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Offline Gilligan

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Re: What do you use for cleaning ink
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2013, 09:29:22 AM »
Our parts washer has PSC 1000 in it from Tractor Supply.

Works well and it's cheap.


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Re: What do you use for cleaning ink
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2013, 11:57:21 AM »
Our parts washer has PSC 1000 in it from Tractor Supply.

Works well and it's cheap.

Cheap is good but some of those fluro based chemicals aren't good for uerothane squeegees. Makes them hard and brittle over time.

Something else I'm seeing with the newer compliant inks, they don't clean up well, even get really chalky with grease cutting cleaners.
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Re: What do you use for cleaning ink
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2013, 07:37:23 PM »
Our parts washer has PSC 1000 in it from Tractor Supply.

Works well and it's cheap.

Cheap is good but some of those fluro based chemicals aren't good for uerothane squeegees. Makes them hard and brittle over time.

Something else I'm seeing with the newer compliant inks, they don't clean up well, even get really chalky with grease cutting cleaners.

Any experience with this particular chemical or just a better safe than sorry warning?

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Re: What do you use for cleaning ink
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2013, 07:05:05 AM »
it's a generality.

for what it costs to have proper cleaner, we roll with decent stuff.  It's still pretty cheap and in a parts washer, it lasts a long time.