ASTM_D_5343_-_06_2018.pdf

Designation:D534306(Reapproved 2018)Standard 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 last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope*1.1 This guide covers the evaluation of the cleaning perfor-mance of products intended 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 any 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 products 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,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.Material Safety Data Sheets are available for reagents.Reviewthem for hazards prior to usage.1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.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 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 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 measurements,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 ofall potential soils present on ceramic tiles or other bathroom1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D12 on Soaps andOther Detergents and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D12.16 on HardSurface Cleaning.Current edition approved Oct.15,2018.Published November 2018.Originallyapproved in 1993.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as D5343 06(2012)1.DOI:10.1520/D5343-06R18.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual 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 Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 surfaces.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 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 re