Digital BW, The Print

I think the RV antifreeze mentioned is for the potable water system in a RV home, not the radiator stuff. Comes in blue too.

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On May 12, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Sam McCandless wrote:

> 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
>