Shurloc Squeegee Clean

[eliteinkprinting]

Hey guys,
Was curious if anyone has this or can give me any insight. Pretty expensive piece of equipment, but manually cleaning squeezes is getting pretty time consuming. Have a great week!

[TCT]

If you print plastisol, they are nice. When we had ours I learned that spinning faster was not better. Slow and steady wins the race.... 

[eliteinkprinting]

If you print plastisol, they are nice. When we had ours I learned that spinning faster was not better. Slow and steady wins the race.... 

I've been told that more than once 

[paradoxsc]

If you print plastisol, they are nice. When we had ours I learned that spinning faster was not better. Slow and steady wins the race.... 

I've been told that more than once 

We want one but $600 is a bit steep for what it is. (I'm a cheapo and a DIYer)  It's essentially two wheel cleaning brushes inside a stainless box that spin on a crank handle. I think I could build one for right around $100-150 but never seem to find the time to break out the welding gear. I have thought about it in depth though.

If I were building it I would take a flat piece of thin stainless and cut squares off of the corners, bend up the sides in a break and weld them. Then it's just a matter of installing the wheel brushes on a crank mechanism with some modifications to make them fit properly. I might even wire up a variable speed motor so I could spin them hands free and control the rotation speed.

[eliteinkprinting]

If you print plastisol, they are nice. When we had ours I learned that spinning faster was not better. Slow and steady wins the race.... 

I've been told that more than once 

We want one but $600 is a bit steep for what it is. (I'm a cheapo and a DIYer)  It's essentially two wheel cleaning brushes inside a stainless box that spin on a crank handle. I think I could build one for right around $100-150 but never seem to find the time to break out the welding gear. I have thought about it in depth though.
Yeah I agree it is pricey. But throw in time,rags/shirts/paper towels it all adds up. To be honest I'm jsut trying to find reasons to pull the trigger 

If I were building it I would take a flat piece of thin stainless and cut squares off of the corners, bend up the sides in a break and weld them. Then it's just a matter of installing the wheel brushes on a crank mechanism with some modifications to make them fit properly. I might even wire up a variable speed motor so I could spin them hands free and control the rotation speed.

[tonypep]

It works well if used and maintained well (like anything else). But it's no Blade Runner!!!!
Not sure if good investment for a man op.

[ZooCity]

We got one that we could sell if anyone is interested.  Clean, brushes in good shape.  Comes w. standalone lid and M&R style squeegee holder/lid. 

We used this on blades and floods when we had our old, very cramped reclaim area.  With a dedicated tooling cleaning pit and rinse sink the workflow has changed and it hasn't been tapped out again for use.    701 works well in it.

[bimmridder]

Tony, I think you and I are the only ones that ever ran a Bladerunner.

[tonypep]

Ha! If I only still had the picture! It was a "not ready for prime time" piece. Never seen something turn into a (small) boat anchor so quickly.
Hope all is well Barth RIP Jerry Hubbard.
tp

[paradoxsc]

We got one that we could sell if anyone is interested.  Clean, brushes in good shape.  Comes w. standalone lid and M&R style squeegee holder/lid. 

We used this on blades and floods when we had our old, very cramped reclaim area.  With a dedicated tooling cleaning pit and rinse sink the workflow has changed and it hasn't been tapped out again for use.    701 works well in it.

What are you thinking on it zoo?
austin@paradoxprints.com

[paradoxsc]

Ha! If I only still had the picture! It was a "not ready for prime time" piece. Never seen something turn into a (small) boat anchor so quickly.
Hope all is well Barth RIP Jerry Hubbard.
tp

https://www.fimor-serigraphy.com/en/products/accessories/154-blade-runner.html

Is that it? Seems uber complicated for a squeegee cleaner. What killed it in the end?

[ZooCity]

$400 plus shipping? 

[tonypep]

Ha! If I only still had the picture! It was a "not ready for prime time" piece. Never seen something turn into a (small) boat anchor so quickly.
Hope all is well Barth RIP Jerry Hubbard.
tp

https://www.fimor-serigraphy.com/en/products/accessories/154-blade-runner.html

Is that it? Seems uber complicated for a squeegee cleaner. What killed it in the end?

Much revised and a prettier picture but very difficult to keep itself clean so no one bothered. No one wanted to spend a couple of hours cleaning a machine that was supposed to clean things. Scrape card and quick wipe was faster and more thorough. Difficulty in getting them thoroughly clean without final scrape and wipe any way. Like cleaning the dishes after they come out of the dishwasher!