Getting rid of old ink buckets...

[JBLUE]

He's in California... they probably pay people to dig through people's trash to make sure it's all legit.

It is not just a California thing. Most of the disposal laws are the same if not worse around the country. You would be surprised on what you are legally allowed to throw away.

[Frog]

He's in California... they probably pay people to dig through people's trash to make sure it's all legit.

It is not just a California thing. Most of the disposal laws are the same if not worse around the country. You would be surprised on what you are legally allowed to throw away.

I think that Gilly is just joking that in California, with its "tree hugging big government" they actually take it seriously! lol!

[Gilligan]

Exactly!

I am also serious about taking anyone's ink buckets that they don't want to mess with.  The wife just informed me we need some for the kid's activity center that we bought (did I mention we bought another business?)

[mk162]

personally, i wouldn't use old ink buckets around kids.  I am about the furthest thing from a granola-eating-all-natural-organic-type person, but knowing where they came from and what was in them, I would buy new in a heartbeat.

check with your ink supplier, they probably will sell them cheaper than paying a guy to clean them out...but this post will probably be ignored.

CLEANING OLD BUCKETS ISN'T WORTH THE HASSLE.

[Gilligan]

LOL... I didn't ignore your last post.

Found out they were for her brother to use to mix ink in because he's painting a large mural on the wall before they open.

If I have to pay my guy anyway (I don't send him home because of no work) then it doesn't really cost me anything.  He's spent the last two days playing with artwork for two jobs.  Granted, he's learning more about art in the process but still... whew!

[tonypep]

We just use water. There is a row of soaking/rinsing sinks behind the presses. Takes a few seconds. Pints, qts, 1/2  qts, gals, etc. Our meticulous ink dept has multiple drawers on a long work bench that store the empty DC containers and actually file them by color # to eliminate cross contamination. The containers are permanently marked with color # and formula.