Soak on site and soak on press cleaning system and method of using same

A method of presoaking cloth for cleaning a cylinder in a printing press, the method comprising:

• contacting a cleaning fabric supply roll with a low volatility, compound solvent which does not evaporate readily at ambient temperature and pressure and soaking and saturating said cleaning fabric supply roll with said solvent, such that the contacting of the cleaning fabric supply roll with the solvent does not require the use of pumps, spray bars, manifold lines and valves;
• removing excess solvent from the cleaning fabric supply roll in a controlled and regulated manner prior to cleaning the cylinder of the printing press, wherein the solvent removal occurs outside a container holding solvent;
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• engaging said saturated cleaning fabric supply roll with a printing press having a cylinder to be cleaned without disposing of a sleeve about said fabric roll and without substantially disturbing the distribution of said solvent in said fabric roll and detrimentally affecting the cleaning ability of the fabric.