My personal thanks must go to Mr. Chuck Westfall of Canon USA for his very kind words regarding this tutorial - http://dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=5602180 . His remarks were basically a personal observation of this tool and method as compared to all of the others; however, it is not in any way to be construed as a corporate Canon stance regarding consumer sensor cleaning.

NOTE: Please read this beautifully written story of this lady's mission to clean her sensor. It's a great prelude to the material on this page.
http://just.shelleypowers.com/juststuff/biting-the-bullet/

For this illustration I am using the Spat-U-Swab WITHOUT the PecPad. Again, the obvious - wrap the utensil and touch the CCD/CMOS ONLY with a lint-free PecPad. Again, I repeat DO NOT use cloth, tissue, lens tissue, cotton, or Q-tips (please trust me on this). Use the word "top" as a reference point through these 6 steps, representing the upper right corner of the sensor as you look at it.

Nikon's disclaimers regarding self-swabbing say in essence: "Don't even think about doing it yourself or the universe as we now know it will come to a screeching halt!" They are naturally covering their butts because they would have NO control of the implements and techniques the general public might use.

MY DISCLAIMER:
Although it is uncommon, the very expensive imaging sensors CAN be damaged by improper swabbing. I cannot guarantee 100% success for everyone, every swabbing, and, just like Nikon, how could I possibly guarantee you will not damage your sensor? I am SUPREMELY confident, however, that my regimen and tools described in this tutorial are the SAFEST way to self-clean your CCD or CMOS! And, with a little patience and practice, your "white knuckles" will be replaced by confidence, sooner than you might expect. If for ANY REASON you don't feel comfortable self-swabbing, then, BY ALL MEANS, send your camera to the manufacturer for cleaning.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your first step here will be to apply the Eclipse to your PecPad-wrapped SensorSwipe. The Eclipse will come out of it's bottle lightning fast. So fast, in fact, that the last thing you will need to do is to squeeze the bottle. Just tip it over very gradually, and the two drops will come out on their own. When you become a seasoned veteran at this, you will only need one drop, placed right in the middle of the wiping tip.

After applying one or two drops of Eclipse on the tip of your 'Swipe, lock up the mirror, then remove the lens. Proceeding very carefully, guide the 'Swipe into the corner where you've chosen to start (frame #1), and, using pressure maybe equal to writing with a pen, gently drag the moistened swab to the opposite end of the CCD or CMOS. Use light steady pressure and try to complete the stroke by going as far as the sidewall will permit (those of you with sensors without sidewalls, just barely overlap the sensor's edge). This may require a little practice - bringing the tip of the swab (with the dust) all the way to where the low pass filter meets the wall. If you are getting the center clean but are leaving dust at the edges, try moving the pivot point of the swab to get a better angle at the end of the floor (you'll see what I'm talking about once you've swabbed a couple of times). In other words, as you are completing your left to right stroke, tilt your hand slightly to the left; as you complete your right to left stroke, tilt your hand slightly to the right.

You should now have some dust adhering to the first side of the pad, so after completing the first pass, as shown in frame #3, lift the swab up just far enough to move it into the next position, as shown by the arrow in frame #4. In this left/right, right/left configuration, there is no ROTATION of the swab as it is positioned for the second swipe; it is simply lowered to the bottom right corner of the sensor. Here, you'll use the opposite side of the swab and go as far as you can again in the opposite direction of the first swipe (going lengthwise, you will be overlapping your first stroke).
NOTE:
Please try other configurations which may suit your own style better than the one pictured above, such as: #1) upper right to upper left, ROTATE the swab 180°, then lower right to lower left, or #2) lower left to lower right, ROTATE the swab 180°, then upper left to upper right. I've found that the right to left swabbing direction is a little easier for me, maybe because I'm right-handed.

The swab functions EXACTLY like the action of a WINDSHIELD WIPER in that it uses one side of the blade to wipe on it's first pass, then uses the opposite side on it's return pass.

I suggest starting very gently, and then increase the force as you get more experienced. It doesn't matter if you go up/down, down/up, left/right or right/left, as long as you DO NOT use the PecPad more than once a side. If you do, you will be depositing the dust right back onto the CCD (please trust me on this).

You can now test your results by shooting the sky stopped at 22, run auto-levels (optional) then view it at actual pixels. If you've started with, perhaps, 10 to 20 individual specks of dust, and now you have 2 to 5 and they're mainly on the edges, you might very well be content with that. My personal goal is ZERO DUST and world peace (in that order).

As a rule, I will clean the CCD once a week. I also try to shoot the sky on my last shot of the day to keep a daily check for dust. The swabbing procedure takes me about 5 minutes to set everything up, then 15 to 20 seconds to apply the Eclipse, swab and return the lens. I try to keep to a bare minimum the time that the chamber is open. As you keep swabbing you will undoubtedly get faster and more efficient.

I think the main key to cleaning your CCD or CMOS is to relax, work quickly, but proceed methodically. I feel very confident that my SensorSwipe would have to be pressed tremendously hard to damage the sensor. The rubber's FIRM but YIELDING texture makes it PERFECT for the job at hand. After getting a little experience dealing with super-stuck dust, you'll better understand the absolute necessity of a tool that enables you to use EXTRA pressure in order to dislodge these stubborn specks without harming the sensor whatsoever.

There is a tidal wave of new D-SLR owners who are searching for the safest and easiest ways to maintain their cameras. I would like to offer you here, the benefit of my learning curve. If I can save you some time, money and a lot of "DUST ANGST", I will be very, very happy.

POST SCRIPT:
Thanks go to the many digital photographers who have given me such positive feedback on this tutorial, and, especially to those who've told me of their own success with the SensorSwipe and my cleaning method. Even if you use your own implement, I hope to have taken out some of the mystique and unfounded paranoia about sensor swabbing.

POST POST SCRIPT:
At last count, the SensorSwipe is being used today in over 50 countries around the world; from places like Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, The Yukon, Hawaii, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Israel, Croatia, Poland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and every other country in Europe. I hope it's not too presumptuous to feel that these fellow sensor swabbers are my new friends and colleagues in the D-SLR battle against dust.

NOTE: If you plan to browse through my product pages, I invite you to read this excellent article comparing most of the sensor cleaning tools you will have to choose from:
http://www.dmcphoto.com/Articles/SensorBrushes/

NOTE: And again, a big thanks to Dave Etchells: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E20D/E20DA6.HTM