Four products were selected from the lab's inventory of biobased products. The products were chosen based on vendor supplied information. A fifth product was included as the client's current odor neutralizing product. Three products were used at full strength and two were diluted to recommended concentrations (H2Orange2 at 1.6% and Super H2O2 at 8%). All products were used at room temperature.
Three soils were selected based on the amount of odor produced. Each soil/odor was applied to a coupon, one for each cleaning product to be tested. Initial odor was noted for strength of smell by two observers. An odor neutralizing product was sprayed two times onto the coupon. A second odor strength observation was made at this point. A third observation was made after 5 minutes and then a final observation was made at one hour. Each product was ranked separately by two observers against the other products.
Soils Used
A - SSL Soil 3 (Hucker's soil)
B - SSL Soil 4 (Kitchen soil)
C - Castrol Moly Dee cutting fluid
Substrate: Fiberglass coupons
Observation Classifications: High
Medium/high
medium
medium/low where masked = medicine = medicine/perfume
low/medium where low/medicine
low
low/none
none
All but one of the products tested worked as well as the current odor neutralizing product on the three soil/odors tested in the laboratory setting. The table lists the observations made and the product rankings made by two observers. An average rank was taken from both the observers. A final overall average was then calculated from the three soil/odors and are listed in the second table.
| Cleaner
|
Coupon #
|
Soil
|
Initial
|
5 min
|
60 min
|
Rank
|
Rank
|
Average
|
| Eats It
|
17
|
B
|
masked
|
medicine/perfume smell
|
low medicine/perfume
|
4
|
1
|
2.5
|
| SC Odor
|
15
|
B
|
low
|
none
|
none
|
2
|
3
|
2.5
|
| Heavy Duty Odor
|
16
|
B
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
1
|
4
|
2.5
|
| H2Orange2
|
32
|
B
|
medium
|
medium/low
|
medium/low
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
| Super H2O2
|
35
|
B
|
low
|
low/none
|
low/none
|
3
|
2
|
2.5
|
| Eats It
|
44
|
A
|
medicine
|
medium/low
|
medium/low
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| SC Odor
|
18
|
A
|
low/medium
|
low
|
low
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
| Heavy Duty Odor
|
19
|
A
|
low/medium
|
low/none
|
none
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| H2Orange2
|
39
|
A
|
medium/high
|
medium/high
|
medium/high
|
5
|
4
|
4.5
|
| Super H2O2
|
57
|
A
|
medium/high
|
medium
|
medium
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
| Eats It
|
49
|
C
|
masked
|
medium/low
|
low/medium
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
| SC Odor
|
47
|
C
|
low/medium
|
low/medium
|
low
|
2
|
3
|
2.5
|
| Heavy Duty Odor
|
48
|
C
|
medium
|
medium/low
|
low
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
| H2Orange2
|
56
|
C
|
low/medium
|
low/medium
|
low
|
2
|
5
|
3.5
|
| Super H2O2
|
58
|
C
|
low
|
low
|
low/none
|
1
|
2
|
1.5
|
Observations of non-treated coupon
| Soil B
|
medium
|
medium
|
low/medium
|
| Soil A
|
high
|
medium
|
low/medium
|
| Soil C
|
high
|
high
|
medium
|
Overall Average for Odor Elimination
| Cleaner
|
Overall Ave
|
Rank
|
| Eats It
|
3.17
|
4
|
| SC Odor
|
2.33
|
2
|
| Heavy Duty Odor
|
2.17
|
1
|
| H2Orange2
|
4.33
|
5
|
| Super H2O2
|
2.67
|
3
|