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Trial #1

Trial #1

To compare client supplied cleaner to another general purpose floor cleaner after two weeks of cleaning.

2008

16

4

61

61

Part

07/31/2008

1.00

Manual Wipe

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Ceramics
Plastic

Dirt
Films

None

Air dry

Visual

One ounce of each cleaner was used per gallon of water. The dilution water was cold out of the tap. A Rubbermaid general use-wring mop was used for cleaning. Separate mop heads were used for each cleaner on each floor surface. There was a total of 6 mop heads for the experiment. Pictures were taken of the solutions before and after cleaning. In addition, the floor surface being cleaned was photographed before and after cleaning. Each surface was mopped with solution for a minute, then wrung out in the solution and the floor was cleaned for another minute. There was no rinsing, and the surface was allowed to air dry. Observations were made about foaming, odor, solution color before and after cleaning, mop soiling and floor surface cleanliness.

Both products performed about the same, taking some dirt off all the floor surfaces. The RCM product foamed and had odor. The OrTec product didn’t.

Visual Observation Table

Lab Floor – resin coating    
Cleaner Observation
OrTEC Cleaner Before After
Solution Clear Dark grey with solid bits of dirt
Odor None None
Foam None None
Mop head Blue, new Visible dirt on spot used to clean floor
Floor Dirty, spots of ink, Not much cleaning seen. Most of dirt on floor is
  various soils ink and other tough soils
     
RCM Tribase Before After
Solution Clear grey with solid bits of dirt
Odor Faint, citrus like smell Same
Foam Some on top More after dunked and rung mop
Mop head Blue, new Visible dirt on spot used to clean floor
Floor (Lab) Dirty, spots of ink, Not much cleaning seen. Most of dirt on floor is
  various soils. ink and other tough soils
     
Bathroom Floor – ceramic tiles  
Cleaner Observation  
OrTEC Cleaner Before After
Solution Clear Slightly dirty
Odor None  
Foam None  
Mop head Blue, new Visible dirt on spot used to clean floor
Floor Floor generally dingy No difference seen visually.
  and grout dirty Particles & hair picked up & seen in solution,
     
RCM Tribase Before After
Solution Clear Slightly dirty
Odor Faint, citrus like smell Same
Foam Some on top More after dunked and rung mop
Mop head Blue, new Visible dirt on spot used to clean floor
  Floor generally dingy Not much difference. Particles and hair picked up
  and grout dirty and seen in solution. Grout still dirty.
     
Hallway floors – Vinyl tiles  
Cleaner Observation  
OrTEC Cleaner Before After
Solution Clear Slightly dirty
Odor None None
Foam None None
Mop head Blue, new No visible dirt on the mop head.
Floor A couple of dirt spots Not much on floor to start
  on floor Cleaner. Solution beads on floor.
     
RCM Tribase Before After
Solution Clear Slightly dirty
Odor Faint, citrus like smell Same
Foam Some on top More after dunked and rung mop
Mop head Blue, new No visible dirt on the mop head.
    Not much on floor to start
Floor Some spots on floor. Cleaner, less spots.

Process will be done for another week to see if there is any noticeable difference in the floors over time. Both cleaners over all seem to be doing some cleaning of the floors.

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