Trial #1
To test the efficacy of the Brazilian Women's Group's original Fantastic DIY All-Purpose Cleaner against Fabuloso All-Purpose, Dr. Bronner's All-Purpose Dilution, and TURI's reformulation of the Fantastic All-Purpose Cleaner.
Thirty-six coupons, three per substrate for each cleaner, had initial weights taken and then were soiled with about 1 g of Hucker's Soil. Coupons dried at room temperature (68°F) for two hours before their dirty weights were recorded for the adjusted dry weight. The four cleaning mixtures and dilutions were prepared beforehand. 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 Wypall and coupons were sprayed three times with the cleaner, and the SLW was then run for 20 cleaning cycles (30 seconds of manual cleaning). Coupons air-dried for 10 minutes at room temperature (68F0 before final weights were recorded.
| Cleaner
|
Substrate
|
Initial wt of cont.
|
Final wt of cont.
|
%Cont Removed
|
Average % Removal
|
Average Cleaner %
|
| Fantastic V4
|
Ceramic
|
0.6590
|
0.3314
|
49.71
|
56.39
|
41.49
|
| 0.6886
|
0.1900
|
72.41
|
| 0.6834
|
0.3618
|
47.06
|
| Stainless Steel
|
0.7338
|
0.5109
|
30.38
|
26.58
|
| 0.7642
|
0.4862
|
36.38
|
| 0.6366
|
0.5539
|
12.99
|
| Polycarbonate
|
0.9613
|
0.6132
|
36.21
|
40.88
|
| 0.8318
|
0.5231
|
37.11
|
| 0.9496
|
0.4814
|
49.30
|
| Dr. Bronner's All-Purpose Dilution
|
Ceramic
|
0.7936
|
0.1833
|
76.90
|
61.21
|
39.65
|
| 0.7502
|
0.3336
|
55.53
|
| 0.6672
|
0.3256
|
51.20
|
| Stainless Steel
|
0.6863
|
0.5504
|
19.80
|
18.09
|
| 0.6273
|
0.3516
|
43.95
|
| 0.7873
|
0.8620
|
-9.49
|
| Polycarbonate
|
0.6785
|
0.4114
|
39.37
|
28.81
|
| 0.7005
|
0.3056
|
56.37
|
| 0.8119
|
0.8876
|
-9.32
|
| Fabuloso
|
Ceramic
|
0.7532
|
0.1996
|
73.50
|
52.29
|
40.81
|
| 0.7100
|
0.3743
|
47.28
|
| 0.6080
|
0.3885
|
36.10
|
| Stainless Steel
|
0.3684
|
0.3092
|
16.07
|
29.32
|
| 0.5746
|
0.4180
|
27.25
|
| 0.7370
|
0.4080
|
44.64
|
| Polycarbonate
|
0.7291
|
0.6437
|
11.71
|
27.38
|
| 0.6471
|
0.3631
|
43.89
|
| 0.8363
|
0.6144
|
26.53
|
| BWG Org. Fantastic Multi-Cleaner
|
Ceramic
|
0.4561
|
0.2316
|
49.22
|
44.93
|
23.53
|
| 0.6686
|
0.3494
|
47.74
|
| 0.5522
|
0.3434
|
37.81
|
| Stainless Steel
|
0.7759
|
0.7450
|
3.98
|
2.13
|
| 0.6615
|
0.6613
|
0.03
|
| 0.6961
|
0.6795
|
2.38
|
| Polycarbonate
|
0.6545
|
0.8591
|
-31.26
|
12.11
|
| 0.7759
|
0.4720
|
39.17
|
| 0.7568
|
0.5416
|
28.44
|
The updated recipe of the BWG's Fantastic Multipurpose Cleaner, Fantastic V4, did the best of the four cleaners and worked second best on ceramic substrate. Fabuloso and Dr. Bronner's all purpose dilutions worked as well as There was some soil clumping on the third coupon for stainless steel and polycarbonate that led to negative removal weights and could have done better in a different cleaning method.
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