Trial Purpose:
To test the efficiency of ServeCo All Purpose Cleaner against Seventh Generation All Purpose Cleaner at removing Hucker's Soil from various substrates.
Date Run:
02/19/2025Experiment Procedure:
Eighteen pre-weighed coupons, three per substrate per cleaner, were contaminated with 0.5 g of Hucker’s soil (44.2% distilled water, 13.5% evaporated milk, 8.8% salted butter, 8.8% stone ground wheat flour, 8.8% egg yolk, 0.9% printer’s ink with boiled linseed oil, 2.7% saline solution, and 3.5% India ink). Coupons dried at room temperature (68°F) for 24 hours before their dirty weights were recorded.
Three coupons of the same substrate were placed in a Single Line Washing Unit (SLW) with a Wypall X60 wipe attached to the cleaning sled. The wipe and coupons were sprayed three times with the cleaner and soaked for 30 seconds. The SLW was then run for 20 cleaning cycles (30 seconds of manual cleaning). Coupons dried overnight at room temperature before final weights were recorded.
Trial Results:
| Cleaner | Substrate | Initial wt. of cont. | Final wt. of cont. | % Cont. Removed | Average % Removal | Overall % Removal |
| ServeCo All Purpose | Finished Oak Wood | 0.4954 | 0.0801 | 83.83 | 77.75 | 90.01 |
| 0.5029 | 0.1273 | 74.69 | ||||
| 0.4865 | 0.1230 | 74.72 | ||||
| Plastic | 0.4951 | 0.0103 | 97.92 | 98.22 | ||
| 0.5427 | 0.0071 | 98.69 | ||||
| 0.4973 | 0.0097 | 98.05 | ||||
| Powder-coated Metal | 0.5038 | 0.0341 | 93.23 | 94.07 | ||
| 0.5083 | 0.0168 | 96.69 | ||||
| 0.5052 | 0.0390 | 92.28 | ||||
| Seventh Generation All Purpose | Finished Oak Wood | 0.5284 | 0.0131 | 97.52 | 93.49 | 88.07 |
| 0.5623 | 0.0021 | 99.63 | ||||
| 0.5072 | 0.0846 | 83.32 | ||||
| Plastic | 0.5174 | 0.0360 | 93.04 | 92.93 | ||
| 0.5121 | 0.0281 | 94.51 | ||||
| 0.5210 | 0.0456 | 91.25 | ||||
| Powder-coated Metal | 0.5657 | 0.1139 | 79.87 | 77.79 | ||
| 0.5049 | 0.1285 | 74.55 | ||||
| 0.5346 | 0.1125 | 78.96 |
Success Rating:
Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.Conclusion:
ServeCo All Purpose was as effective as the comparative product, Seventh Generation All Purpose Cleaner, with an overall percent removal of 90.01% on finished oak wood, plastic, and powder-coated metal.
