I had just asked that question to a gal at ACL Staticide, and I do not have her answer here but at another location (I am working from home a lot these days). But essentially here is her answer:
First, clean ESD mats and ESD benchtops with plain old warm soapy water and wipe clean. Do this to get rid of dirt, fluxes, soils, etc. Plain old warm water and soap will kill most germs, but not all.
I use germicidal dish soap. That is readily available and does kill most germs.
Then apply a disinfectant last. The disinfectant can be any alcohol-based cleaner, wipes, even eyeglass wipes. After the soapy water wash it does not take a lot of disinfectant to finish the job.
Ah-choo!
Odin
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Thank you Bev. I would be a little concerned with methanol as it can often attack some plastic materials.
I suggested we make Jack Daniels as a preferred supplier but somehow management did not agree. Certainly the pure ethanol would be too expensive to use, but I wonder about denatured alcohol.
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> Doug,
> Pretty sure you can use methanol or ethanol (usually need special
> dispensation to use the latter, at least in Canada - gov wants to make
> sure they get the taxes for the stuff when it is imbibed!) other
> alcohols could also be used, but the longer the alkyl chain the more
> likely to harm plastics AND the higher the BP and this slower evaporating.
>
> Regards,
> Bev
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> Good afternoon all.
> A general question - what is everyone using to disinfect surfaces in
> electronics manufacturing work spaces? With the pandemic, many of the
> materials we would normally use, like Formula 409 and isopropanol, are
> getting in short supply as everyone is disinfecting everything in sight.
> Our internal team is looking at new sources and new cleaners, with
> quick testing to determine if any are a danger to electronics, but I
> am curious as to what everyone else is using. As this is probably a
> charged question, you can contact me separately. If I get results
> that everyone can benefit from, in sanitized (pun intended) form, I will do so.
>
> thanks.
>
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