Pre-packaged, pre-soaked cleaning system and method for making the same

A method for making a pre-packaged, pre-soaked cleaning system comprising contacting a strip of cleaning fabric with low volatility, organic compound solvent which does not evaporate readily at ambient temperature and pressure and pre-soaking and saturating said fabric with said solvent, draining off excess solvent from said saturated fabric and obtaining a fabric saturated to equilibrium with said solvent;

• wrapping the drained, saturated fabric around an elongated cylindrical core having open ends and forming a roll;
• disposing a heat-sealable plastic sleeve around the drained, saturated, wrapped fabric roll and subjecting said plastic sleeve to a temperature sufficient to heat-seal said plastic sleeve around said drained, saturated, wrapped fabric roll in intimate contact with the fabric roll, whereby the pre-soaked, saturated fabric roll can be transported and stored vertically and horizontally until use without substantially disturbing the distribution of said solvent in said fabric roll and detrimentally affecting the cleaning ability of the fabric roll.

A method for making a pre-packaged, pre-soaked cleaning system comprising contacting a strip of cleaning fabric with low volatility, organic compound solvent which does not evaporate readily at ambient temperature and pressure and pre-soaking and saturating said fabric with said solvent, draining off excess solvent from said saturated fabric and obtaining a fabric saturated to equilibrium with said solvent;

• wrapping the drained, saturated fabric around an elongated cylindrical core and forming a roll;
• disposing a heat-shrinkable and heat-sealable plastic sleeve around the drained, saturated, wrapped fabric roll and subjecting said plastic sleeve to a temperature sufficient to heat-shrink and heat-seal said plastic sleeve around said drained, saturated, wrapped fabric roll in intimate contact with the fabric roll, whereby the pre-soaked, saturated fabric roll can be transported and stored vertically and horizontally until use without substantially disturbing the distribution of said solvent in said fabric roll and detrimentally affecting the cleaning ability of the fabric roll.