Digital BW, The Print

On May 11, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Susan Koons wrote:

> Is there a favorite cleaning solution that everyone uses on their  
> printers? I have  read windex, simple green and RV antifreeze. Is  
> there a best choice?

In re "RV antifreeze":

If it's any good as a cleaning fluid, I'm curious to know more about  
it only if the antifreeze I'm already stocking is "RV". It's a now  
nearly obsolete Toyota antifreeze they call "Factory Red Fluid". It's  
called "Toyota Red" by early-1990's Land Cruiser fans. Some of them  
are devoted to the older brass-core radiators which I believe were  
last OEM on 1994 Land Cruisers but still available several years ago,  
when I needed to replace the all-plastic radiator on my 1997 Land  
Cruiser. So I got a new 1994 brass-cored radiator from the factory and  
"Toyota Red" from a dealer to go along with it.

My Land Cruiser hasn't overheated since then, but just in case, I  
carry a gallon of Toyota Red when I go on long road and off-road photo  
excursions in the southwestern United States. Then I use it in the  
radiator when I routinely replace its coolant every two years. But I  
would be glad to have another use for it if it's appropriate. Toyota's  
one-gallon bottles (Part No. 00272-1LLAC) list its ingredients as:  
"Ethylene Glycol (107-21-1), Diethylene Glycol (111-46-6), Water  
(7732--18-5), Organic Acid Salt (532-32-1), Hydrated Inorganic Salt  
(1310-58-3)".

As far as I know, Toyota Red and other antifreezes are useless for  
anything else and poisonous to both plants and animals to boot.
--
Sam