Trial Purpose:
Using non-toxic aqueous cleaning products to remove cutting/tapping fluid off of steel using a manuel wipe method.
Date Run:
02/25/2009Experiment Procedure:
Basic cleaning performance testing was conducted using ASTM G122 as the bases for cleaning.
Weigh the steel coupons to get an original weight before adding the cutting/tapping fluid. The weigh the dirty coupons get a second reading. Setup the manual wipe machine for 20 cycles = 30 seconds and add the cleaning solution to the coupons that is designated to be tested with this cleaning product. After that reweigh the coupons to get a final reading and see what percentage of the tapping/cutting fluid has been taken off.
Trial Results:
| Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
| Brulin Corp. - Aquavantage | |||
| 0.0500 | -0.0010 | 102.00 | |
| 0.1000 | -0.0063 | 106.30 | |
| 0.0760 | -0.0070 | 109.21 | |
| Ecolink Pinnacle | |||
| 0.1760 | -0.0012 | 100.68 | |
| 0.1569 | -0.0069 | 104.40 | |
| 0.1607 | -0.0016 | 101.00 | |
| Innovative Organics inc - Amber Clean | |||
| 0.1387 | -0.0014 | 101.01 | |
| 0.1016 | -0.0019 | 101.87 | |
| 0.2642 | -0.0085 | 103.22 | |
| Magnaflux - Daraclean 238 | |||
| 0.0972 | -0.0072 | 107.41 | |
| 0.1094 | -0.0061 | 105.58 | |
| 0.1389 | -0.0057 | 104.10 | |
| Magnaflux - Daraclean 236 | |||
| 0.2343 | -0.0062 | 102.65 | |
| 0.2924 | -0.0021 | 100.72 | |
| 0.1436 | -0.0021 | 101.46 | |
| US PolyChem Corp. - Polyspray jet 790 xs | |||
| 0.1713 | -0.0052 | 103.04 | |
| 0.1834 | -0.0067 | 103.65 | |
| 0.2302 | -0.0070 | 103.04 | |
| Warren Chemical company - Sea Wash Blue | |||
| 0.1591 | -0.0027 | 101.70 | |
| 0.1930 | 0.0031 | 98.39 | |
| 0.2074 | -0.0119 | 105.74 |
Success Rating:
Preliminary compatibility tests on substrate coupons encouraging for at least one cleaning chemistry. More in-depth laboratory testing necessary.Conclusion:
All of the product passed the test with average cleaning average of 100+%. They are two products that need to have a second look to see if the product does damage to the product or not. They are Aquavantage 1400 and Daraclean 238.
