Cleaning efficacy
Select representative substrates and soils, control product dose and application, and quantify removal through image, colour, gloss, mass, or structured visual evaluation.
Surface Care
Hard Surface Cleaner Performance Testing
Our hard-surface programs connect controlled laboratory measurement with the surfaces, soils, dwell times, and application methods customers actually use.
Project pathwaysBenchmarkingDevelopmentClaims support
What we evaluate
Controlled variables. Relevant outcomes.
The final design is selected around your product format, use conditions, competitive set, target claim, and required level of control.
- Greasy and particulate soil removal
- Cooked-on kitchen and oven soils
- Bathroom, soap-scum, and mineral soils
- Streaking, filming, and glass-cleaner performance
- Gloss, appearance, and surface effects
- Dilution, dwell-time, wipe, and application effects
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Methods & protocols
- ASTM D4488 A2, A5, and A6
- ASTM D5343
- HCPA DCC-09, DCC-17, and DCC-19
- CAN/CGSB 2-GP-11
- Custom mechanized cleaning methods
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What you receive
- Product differentiation
- Use-direction optimization
- Surface-specific evidence
- Claims-ready comparisons
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Project coordination
- Method-selection guidance
- Sample and timing coordination
- Direct technical communication
- Clear final reporting
Products evaluated
Testing across the complete category.
Programs are adapted to the product format, marketed use, application method, substrate, soil, dose, and competitive context.
01All-purpose and multi-surface cleaners
02Kitchen cleaners and degreasers
03Bathroom, tub, tile, and shower cleaners
04Toilet-bowl and urinal cleaners
05Glass, mirror, and window cleaners
06Floor cleaners and floor-care products
07Oven, grill, and cooked-soil removers
08Furniture polish and dusting products
09Stainless-steel and appliance cleaners
10Automotive interior and exterior cleaners
11Industrial and institutional cleaners
12Ready-to-use sprays, wipes, concentrates, and dilution-control products
Specialized programs
Go beyond a single cleaning score.
Finish quality
Evaluate streaking, filming, residue, gloss, haze, appearance, or soil redeposition where the quality of the cleaned surface matters as much as soil removal.
Use-condition studies
Compare dilution, dwell time, wipe material, mechanical action, water hardness, temperature, application format, and other variables that influence field performance.
Related expertise
Connect application testing with measurement.
Surface tension, contact angle, foam structure, microscopy, colour, gloss, rheology, and controlled separation analysis can help explain why products perform differently.
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Plan a hard surface cleaners study.
Our technical team will help define a practical test program around your product, benchmark, claim, or development objective.
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