Trial Purpose:
To evaluate selected products for their effectiveness in removing wax from a glass substrate
Date Run:
05/20/2010Experiment Procedure:
Twelve products were selected from the TURI lab’s database, www.cleanersolutions.org, to evaluate their effectiveness in removing wax from a glass substrate. Thirty-six pre-weighed glass coupons were coated with the wax provided by the client. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of wax added. Three coupons were immersed into 400 ml of each product in 600 ml glass beakers and cleaned for 5 minutes at room temperature with no agitation. Final weights were recorded and efficiencies were calculated.
Trial Results:
| Product | Initial Wt | Dirty wt | % Removed |
| Inproclean 3800 (100%) | |||
| 0.0538 | 0.0821 | -52.60 | |
| 0.0798 | 0.1056 | -32.33 | |
| 0.1111 | 0.1384 | -24.57 | |
| SC 1000 (100%) | |||
| 0.0788 | 0.0782 | 0.76 | |
| 0.0839 | 0.0859 | -2.38 | |
| 0.1318 | 0.1344 | -1.97 | |
| SolSafe 245 | |||
| 0.2616 | 0.2006 | 23.32 | |
| 0.1772 | 0.1153 | 34.93 | |
| 0.1060 | 0.0512 | 51.70 | |
| DS 108 | |||
| 0.1353 | 0.1048 | 22.54 | |
| 0.1466 | 0.1234 | 15.83 | |
| 0.1564 | 0.1369 | 12.47 | |
| CitriKleen XPC | |||
| 0.1385 | 0.1266 | 8.59 | |
| 0.1030 | 0.1149 | -11.55 | |
| 0.0619 | 0.0578 | 6.62 | |
| Bio T Max | |||
| 0.0419 | 0.0265 | 36.75 | |
| 0.1392 | 0.0892 | 35.92 | |
| 0.0644 | 0.0366 | 43.17 | |
| Canola Gold CE 110 | |||
| 0.1171 | 0.2360 | -101.54 | |
| 0.1007 | 0.1878 | -86.50 | |
| 0.0712 | 0.1702 | -139.05 | |
| Hubtron PB | |||
| 0.0500 | 0.0101 | 79.80 | |
| 0.0915 | 0.0444 | 51.48 | |
| 0.0757 | 0.0325 | 57.10 | |
| Inproclean 3800 (5%) | |||
| 0.1244 | 0.1293 | -3.94 | |
| 0.1319 | 0.1398 | -5.99 | |
| 0.1565 | 0.1596 | -1.98 | |
| SC 1000 (5%) | |||
| 0.0863 | 0.0863 | 0.00 | |
| 0.0648 | 0.0680 | -4.94 | |
| 0.0971 | 0.1045 | -7.62 | |
| SoyClear 1500 | |||
| 0.1762 | 0.1822 | -3.41 | |
| 0.2050 | 0.2125 | -3.66 | |
| 0.1762 | 0.1810 | -2.72 | |
| D Greeze 500 LO | |||
| 0.1271 | 0.1307 | -2.83 | |
| 0.1118 | 0.1154 | -3.22 | |
| 0.0917 | 0.0947 | -3.27 |
Success Rating:
Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.Conclusion:
The Hubtron PB, will be tested again using a longer time immersion soak and possibly heat. A dibasic ester product and a newly received bio-based product will also be tried in the next round of testing.
