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Offline asdprints

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What cha using?
« on: October 23, 2011, 08:30:43 PM »
What chemicals are you guys using to reclaim screens? Not counting dip tank stuff. I have been using my local supplier brand name ink degradent and degreaser / satin remover, and I don't have a clue what equivalent chems I am going to replace them with. Do you use off the shelf products like mineral spirits, etc. or all industry specific. Would you recommend any of the "green" products (that you have actually used)? Thanks for your sugestions.


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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 10:29:51 PM »
I use Franmar which is soy based but the fine print still says it causes cancer in lab rats in CA. 
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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 10:31:42 PM »
What doesn't cause cancer in California rats?

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2011, 10:38:45 PM »
"I use Franmar which is soy based but the fine print still says it causes cancer in lab rats in CA."

Glad I don't live in California. Too many things there cause cancer in lab rats.  :P
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2011, 10:40:10 PM »
I'm just glad I'm not a lab rat in CA.
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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2011, 10:51:23 PM »
I used to be one and it didn't seem to have any lasting effects.

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 11:23:39 PM »
I make sure to buy cigarettes that say "smoking by pregnant women can cause low birth weight blah blah blah"  doesn't apply to me.

But to the topic I started using CCI chemicals and recently changed to Easiway and I like their products better.

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2011, 12:05:42 AM »
We use the EasiWay line of chemicals. Most of their products are "green" and work perfectly fine!

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2011, 07:51:06 AM »
Xenon has great products at great prices.  I used them before going to work for them.  I have used or beta tested most every bodies stuff.
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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2011, 08:00:00 AM »
Easiway here. BTW, find someone close to you that sells chems, shipping can be a deal breaker.
Also, some private labels can be a good brand name just labeled for that particular supplier.

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2011, 12:28:14 PM »
Easiway here. Get them in a half-hour from a supplier up in Longwood.
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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2011, 01:08:24 PM »
I like the stuff that works... I don't really care about brand name labels for chemicals anymore because of all the regulations imposed on them, they're all basically the same thing anyway with different names on them.

Thanks to CA and their lovely VOC laws out here, everything is going the way of 'natural' cleaners as the chemical based stuff is bad for us and therefore needs to be removed from any and all products as it's been shown to cause cancer in lab rats.... freaking please! Even the food we eat and the air we breathe has been found by the state of CA to contain chemicals that can kill you!!

Check those citrus based cleaners that we have become so used to.. more than half of them are flammable.. 2 of the cleaners (both ink washes) in the box of "Enviro line" chemicals from CCI contain flammables that are not meant for drain disposal.. yeah that cleaner you're using to clean the ink from your screen on press, and in the wash tank, is both flammable and known to ignite rag piles.. hows that for a 'natural' cleaner.

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2011, 01:50:26 PM »
Living..it's the leading cause of death.

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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2011, 03:57:11 PM »
Hey Andy, you seen the Crumb documentary/biography? Wow. Just wow.


All CCI here. CitraPaste for plastisol reclaim, TS305 for color change, SR97 spot-out, ProBond
glue, GemZyne in the dip tank, Pro TexCoat emulsion, all their waterbase products, Baja Black plastisol
and we're sampling a high-opacity white this week.


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Re: What cha using?
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2011, 05:38:28 PM »
I like the stuff that works... I don't really care about brand name labels for chemicals anymore because of all the regulations imposed on them, they're all basically the same thing anyway with different names on them.

Thanks to CA and their lovely VOC laws out here, everything is going the way of 'natural' cleaners as the chemical based stuff is bad for us and therefore needs to be removed from any and all products as it's been shown to cause cancer in lab rats.... freaking please! Even the food we eat and the air we breathe has been found by the state of CA to contain chemicals that can kill you!!

Check those citrus based cleaners that we have become so used to.. more than half of them are flammable.. 2 of the cleaners (both ink washes) in the box of "Enviro line" chemicals from CCI contain flammables that are not meant for drain disposal.. yeah that cleaner you're using to clean the ink from your screen on press, and in the wash tank, is both flammable and known to ignite rag piles.. hows that for a 'natural' cleaner.
Xenon has an extensive line of CA compliant or better.  I agree that the CA laws are sometimes alarmist but what are you gonna do?
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