Texwipe TX700B Foam-Covered Cotton Bud Cleanroom Swab (Seamless 100 ppi Polyurethane Foam, Long Wood Handle)

Texwipe TX700B is a high-sorbency foam-covered cotton bud cleanroom swab engineered for solvent cleaning, pickup, and reach in recessed areas where a flat, small-format swab cannot hold enough liquid or maintain stable contact. The head combines a cotton core with a seamless open-cell polyurethane foam cover (100 ppi) to improve absorption capacity and provide cushioned contact on many surfaces when pressure is controlled. A long hardwood handle adds reach and heat tolerance for maintenance, setup work, and controlled utility cleaning steps. In real use, TX700B behaves like a solvent “sponge”: it is optimized for uptake and carry-away performance, not for the lowest possible extractables. It is also best described as low-linting in practice (no swab is truly ‘lint-free’ in every process condition), especially when used with disciplined stroke technique and early change-outs.

• SKU: TX700B BAG
• Type: Dry swab (non-sterile)
• Swab family: Cotton
• Swab material: Cotton/Foam
• Head material: Cotton core with 100 ppi open-cell polyurethane foam cover (seamless foam coverage)
• Head width: 13.5 mm (0.531")
• Head thickness: 13.5 mm (0.531")
• Head length: 28.0 mm (1.102")
• Handle material: Wood (hardwood)
• Handle width: 2.5 mm (0.098")
• Handle thickness: 2.5 mm (0.098")
• Handle length: 126.0 mm (4.961")
• Total swab length: 154.0 mm (6.063")
• Head bond: Mechanical (foam head mechanically attached to cotton bud core)
• Handle color: Brown
• Autoclave compatibility: Autoclave safe in dry heat and steam (autoclave-tolerant is not the same as sterile at point of use)
• Packaging (bag): 500 swabs per bag (10 inner bags of 50 swabs)
• Packaging (case): 5 bags of 500 swabs per case (2,500 swabs/case)
• Use environments: Commonly used in controlled environments for utility cleaning, maintenance, and sampling steps (final suitability depends on your process and contamination-risk lane)

Texwipe (an ITW company) manufactures contamination-control tools with tight dimensional control and defined materials so operators get repeatable contact behavior at the point of use. In the cotton/foam combo series, the design intent is simple: maximize pickup and carry-away performance with a cushioned, solvent-compatible contact surface. TX700B combines a cotton reservoir core with seamless foam coverage to reduce edge snagging and improve absorption capacity over cotton alone, then pairs that head with a long hardwood handle for reach and heat resistance in practical, line-side cleaning and sampling tasks.

SOSCleanroom (SOS) supports that manufacturing discipline with continuity of supply, consistent packaging configurations, and responsive application support—so teams can standardize utility swabbing tools without substitution pressure and keep workflows stable across shifts.

• Good absorbency for easy surface clean-up and high pickup tasks
• Foam-wrapped cotton tip provides improved absorption capacity over cotton alone
• Seamless open-cell polyurethane foam coverage (100 ppi) for consistent contact and reduced edge snagging
• Long hardwood handle provides reach plus heat resistance for practical maintenance and setup work
• Excellent chemical and heat resistance properties for common solvent cleaning steps (verify compatibility to your chemistry and dwell time)
• Autoclave safe in dry heat and steam (facility-useful; does not imply sterile introduction at point of use)
• Inner-bag packaging format (10 x 50 per bag) supports controlled line-side issuance and reduces repeated full-lot exposure

• Maximum solvent pickup: Foam-over-cotton construction behaves like a reservoir for wipe-back and carry-away cleaning where uptake matters most
• Reach and access control: Long wooden handle helps maintain control in recessed geometries, housings, channels, and hard-to-access areas
• Cushioned contact: Foam coverage provides a softer interface that can reduce localized abrasion on many surfaces when pressure is controlled
• Utility-grade durability: Built for handling, solvent exposure, and practical maintenance tasks that can overwhelm precision swab formats
• Process discipline support: Defined packaging and stable sourcing help standardize training, issuance, and lot-level consistency in controlled environments

• Environmental sampling and surface sampling in controlled areas
• Cleaning with solvents such as IPA or acetone (verify compatibility to your chemistry and SOP)
• Application of lubricants and ointments
• Removal of lubricants and ointments
• Utility cleaning of fixtures, housings, and recessed surfaces where a high-sorbency swab improves pickup
• Gross-clean steps prior to a lower-residue final-pass swab in residue-sensitive processes

• Use it as a pickup tool, not a polishing tool: TX700B excels at absorption and carry-away. For final-pass, streak-sensitive work, plan a second step with a lower-residue swab family.
• Control wetness: Because the head is highly sorbent, it is easy to over-wet. In many workflows, “damp” is the control point—enough to lift and capture without flooding seams and recesses.
• One-direction strokes: Use straight-line passes (clean-to-dirty) to reduce re-depositing dissolved soils into seams and corners.
• Rotate and replace early: High pickup also means fast loading. Once loaded, the swab becomes a transfer tool—change out instead of pushing contamination around.
• Avoid re-dipping into shared solvent: Re-dipping drives cross-contamination and turns your solvent container into the contamination source. Use controlled dispense or single-use aliquots when practical.
• Pressure discipline: Foam provides cushioning, but sharp edges and burrs can still tear material and increase shedding. Reduce pressure and avoid dragging across edges.

• Choose TX700B for high pickup + reach: Best for solvent-heavy utility cleaning, lubricant handling, and sampling tasks where absorption is the main performance driver.
• Do not force it into residue-sensitive final-pass work: If your process is ionic- or NVR-sensitive, treat TX700B as a gross-clean tool and complete the finishing pass with a lower-residue foam or polyester cleanroom swab.
• Inner-bag packaging matters: The 10 x 50 inner bags support controlled issuance and reduce repeated exposure of the full lot at the point of use.
• Sterility control: Autoclave-tolerant construction can be helpful for facilities that sterilize internally, but it does not replace a validated sterile introduction strategy when aseptic controls are required.