Steel 0.2739 0.0560 79.55
0.2286 0.0329 85.61
0.2661 0.0918 65.50
NatSurFact C Ceramic 0.2422 0.0040 98.35 74.92
0.2604 0.0290 88.86
0.4451 0.1939 56.44
Plastic 0.2752 0.0808 70.64
0.3001 0.0713 76.24
0.3013 0.0403 86.62
Painted Steel 0.2376 0.1431 39.77
0.3018 0.0233 92.28
0.3023 0.1055 65.10
NatSurFact D Ceramic 0.4888 0.3220 34.12 71.53
0.3793 0.1688 55.50
0.1603 0.0039 97.57
Plastic 0.2672 0.0612 77.10
0.1955 0.0054 97.24
0.2562 0.0477 81.38
Painted Steel 0.2669 0.1123 57.92
0.2476 0.0625 74.76
0.2738 0.0872 68.15
Kaboom Ceramic 0.5611 0.0092 98.36 87.49
0.3047 0.0226 92.58
0.3831 0.0466 87.84
Plastic 0.2790 0.0905 67.56
0.2021 0.0605 70.06
0.2581 0.0167 93.53
Painted Steel 0.2606 0.0208 92.02
0.2184 0.0223 89.79
0.2959 0.0128 95.67

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

In conclusion, the NatSurFact products performed fairly well, with efficiencies in the 70’s. The best of them was NatSurFact B which did have an efficiency of 79.42%. The Kaboom product was found to perform better than any of the NatSurFact products with an efficiency of about 87.49% overall, but standard deviation calculations showed all the products tested fell within the same range of effectiveness.

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