Trial Number 467

Trial Purpose:

To test nontoxic industrial cleaning solutions for oil removal

Date Run:

02/09/2009

Experiment Procedure:

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

Products were selected based on the compatibility of substrate and removal of foreign substance. Used 10% concentration and heated the samples at 135F. The steel coupons were immersed in a product for 5 minutes, rinsed for 30 seconds in tap water at 120F and dried in 30 seconds using compressed air is room temperature.

Trial Results:

Cleaner	Initial wt	Final wt	% Removed
Kyzen Corporation, Industrial Floor
	0.1275	0.0307	75.92
	0.1276	0.1013	20.61
	0.2384	0.0604	74.66
Vertec BioSolvents
	0.1113	0.0193	82.66
	0.2803	0.0046	98.36
	0.2909	0.0440	84.87
Seventh Generation
	0.2615	0.0364	86.08
	0.1409	0.0276	80.41
	0.2068	0.0377	81.77
Sky Product Cleaner
	0.0516	0.0316	38.76
	0.3475	0.0810	76.69
	0.2288	0.0231	89.90

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

One product removed over 85% of the grease from stainless steel using immersion cleaning.

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