. . "However, each strip could be formed from another paper product, cloth, a porous filter, sponge, spun bound, nonwoven or other similar material (i.e., any material that has sufficiently small pore size to induce capillary wicking of the liquid). [0134] The system of FIG. 9 was tested for fluid removal by aligning it horizontally, spilling 170 milliliters of red water on the system and briefly tippi" . .