Trial Purpose:
To evaluate final product on four previously submitted soils as a follow up to other products tested.
Date Run:
01/08/2008Experiment Procedure:
The supplied product was diluted to the five percent and heated to 135 F on a hot plate. Twelve preweighed Aluminum 6061 T6 coupons were coated with the four contaminants, three per contaminant using a handheld swab. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of cutting fluid added.
Three coupons were immersed in each solution and cleaned for five minutes using minimal stir-bar agitation. Coupons were rinsed in tap water heated to 135 F. All coupons were dried for 10 minutes in an oven at 140 F. After drying, coupons were weighed a third time and product cleaning efficiencies were calculated.
Contaminants Include:
Cinster cutting fluid
Clean Tool II lubricant
Blaser Vascomil 22 cutting fluid
Haycut SW 220 cutting fluid
Trial Results:
The supplied cleaning product was successful on all four contaminants using immersion cleaning, removing over 90% of the cutting fluids/oils within five minutes. The table below lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency of the product for each coupon cleaned.
| Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
| Cinster | 0.1387 | 0.0020 | 98.56 |
| 0.2366 | 0.0019 | 99.20 | |
| 0.1449 | 0.0030 | 97.93 | |
| Cleen Tool II | 0.1185 | 0.0017 | 98.57 |
| 0.1525 | 0.0013 | 99.15 | |
| 0.2376 | 0.0016 | 99.33 | |
| Blaser Vacomil 22 | 0.1611 | 0.0269 | 83.30 |
| 0.2134 | 0.0044 | 97.94 | |
| 0.2634 | 0.0045 | 98.29 | |
| Haycut SW 220 | 0.3550 | 0.0162 | 95.44 |
| 0.4734 | 0.0215 | 95.46 | |
| 0.7641 | 0.0238 | 96.89 |
Success Rating:
A follow up test, usually based on company input.Conclusion:
When compared to the other products tested previously on the same four soils, the Simple Green product was as effective as the others.
