Fingerprint Cleanup - Steri-Clean® South Dakota

When dusting for fingerprints, a very fine black or white powder is used to detect any prints that may have been left behind at a crime scene. Every surface and object will need to be dusted, meaning that this powder will be left on everything, leaving a huge mess to clean up.

 

What is Fingerprint Dust?

White powder is used to dust prints on dark surfaces, and dark powder is used if the print is left on light colored surfaces. Officials use either talcum-based powders for white, or graphite-based powders for black. Police can also use special fluorescent powders that glow under black light if the prints are on multi-colored or multi-textured surfaces.

 

Why Dust for Fingerprints?
 

The process of dusting for fingerprints involves various methods intended to get the particles of the powder to stick to residue left by skin ridges on the fingers, palms, or feet. Law enforcement officials are able to get a better idea of a crime scene or a perpetrator and his or her actions by dusting. Most importantly, finding fingerprints can place a specific person or people at the crime scene.

 

When a person touches something, the slight friction between the fingers and the object or surface can leave behind a mark from the natural oils in the skin. Some parts of the skin don’t have these natural oils, making it more difficult to get a print. This is where dusting becomes useful in crime investigations.  

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Steri-Clean® South Dakota has developed techniques and chemicals to properly remove and neutralize fingerprint dust and other substances an investigator might use. Our fingerprint dust cleanup services amends the area, leaving it free of graphite and as clean as it was before the dusting took place.

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