ASTM D3052-23

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: D3052 − 23
Standard Practice for
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Rating Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3052; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.1 This practice covers the comparison of the performance
D523 Test Method for Specular Gloss
of water-emulsion floor polishes on test floors against a
2.2 HCPA Bulletin:
reference material. It is applicable to the following types of
245-70 Comparative Determination of Slip Resistance of
polishes:
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Floor Polishes
1.1.1 Wax emulsion polishes,
1.1.2 Nonbuffable emulsion polishes,
3. Significance and Use
1.1.3 Detergent-resistant emulsion polishes, household type,
3.1 When comparing different floor polishes for an actual
and
field performance, it is important that all surfaces used be
1.1.4 Detergent-resistant emulsion polishes, industrial type.
prepared in the same way. When this procedure is followed,
variations in the test surfaces are minimized.
1.2 Gloss, leveling, discoloration, traffic marking, slip
resistance, and removal ease of these types of floor polishes is
4. Apparatus
rated in comparison to a reference material. Where applicable,
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4.1 Test Tile, Official Vinyl Composition Tile (OVCT).
detergent resistance is also evaluated. This method is not to be
considered as a recommended maintenance procedure.
4.2 Glossmeter, 60°—The instrument and the reference
standards shall conform to the requirements prescribed in Test
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Method D523, using an angle of reflection of 60°.
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
4.3 Floor Machine.
information only.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
5. Procedure
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
5.1 The preferred substrate shall be OVCT.
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
5.2 The test floor shall include both dark (black) and light
and are not considered standard.
(white) colored tiles laid out so that one half of the panel is all
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
white and the other half is all black.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
5.3 The minimum test panel size for each polish tested shall
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
be 3 ft (0.9 m) in width and 3 ft in length.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
5.4 Prepare all of the test panels with scrub-cleaned new
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
tiles, or strip completely of dirt and old wax, rinse thoroughly,
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
and dry before application of the test polishes. Under no
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
circumstances should comparative tests be made on new versus
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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Available from the Household & Commercial Products Association, 1625 I
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D21 on Polishes Street NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006.
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and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D21.04 on Performance Tests. OVCT tile may be obtained through Armstrong Flooring from various home
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2023. Published January 2024. Originally improvement stores. The following Armstrong tile substrates have been found to
approved in 1972. Last previous edition approved in 2017 as D3052 – 17. DOI: perform adequately for this test method: Armstrong Excelon Feature Tile: Black
10.1520/D3052-23. (56790).
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old tiles. Similarly, where old tiles are employed, care should to 90 °F (21.1 °C to 32.2 °C) and above 70 % relative humidity
be taken to employ tiles or panels with approximately equiva- may nec
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