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How The Major Brands Stack Up On Slipperiness

Household Floor Cleaner Change in Slip Resistance Single Application One Month Application Armstrong® Floor Cleaner -1% +1% Brite® 1-Step Floor Shine Cleaner +1% -4% Clorox Clean-Up® -14% -4% Clorox® Ready Mop +1% -5% Clorox® Wet Pre-Moistened Floor Wipes 0% 0% Lysol® All Purpose Cleaner -43% -44% Lysol® One Step™ Floor Cleaner -36% -38% Lysol® Wet Floor Cloths -25% -9% Mop & Glo® Triple Action Floor Shine Cleaner +1% 0% Mr. Clean® Ultimate Orange Multi-Purpose Cleaner -27% -33% Murphy® Oil Soap Just Squirt & Mop 0% -59% Murphy® Oil Soap Wood Floor Cleaner 0% -54% Parsons'® Lemon Ammonia All Purpose Cleaner -2% 0% Pine Sol® Cleaner +1% 0% Pledge® Grab It™ Wet Floor Wipes +1% 0% Pledge® Orange Wood Floor Cleaner +1% -11% Spic and Span® -12% -35% Swiffer Wet™ Disposable Cloths -25% -20% Xtra-Pine® -5% -20%

Note: Testing commenced on July 1, 2003 and ended on July 31, 2003. All products were purchased from a local supermarket and applied to new residential grade sheet vinyl. All products were mixed per the manufacturer's recommendations and applied with a recommended applicator. Test products were allowed to dry for a period of two-hours then tested for wet Static Coefficient of Friction (SCOF) with the NFSI’s Universal Walkway Tester (UWT). Wet testing was conducted in accordance to NFSI 101-A standard test method and the results recorded. Percentage changes were based on the mean value of three independent test samples.