1、Designation:D534306(Reapproved 2012)1Standard Guide forEvaluating Cleaning Performance of Ceramic Tile Cleaners1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5343;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of las
2、t revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1NOTEEditorial updates were made in March 2012.1.Scope*1.1 This guide covers the evaluation of the cleaning perfor-mance of products inte
3、nded for use on ceramic tiles.This guideprovides techniques for soiling,cleaning,and evaluating per-formance of detergent systems under controlled,but practical,hard-surface cleaning conditions.NOTE1The soils described in this guide are known in the industry as“soap scum.”1.2 Such systems include an
4、y detergent,cleaner,or abrasivecleanser intended for cleaning hard surfaces composed ofceramic tile.This guide is not appropriate for evaluatingperformance on grout.This guide also excludes other surfacessuch as glass,resilient flooring,synthetic countertop surfacesor washable wall surfaces.The prod
5、ucts for which this guide isintended include solutions of soluble powdered detergent,dilutions of concentrated liquid detergent,or products intendedto be used full strength,for example,foams,sprays,liquid,wipes,powders,or paste.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,
6、if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.Material SafetyData Sheets are available for reagents.Review them forhazards prior to usag
7、e.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1729 Practice for Visual Appraisal of Colors and ColorDifferences of Diffusely-Illuminated Opaque MaterialsD2960 Guide for Controlled Laundering Test Using Natu-rally Soiled Fabrics and Household Appliances(With-drawn 2013)33.Terminology3.1 Definitions of
8、 Terms Specific to This Standard:3.1.1 bathroom soilthe soil composed of materials presenton typical bathroom surfaces.3.1.2 cyclea cycle is defined as being both the back andforth strokes on the scrubbing apparatus.3.1.3 soilin hard surface cleaning,foreign matter on ahard surface such as a ceramic
9、 tile.3.1.4 substratethe soiled surface that is being cleaned.4.Summary of Guide4.1 Soils are artificially applied in a standardized manner toa ceramic tile surface.The soiled surfaces are cleaned using astraight-line washability apparatus,and the cleaned substratesare evaluated using reflectance me
10、asurements,or visually by apanel of judges.Aschematic diagram of the soil composition issummarized in Fig.1.5.Significance and Use5.1 This guide suggests methodology for cleaning tests.This methodology can only be applied to assess productperformance on typical bathroom soils and is not inclusive of
11、all potential soils present on ceramic tiles or other bathroomsurfaces.An assessment of cleaning performance on surfacesother than ceramic tile cannot be presumed since there is noconfirmed basis for correlation for this soil on other surface orsubstrate types.5.2 The results of tests based on this
12、guide are regarded asdiagnostic screening values useful in formulation studies,quality control,and ingredient raw material qualification.Theresults of this guide should be compared to control treatments,which are incorporated into each performance evaluation.These results should be considered to be
13、relative to all othertreatments in the study and are not absolute values.Forinterlaboratory comparisons,exact treatment conditions must1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D12 on Soaps andOther Detergents and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D12.16 on HardSurface Clean
14、ing.Current edition approved Feb.15,2012.Published March 2012.Originallyapproved in 1993.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as D5343 06(2012).DOI:10.1520/D5343-06R12E01.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annua
15、l Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor
16、 Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 be established and then results should be compared as relativeranking to the control treatments rather than as absolute values.5.3 This guide is applicable to testing all types of multi-purpose household and bathroom cleaners,whether the deter-gent is prepared by dissolving a soluble powder,a dilutableliquid,or is a non-dilutable product.It may also be useful forevaluation of products or conditions normally associated withindustri
