TX804 General-Purpose Foam Cleanroom Swab with Pick (Precision Pick Tip, Orange Handle)

Texwipe TX804 is a general-purpose foam cleanroom swab with a built-in precision pick feature, engineered for industrial and “less critical area” cleaning steps where residue gets trapped in corners, seams, connector pockets, grooves, and tight recesses. The workflow is simple and highly repeatable: use the pick tip to loosen or lift stuck contamination (dried flux, packed powder, edge-break debris), then use the small compressed polyurethane foam tip to capture and remove it. TX804 uses complete thermal-bond construction (no adhesive at the head-to-handle interface) to reduce residue risk at the bond line, and it is supplied in a reclosable, silicone-free bag with lot coding for traceability. It is designed to be low-linting (no swab is truly “lint-free” in every process condition), with strong chemical resistance and compatibility with many common cleaning solutions (verify fit to your chemistry and SOP).

• Product type: Dry swab (general-purpose foam cleanroom swab with pick)
• Swab family: General Purpose
• Head material: 100% polyurethane foam (compressed foam tip)
• Handle material: 100% polypropylene
• Head bond: Thermal bond (no adhesive at the head bond line)
• Handle color: Orange (visual process-control identifier for less critical area use)
• Design notes: Precision pick tips (pick-to-loosen + foam-to-capture workflow)
• Head width: 3.5 mm (0.138")
• Head thickness: 3.5 mm (0.138")
• Head length: 15.5 mm (0.610")
• Handle width: 2.4 mm (0.094")
• Handle thickness: 2.4 mm (0.094")
• Handle length: 51.0 mm (2.01")
• Total swab length: 66.5 mm (2.62")
• Packaging: 500 swabs/reclosable bag; 3 bags/case (1,500 swabs/case)
• Packaging attributes: Reclosable, silicone-free bag; lot coded for traceability and quality control
• Use environments: General-purpose and industrial cleaning steps in controlled areas (final suitability depends on your process, solvent system, and SOP)
• Country of origin: Made in the Philippines
• Shelf life: Non-sterile — 5 years from date of manufacture (typical program guidance)

Values below are typical (not acceptance limits). Use them to compare swab families, support incoming trend checks, and inform risk-based selection. Confirm fit in your validated process (your solvent, dwell time, recovery method, and analytical requirements).

Typical ion extractables (µg/swab)

Typical non-volatile residue (NVR) (mg/swab)

Texwipe (an ITW company) builds cleanroom swabs as engineered tools with controlled materials, repeatable geometry, and disciplined packaging. In the General-Purpose Foam Swab Series, Texwipe uses high-precision automated processes, thermal-bond construction to reduce adhesive-related residue risk, and lot coding to support traceability and quality control in production environments.

SOSCleanroom (SOS) supports that manufacturing discipline with a close working relationship with ITW Texwipe focused on continuity of supply, documentation discipline, and practical application support—so customers can standardize TX804 swabs with predictable performance and procurement reliability.

• Pick + foam workflow: Precision pick feature helps loosen stuck debris; foam tip then captures and removes it
• Thermal-bond construction: Eliminates adhesive contamination risk at the head-to-handle interface
• Compressed polyurethane foam tip: Built for controlled wetting, wipe-down, and pickup in tight features
• Orange handle for process control: Visual segregation to help prevent swab mix-ups near final-clean steps
• Reclosable, silicone-free packaging: Supports cleaner staging between pulls
• Lot coded: Traceability and quality control support
• Chemical resistance: 100% polypropylene handle provides strong chemical compatibility and resists breakdown with many common chemicals

• Better outcomes in corners and grooves: Pick tip reduces the temptation to scrub and smear residue in a recess
• Repeatable small-area cleaning: Consistent geometry helps reduce operator-to-operator variability
• Reduced bond-line residue risk: Thermal bonding avoids adhesive as a contamination variable
• Controlled solvent/solution handling: Foam supports damp control for mobilizing thick films without flooding features (process-dependent)
• Qualification context: Published typical ion and NVR data supports selection logic and incoming trend checks

• Removing and applying solders and fluxes
• Cleaning confined spaces containing thick solutions (paints, inks, viscous coatings)
• Applying and removing lubricants, adhesives, and process solutions
• Picking up powders and dust in less critical areas
• Detail cleaning in seams, pockets, grooves, fastener interfaces, and edge breaks where debris is mechanically “stuck”

• Use a two-step stroke: Loosen with the pick, then wipe once with the foam. Avoid turning the foam into a scrubber in a corner.
• Control wetness: Pre-wet to “damp,” not dripping. Over-wetting can push mobilized residue deeper into seams and create streaking as solvent flashes.
• Single-pass discipline: Use straight-line strokes; rotate the foam to a clean face instead of re-wiping with a loaded surface.
• No re-dip rule: Do not re-dip a used swab into a shared solvent container—this is a common cross-contamination pathway.
• Change-out triggers: Replace the swab when the foam loads, becomes tacky, smears, or begins leaving film.

• When TX804 is the right tool: Choose TX804 when the contamination is mechanically trapped and you need a pick-to-dislodge plus foam-to-capture method.
• When a different swab is better: If your priority is ultra-low background contribution for validation, or if the area is “final clean,” step up to a cleanroom-grade foam or polyester cleanroom swab family designed for critical zones.
• Orange-handle segregation: Treat the orange handle as a process control: keep it assigned to less critical stations to reduce mix-up risk.