WIPING PROCEDURE

The images below show the correct way to clean an item using cleanroom wipes and
solvent.

1. Take a polyester cleanroom

wipe and hold it by its edges as 2. Fold the wiper in half
shown above

4. Apply cleaning detergent or

solvent to the wiper. Ensure that
3. Fold the wiper in half again as wiper and wash bottle do not
shown come into contact with each
other. This will minimise cross
contamination of solvent.
 6. Wipe across the surface of the
item to be cleaned in a positive
5. Start the cleaning action by motion. At the end of the wipe,
bringing down wiper onto lift the wiper away from the
surface to be cleaned with the surface as shown with the back
front of the wiper held upward end of the hand lifting off the
as shown and the whole part of surface last. Turn the wiper
the hand pressing down firmly in around so that a "clean" face is
a parallel orientation to the facing the item to be cleaned
wiper. and wipe accros the next section
of un-wiped surface as was done
previously.

7. Once both sides of wiper has

been used turn the wiper over so
8. Follow the same procedure as
that both the "dirty" sides face
above points wiping across
each other and clean the next
surface in a positive manner.
bit of un-cleaned surface as per
above instructions.

9. Wipe across surface as per
instructions above and lift wiper
cleanly away from surface at end
of wipe. Turn the wiper around
so that the clean face is now
facing the surface to be cleaned
and redo the actions specified
above.
10. Once you have done wiping
twice each side, replace wiper
with a new one and follow the
procedures as described above.
The important thing to
remember is that the wiping
action must be done in straight
lines across surface to be
cleaned and not in circular
motions. At the end of each wipe
lift wiper off the surface
completely and only wipe across
surface twice with each side of
wiper (8 wipe actions per wiper)
11. While wiping a surface try to
view the surface at a 5 to 10
angle with a dark back ground if
it is possible. If you see any
particles on the surface then
repeat above procedure.