The supplied cleaning product was used at two supplied dilutions, 10:1 and 20:1.
Preweighed ceramic, plastic G-10 and painted steel coupons were coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jif Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline solution 2.7%) using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added.
Three coupons were placed into a Gardner Straight Line Washability unit. A Kimberly-Clark Wypal reinforced paper towel was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 5-7 sprays of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 7-10 times with the same cleaning solution. The cleaning unit was run for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded, efficiencies were calculated and recorded.
Both dilutions were effective at removing the Hucker's soil from the three substrates. The 10:1 dilution was more effective on two of the three substrates, painted steel and plastic, but was slightly less effective on the ceramic than the 20:1 dilution. Overall, the 20:1 dilution had the higher average efficiency. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the calculated efficiency for each coupon cleaned.
| Cleaner
|
Initial wt
|
Final wt
|
% Removed
|
| Heavy 10:1 Ceramic
|
0.1703
|
0.0135
|
92.07
|
|
|
0.3528
|
0.0349
|
90.11
|
|
|
0.2479
|
0.0351
|
85.84
|
| Heavy 10:1 Steel
|
0.4030
|
0.0124
|
96.92
|
|
|
0.1475
|
0.0007
|
99.53
|
|
|
0.8258
|
0.0176
|
97.87
|
| Heavy 10:1 Plastic
|
0.2386
|
0.0007
|
99.71
|
|
|
0.1614
|
0.0023
|
98.57
|
|
|
0.1714
|
0.0042
|
97.55
|
| Heavy 20:1 Ceramic
|
0.1703
|
0.0045
|
97.36
|
|
|
0.3306
|
0.0055
|
98.34
|
|
|
0.2127
|
0.0070
|
96.71
|
| Heavy 20:1 Steel
|
0.2307
|
0.0161
|
93.02
|
|
|
0.2090
|
0.0025
|
98.80
|
|
|
0.4617
|
0.0370
|
91.99
|
| Heavy 20:1 Plastic
|
0.2534
|
0.0026
|
98.97
|
|
|
0.2572
|
0.0023
|
99.11
|
|
|
0.2945
|
0.0102
|
96.54
|