Tenison,
        We cut the rolls of 'used' wipes into pieces about 18" square and
use them for hand wiping things such as spilled paste or spatulas used to
work the paste or metal squeegee blades or ?.  After that, they are disposed
of as 'Hazardous waste'.  In my opinion, if it has lead on it, it is
hazardous.  Obviously the amount of lead after auto stencil wipe is very
minimal but there is still lead present.  That is why we re-use the rolls of
wipes for hand wipes to make sure we get our moneys worth for both the cost
of the roll of wipes and the cost of handling the 'hazardous waste'.

Hope this helps.

Wade Oberle
Manutronics, Inc - Division of Sanmina
414-947-3477

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Tenison Stone [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Friday, June 25, 1999 5:56 AM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [TN] underside wiper rolls

        Hi everyone!

        I sent this last week and I only got one response.  Help!!!!!!

        I know a lot of techies have underside wipe on screen printers.
        My production supervisor wants to throw the wipes away and I am not
comfortable
        with that idea.

        I got Alpha Fry to agree to accept the wipes with the solder paste
waste, but my
        boss says that is unacceptable.

        Help!!!!  What do you do with your rolls of underside stencil wipes?

        My question is about rolls of used underside wipe for screen
printers.

        What are the requirements for handling?  Is it considered hazardous
waste?

        What are proper disposal procedures?

        Tenison Stone
        Telex Communications
        Blue Earth, MN   USA