Sahara® Remediation - The Rust & Rouge Removal System

Rust Busting for GMP cleanrooms

Current disinfection procedures leave disinfectant residuals on cleanroom surfaces which lead to facility appearance issues and corrosion stains on expensive stainless steel equipment.

To deal with rust and rouge, GMP facilities employ abrasives and acid passivation chemicals that can only be brought into the facility during shutdowns. This results in the risk of audit observations due to poor facility appearance.

Foamtec's line of ScrubPADS® and ScrubDISKS® are cleanroom grade abrasives designed to quickly remove rust and rouge and polish stainless steel to a 5-10ra surface finish. This allows 304 and 316 grades of stainless steel to self-passivate.

Sahara® Remediation Key Benefits

• Elimination of Scotch-Brite™ and acid passivation chemicals.
• Compatible with cleanroom manufacturing SOPs.
• Enables rust removal from large surfaces quickly.
• Environmentally friendly as only Water and IPA are required.

Sahara® Remediation Steps

Step 1: Preclean the surface with an UltraSOLV® Sponge wetted with DI Water

Step 2: Scrub the surface free of heavy corrosion with UltraSOLV® 280D ScrubPAD

Step 3: Clean the surface prior to final polish with an UltraSOLV® Sponge wetted with DI Water

Step 4: Polish the surface with the UltraSOLV® 1350D ScrubPAD

Step 5: In order to remove polishing debris, final clean the surface with MiraWIPE® wetted with 70% IPA

Clean Stainless Steel ready for Production