Moist wipe and method of making same

A method for making a moist wipe for delivering a cationic functional agent in an aqueous medium to an animate or inanimate surface for a desired efficacy, which comprises forming a bonded non-woven web comprising cellulosic fibers and having an anionic surface charge not greater than 1.2 meq per kilogram, and adding about one to three times the dry weight of the web an aqueous imbuement carrying a cationic functional agent at a concentration of about 6 milli-equivalents per liter or less and being partially adsorbed by the web, whereby the amount of said agent remaining in the free imbuement is deliverable to the surface in sufficient quantity for the desired efficacy.

A method for applying a cationic functional agent in an aqueous medium to an animate or inanimate surface for a desired efficacy, which comprises:

• forming a bonded non-woven web comprising cellulosic fibers and having an anionic surface charge not greater than 1.2 meq per kilogram, and at the time of need for applying said cationic functional agent, adding to the web about one to three times the dry weight of the web of an aqueous imbuement carrying said cationic functional agent at a concentration of about 6 milli-equivalents per liter or less and being partially adsorbed by the web, whereby the amount of said cationic functional agent remaining in the free imbuement can be applied to the surface in sufficient quantity for the desired efficacy.

A method for applying a cationic functional agent in an aqueous medium to an animate or inanimate surface for a desired efficacy, which comprises:

• forming a bonded non-woven web comprising cellulosic fibers and having an anionic surface charge not greater than 1.2 meq per kilogram, hermetically packaging one or more webs, removing a web from said packaging at the time of need for applying said cationic functional agent, and adding to the web about one to three times the dry weight of the web an aqueous imbuement carrying said cationic functional agent at a concentration of about 6 milli-equivalents per liter or less and being partially adsorbed by the web, whereby the amount of said cationic functional agent remaining in the free imbuement can be applied to the surface in sufficient quantity for the desired efficacy.

A moist wipe for delivering to an animate or inanimate surface a cationic functional agent in an aqueous imbuement and characterized by a desired efficacy, comprising:

• a bonded non-woven web consisting essentially of dry laid cellulosic fibers bonded together with a binder comprising a combination of a polymer and a surfactant chosen from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactants and cationic surfactants, said web having a basis weight of from about 90 to about 140 lbs. per 300-sq. ft. ream, a caliper of from about 120 to about 160 mils per 8 sheets, a CD wet tensile strength of at least about 300 g/3″, an MD wet tensile strength of at least about 700 g/3″ and having an anionic surface charge of not greater than about 1.2 meq per kilogram of dry web, and about one to three times the dry weight of the web of an aqueous imbuement carrying said cationic functional agent at a concentration of about 6 milli-equivalents per liter or less, said cationic functional agent partially adsorbed by the web and chosen from the group consisting of benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, and mixtures thereof whereby the amount of said cationic functional agent remaining in the free imbuement is deliverable to the surface in sufficient quantity for the desired efficacy.