The Green Solvents Show #009
TBF Environmental Technology has developed alternative solvents which clean as well as Acetone and Isopropyl Alcohol, but are not toxic to humans and the environment.  We commissioned an independent laboratory to test EkaSol 1™ (patent pending), TergoSol™ (patent pending), and ZemaSol™ (patent pending) against leading industrial solvents Acetone and Isopropyl Alcohol.

If you need to replace toxic solvents in your workplace with environmentally- friendly solvents, please take 20 minutes to listen to The Green Solvents Show. Host Erik Reynolds interviews Dave Pasin, co-founder and President of TBF Environmental, about the recent testing on the TBF cleaning solvents.
Why Was The Test Conducted?
Dave begins this edition explaining that the comparison was made because there were concerns with the typically used solvents of Acetone and Isopropyl Alcohol, particularly the ability of the two solvents to effectively clean materials used.

Acetone and Isopropyl Alcohol are used in a variety of different industries from aerospace to manufacturing.

The idea of the test was to independently see whether the TBF Environmental products gave better results when cleaning in a manufacturing environment.
A Fair Test
To ensure the test was fair, there were a number of controls put in place. The tests were completed by an independent major manufacturer. At the time, the manufacturer was using acetone in their cleaning process.

To ensure that all the materials used in the testing were in the same state, they were all cleaned using isopropyl alcohol. They were then given the same amount of contaminants on them, weighed, re-cleaned using their assigned cleaning solution and then re-weighed and examined.

The contaminants used were greases and oils as they are pretty hard to remove from the fiberglass-type material that was being cleaned in the testing process.

The process of cleaning was done so that the materials were dipped in the cleaning solutions for 30 minutes at a time for up to five hours.

Results were collecting by weighing the materials for contaminants and by visual inspection. A score of up to five was recorded in each test. Five represented a good clean.

During the podcast, Dave also discusses:

Further details about the controls used in the experimentation.
Why the testing was very effective.
The results of the testing.
At what point the materials were considered ‘cured’ of contaminants.
The solvent considered best for cleaning in manufacturing.

Replace Toxic Solvents with TBF's Environmentally-friendly Cleaning Solvents
Listen to Dave Pasin in this podcast to learn the results of the comparison. Then come back and give us your feedback.