Jeff,
The original formulas of Releasit - Regular Strength and Double Strength were both very good. Tests that I have run, as well as tests that others have run, showed that Releasit was right on the mark. It compared very well up against all the other products on the market.
All was good. Then I learned about a NEW fluorochemical that is really superior to anything that has been available up until now. I inquired and found that this fluorochemical could be incorporated into Releasit. So I asked our folks at the lab to make me a test batch. The Releasit formula remained the same --- the only modification was adding the new fluorochemical.
The test batch absolutely ROCKED. If we had a good product with Releasit before, then the new product is GREAT. (I know I may be biased). But check out what my testing revealed…
I tested four products. 1. New Releasit, 2. Original Releasit, 3. and 4. were a couple of other encap products to compare as a benchmark (I won't name the competitors products).
I soiled four carpet samples equally with water, melted butter, olive oil, sugar and potting soil.
I started the tests by scrubbing the first two samples with the two versions of Releasit. The Releasit samples cleaned up well. There was a slight initial difference in the way the new Releasit cleaned.
The next two products did not do so well. They were not able to remove the oil from the carpet. To be fair in the testing, I scrubbed the competitors encap samples longer and harder. With the poorest performing sample I actually went back and completely scrubbed it a second time.
After the samples were completely dried and post-vacuumed, the results were very clear. It went right down the line… New Releasit, Original Releasit, Competitor 1, Competitor 2. The contrast between the best to the worst was extreme. The two competitors products did not look good at all. And one of them looked really bad.
Then I re-applied dry soil to the samples. The worst sample looked horrible. It really attracted the dry soil since it was still holding a fair amount of oil. The second to the worst sample also attracted the soil since it also had some oil in the fiber. The original version of Releasit did not capture the dry soil, and it did not appear to have any oil in the fiber either. The new version of Releasit did not want to accept the dry soil. The dry soil just fell away from the surface of the sample. I really had to work to get it to penetrate the fiber. And it looked the cleanest of all afterward.
In cleaning and in resisting resoiling, the new version performed the best. I’ve also had the opportunity to work with a lot of the new product out in the field and it is doing extremely well. So I think it’s safe to say we have a winner.
Rick Gelinas
