Trial Purpose:
To generate a list of products that would be suitable for removing buffer residue from glass lined tanks.
Date Run:
07/17/2003Experiment Procedure:
Using the laboratory's database, a list of products was generated. This lists consists of products that have been evaluated at SSL under conditions similar to client specific cleaning process.
Trial Results:
RESPONSE: The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) has made the results of the tests conducted at the Institute’s Surface Solutions Laboratory into a searchable database format. This should make alternative cleaner selection faster and easier. Here are the results of your query, based on the information supplied.
The table includes the products evaluated at SSL.
| Contaminant | Company | Product | Number Trials |
| Salts | Armex | Sodium Bicarbonate | 1 |
| Salts | Buckeye International | Shopmaster | 3 |
| Salts | Buckeye International | Shopmaster LPH | 1 |
| Salts | Dynamold Solvents Inc | DS 108 | 1 |
| Salts | Innovative Organics Inc | Amberclean 527 L | 3 |
| Salts | MacDermid | ND LF Supreme | 1 |
| Salts | Today & Beyond | Beyond 2001 | 3 |
| Soaps | Cleanline Products | Super H2O2 Citrus Concentrate | 1 |
| Soaps | Cogent Environmental Solutions | Ecogent General All Purpose Cleaner | 1 |
| Soaps | Ecolab | Oasis Glass Cleaner | 1 |
| Soaps | EnvirOx LLC | GroutSafe | 1 |
| Soaps | EnvirOx LLC | H2Orange2 | 1 |
| Soaps | MD Stetson | 101 Neutral and Glass Cleaner | 2 |
| Soaps | Pollux Company | Force 9 | 2 |
| Soaps | Ramsey | Free Fall | 1 |
| Soaps | Rochester Midland | EnviroCare Washroom Cleaner | 1 |
| Soaps | Rochester Midland | Glass Cleaner | 2 |
| Soaps | Rochester Midland | Tough Job | 1 |
| Soaps | The Clean Environment Co | Glass and Hard Surface Cleaner | 2 |
Success Rating:
Technology Transfer.Conclusion:
Cleaning varies from case to case. The SSL recommends process specific testing on potential replacement cleaning chemicals. If more information is needed on a particular product or you are interested in conducting cleaning trials, please contact the lab at (978)934-3133.
