Inventors:
Ferdinand F. Pisacane - Laguna Beach CA
Alan R. Seacord - Descanso CA
Assignee:
Wilshire Technologies, Inc. - Carlsbad CA
International Classification:
B08B 100
B08B 700
B08B 904
A47L 1316
Abstract:
A novel method and a novel article for cleaning a metal, glass, or plastic surface without scratching or scoring the surface. The novel method includes wiping the surface with the novel article, which is made from an open cell, hydrophilic, static-dissipative, polyurethane foam, and which is laundered so that the article in deionized water releases fewer than 36. times. 10. sup. 6 per square meter of apparent surface area of the article for particles of a size greater than about 0. 5. mu. m and fewer than about 2. 5 parts per million of chloride, fluoride, sodium, sulfate, sulfite, or silicon ions. The novel article may be a wiper, a sponge, a roller, a swab mounted on a handle, or a plug having a generally cylindrical shape when unstressed and having particular utility where the surface is the interior surface of a metal, glass, or plastic tube. The plug is propelled through the tube, as by means of compressed air. The novel method also may include washing the surface with deionized water.