sensor cleaning "swabs", like a q-tip?

anyone know where I can get some cleaning swabs that are q-tip shaped? I have a sensor loupe, just got it a week ago actually and it came with a sensor pen. The sensor pen seems to push crap around in there and not really lift it. I have the full copper hill wet kit, but the problem is the spatula doesn't really fit in there with the loupe over the top. So I can see the dust, but I want something moist/sticky that can pick up the specific specs, NOT sweep the entire thing. And yes, I have a rocket air and a dustaide and they're not working, this needs to be a wet solution IMHO.

I'm half tempted to wrap a pecpad around an actual q-tip, but there has to be a better solution out there....

i use photogragphic solution swabs...it does a great job on cleaning my sensors...

got a link to a source? And are the q-tip shaped?

This is what I used for my 20D (LINK)

Type 2 is for XXd crop sensors. Type 3 seems to be the correct size for full frame sensors.

I used this on my 20D about a month or so ago, the first wet cleaning I had done in the 4 years that I've had the 20D, the difference was night/day. It took me 2 swabs to get it really clean. I have a feeling if I stay on top of it, 1 swab will do in the future.

yeah, but that's no different than what I use now, I just wrap a tool myself with pec pads, but it's the same shape. I need something much finer in it's shape.

What if you took one of those "paddles" and split it in 3rd's or 4'ters. Might be hard to do since they are a rigid plastic.

A pencil with an eraser head, wrapped with a pad ?

jacobsen1 wrote in post #9710818
yeah, but that's no different than what I use now, I just wrap a tool myself with pec pads, but it's the same shape. I need something much finer in it's shape.

Just curious about why you want something smaller? It seems like it makes more sense to me to have a wide flat surface the same width as the sensor, that way the cleaning and the pressure applied is even throughout.

If you are looking for something to grab individual "specs", I think there are probably better tools, like SpeckGrabberPro.

BTW, the SensorLoupe is awesome. A guy I know at the local camera shop demoed one for me, I was mighty impressed. I don't clean my sensors enough to have one yet, but it'll probably be a good thing to throw on my list sooner or later.

bohdank wrote in post #9712978
What if you took one of those "paddles" and split it in 3rd's or 4'ters. Might be hard to do since they are a rigid plastic.

I think you could only half one though, as they're tapered and you'd lose the handle otherwise?

yeah, my other similar thought is wrapping a q-tip with a pec pad.

BluewookieJim wrote in post #9713138
Just curious about why you want something smaller? It seems like it makes more sense to me to have a wide flat surface the same width as the sensor, that way the cleaning and the pressure applied is even throughout.

that's how I've always done it. The problem is you end up pushing some of the dust around instead of lifting it. Now that I have the sensor loupe I can see the individual specs, so why push them if I can find a way to just lift each individual spot?

whoa, cool, that looks like it might be EXACTLY what I'm after, thanks!

Visible Dust stuff all the way for me, take a look at their corner swabs, might be what you're looking for.
http://www.visibledust​.com/products.php

nice, thanks. What's the difference between the orange and green versions?