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Re: Making yourown flushing cartridges

2008-11-30 by Robert Shram

Hi Duane

Thanks for this information. The clear ammonia; how do you work that 
out? does it come in a pure form or is it in containers allready cut 
to say 3 to 10%?

Thanks Bob Shram

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus" 
<dlruckus@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Brian. I've used a variety of things. The distilled water will 
work
> but it may be a bit more difficult to remove old ink that way.
> Currently, I use a mix of about 15% glycerin, 84.5% distilled H2O 
and
> 1/2% clear ammonia by volume. If I'm cleaning an old cart thats been
> around awhile or restoring an old printer's heads, I make the mix 
with
> about 10% Tilex Clean Shower replacing an equal amount of H2O (The
> Tilex contains a surfactant and isopropyl alcohol). 
> 
> Regards
> Duane
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Corll"
> <briancorll@> wrote:
> >
> > If I were to make a set of flushing cartridges out of some 
refillable
> > cartridges, what would I use as the flushing agent - just 
distilled
> H2O ?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Brian Corll
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

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