Digital BW, The Print

Visine eyedrops has 1% polyethylene glycol and 0.2% glycerin....meant to lubricate and prevent dryness of eyes.  

I personally advocate giving your dring a prnnnter...I mean...giving your printer a drink  (the Vodka solution is a good one)...alcohol does wonders for the printer...so to speak. 

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jimhayes361 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:46 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Chemistry of Windex, Fantastik, 70%Alcohol


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "erikhuneker" 
  <erik.huneker@p...> wrote:

  The best solution at home to clean a 
  > printhead is probably to use medical alcohol (the stuff to clean off 
  > wounds, which is at 70% ethanol) and cut it with purified water 
  (most 
  > water sold for drinking should do - stay away from Evian/Dasani 
  > because of the high mineral content ;-)). Or vodka !!(most vodkas 
  are 
  > fairly pure 40% ethanol 60% water)...


  Why is 70% better than denatured?

  > 
  > 4- If you are looking for something that evaporates slower, i.e. for 
  > the cleaning pad, propylene glycol might be the best solution 
  > (ethylene glycol will evaporate a little faster but is good too). 
  I'm 
  > not sure how to find it in small quantities (we buy it industrially 
  > in large quantities). They are both TOXIC by ingestion though!

  I found a place in California that sells to hobbiests, you can get a 
  quart of propylene glycol for $7.15, here is URL....

  http://www.chemistrystore.com/propylene_glycol.htm

  you're own responsibility if you order from them, I know nothing about 
  this company or the chemical myself(disclaimer).

  apparently it is safer than ethylene glycol, and is used in foods in 
  small quantities, and in the ink used to print food packaging! FDA I 
  guess prefers this in the ink, this is wild...

  I am going to look over MSDS but I think I may try this out. I'll wait 
  for more comments to file in first, so far you folks are doing great, 
  and thank you.
  Jim H.


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