CLPEX Chat Board

A co-worker recently came back from a conference with a sample of a product called SwiftLift. While we don't use it here, I'm polling the audience to see if anyone has ever heard of it or if they use it.

Edit: I found the product sheet: http://www.tritechforensics.com/uploade ... er%204.pdf
Youtube Vid: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZKC2rXye_sE
The way it was described as being used was to apply powder from a shaker like device onto the glove and then use them to apply the powder to the surface of an item as a way to cover a lot of area easily and quickly. They're supposed to be disposable, and made of cotton on the applicator side.

Seems to me that there would be a high chance of wiping latents off of items, but I haven't used them so I'm asking you.

If they don't work well, maybe they'll be usefull in wiping the powder off my bald head after I process a scene! Or perhaps they could be useful in removing items from the Nin oven. Other uses include a puppets at story time at community outreach programs or as ball toss knock down dolls for the carnival fundraisers we're going to have to hold to prevent public safety funding cuts this year. I'm just sayin'........

Boyd,

We have sheets of cotton that we use for doing mass processing...I believe there is a video online from Doje's that goes over the technique. This is just something more marketable. I've done it before and as long as you aren't shoving the cotton through the side of the car, you'll be okay. I'll try and find my source so don't quote me on it.

Dick Warrington had a video on his "Gizmos & Gadgets" site for a topic called something like "How to print a car in under 5 minutes". It was out of Florida (I think) and it simply used cotton batting and an old jar of black powder. We use this technique on stolen vehicles and it works out really well. It's like "negative dusting", after powdering the surface you come back and knock off the excess powder. Overall it's a pretty good timesaver.