Newbie needs advise on cleaners!

[AKsparrow]

What is your best cleaners and for what??? I have Bean-e-doo products now. They seem to work well, no chemical smells and from what little research I've done online seems to be comparably priced with other products. Also, I have horrible build up on my platens- what do you use to clean them with??? Thanks!

[TCT]

If you are taking about general cleaning, equipment cleaning and pallet cleaning, we use diluted Simple Green. Got that from a hot tip on the forum here! We use that stuff on LOTS of things!

[AKsparrow]

Oh, I love simple green! That's a great tip for general stuff!

However, I am looking for tips on emulsion stripper, ink remover, ect... Are there other tricks of the trade I should know about?

What do I use to get ink out of screens on print (mid-job?) I seem to remember having to do this when I worked in a shop a million years ago...

[Frog]

Oh, I love simple green! That's a great tip for general stuff!

However, I am looking for tips on emulsion stripper, ink remover, ect... Are there other tricks of the trade I should know about?

What do I use to get ink out of screens on print (mid-job?) I seem to remember having to do this when I worked in a shop a million years ago...

That chemical is called Press Wash, or On Press Wash and any of the brands should have one or more. I use CCI and they have a few. Mine is CG-2

Emulsion removers are almost all the same stuff and just come in different strengths to be diluted. It comes anywhere from Ready-to-Use, to 20:1
If you are having it shipped, the stronger you can get it, the less you'll be paying for shipping for its equivalent working strength quantities.