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Re: Making yourown flushing cartridges

2008-12-01 by dlruckus

Hi Bob. It's the ordinary clear ammonia from the grocery store so is
precut. You wouldn't want it to be too corrosive. Be sure NOT to use
some of the brands containing other additives.

Regards
Duane




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Shram"
<bobshram@...> wrote:
>
> 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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