Dip Tank

[shellyky]

I am pretty sure you can add a tap. I will have to try that when I drain this thing.
The one thing I dont like about a dip tank is that it warps the wooden frames but I guess thats to be expected.

I have two tanks with taps and they don't really help much. They are to low to add a bucket or anything under it.

pierre

ditto--i tried a hose on my spigot once and it just popped off--its not threaded and its only 2-3" off the ground so there isn't any use for it in my opinion unless you built this thing on wheels and have a floor drain.  i end up just bucketing it out...i'd love to siphon but im not putting that in my mouth LOL.  Bought a drill pump but it burnt up in no time with the particles that were going thru it.

[RICK STEFANICK]

about every 5-600 screens depending on how much ink you get off..i prefer the easi way products.. easy strip in the tank 2:1 with water. and then 701 or 901 as the last step.  franmar has some great products also.

[Mr Tees!!]

I use one of these fish tank cleaner things to pull the old chemical out of the tank. You attach it to the end of a standard garden hose...

http://www.petdiscounters.com/Ultimate-Aquarium-Vac--25-foot_p_12055.html

...you can also just get the main siphon attachment but you may need the silicon tubing or something similar to direct the waterflow to a drain.

http://www.petdiscounters.com/Ultimate-Super-Pump_p_12058.html

...both are available at local chain pet supply stores, like PetSmart etc.

[Prosperi-Tees]

I am pretty sure you can add a tap. I will have to try that when I drain this thing.
The one thing I dont like about a dip tank is that it warps the wooden frames but I guess thats to be expected.

I have two tanks with taps and they don't really help much. They are to low to add a bucket or anything under it.

pierre

ditto--i tried a hose on my spigot once and it just popped off--its not threaded and its only 2-3" off the ground so there isn't any use for it in my opinion unless you built this thing on wheels and have a floor drain.  i end up just bucketing it out...i'd love to siphon but im not putting that in my mouth LOL.  Bought a drill pump but it burnt up in no time with the particles that were going thru it.

I can see myself having all this gunk all over the floor trying to tip this over into a bucket. I will have to try the siphon thing from the fish tank place like the other poster suggested.

[garagewear]

I was looking at my tank and thought I might try to take a pillowcase and line the tank with it. When the solution gets so bad that it needs changed I could pull the "sock" out and let it dry and cure it. Then just use my siphon pump and empty the tank.

[Prosperi-Tees]

I was looking at my tank and thought I might try to take a pillowcase and line the tank with it. When the solution gets so bad that it needs changed I could pull the "sock" out and let it dry and cure it. Then just use my siphon pump and empty the tank.

Thats a pretty good idea!

[mk162]

danggit, I am supposed to be the idea guy around here.  I did finally make a shuttle flash for my press over the weekend.

[RICK STEFANICK]

not to be the downer guy but i think over time the chemical would eat up the pillowcase or it would rip due to inserting and removing screens in a production environment.. i think your idea is brilliant if you can find the right material..

[mk162]

i would go with something like a laundry bag.  maybe you could also sew one from extra screen mesh

[Prosperi-Tees]

How about a paint strainer I dont know if they make them that large. I do know they make five gallon strainer bags

[shellyky]

when i get alot of floaty particles, i do pantyhose on a coat hanger (makeshirt pool skimmer lol)

[alan802]

We are getting well over a thousand screens out of our dip tank chem right now.  I am using easiway supra.  I've used so many dip tank chems that I can't remember them all.  The last was a saati product and it worked really well in the beginning but only for a month or so before we had to do a major recharge.  I've used an ICC product, several different easiway's, and numerous suppliers calling me wanting me to try their product.  I remember Franmars product as being really good, on par with the easiway supra.  I think it was called "one step"?

[shellyky]

I remember Franmars product as being really good, on par with the easiway supra.  I think it was called "one step"?

yep--thats what we use.

[ebscreen]

CCI Gemzyne.

I gave up long ago on a "put dirty screen in tank pull out clean" solution.
Still have to remove ink no matter what.

Gemzyne is $40 for a 27 gallon tank plus some to refresh. Lasts forever.

[ZooCity]

CCI Gemzyne.

I gave up long ago on a "put dirty screen in tank pull out clean" solution.
Still have to remove ink no matter what.

Gemzyne is $40 for a 27 gallon tank plus some to refresh. Lasts forever.

I've never been able to throw a screen straight into the "one step"either. You either loosen up the ink before hand with ink cleaner or you have to do it with the dehazer. Far as I can tell there's no such thing as a combination ink/emulsion remover.  Franmar's works great as an emulsion stripper but that gem zyne sounds like a better deal.