contact with an inert non solvent such as a perfluorinated liquid in a manner that creates an emulsion and does not convert the hydrophilic properties of the rinsed surface by breaking down the emulsion the insert non solvent is recycled for re use and the aqueous liquid is recovered for treatment or re use drying of the rinsed hydrophilic surface is also optionally provided application_number US 47387390 A description regarding the formation of the emulsion and the breaking down and separation thereof after recovery any known technique may be used for the formation of the emulsion where the inert non solvent liquid is the continuous phase and the aqueous liquid to be removed is the discontinuous or dispersed phase a receptacle containing the ifl and in which the articles are immersed can be used these articles may be put loosely into baskets or drums mounted on racks or suspended in the case of articles of larger sizes or maintained in the ifl by any kind of support or in the case of continuous feeding involving by the passage of strips wires films and the like the feeding may be in a generally vertical direction and pass around a wheel or in a generally horizontal direction beneath or between sprays in the.