Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tyler.
Looking at the MSDS of each of these products, it appears the
difference is that the primary ingredient of Simplegreen is Butyl
Cellosolve, a solvent, along with fragrances also, whereas the Tilex
Fresh Shower has Alkylpolyglycoside, which is an environment friendly
non-ionic surfactant, along with alcohol as solvent, a chelating EDTA
agent to bind heavy metals, and fragrance.
 Try googling  Butyl cellosolve to get an idea of it's disadvantages.

 The surfactant in the Tilex is used in many cleaning and cosmetic
products from what I can find. It's also mentioned in research and
patent literature as very useful in micro encapsulation applications.
That caught my attention quickly. It's also effective in basic
solutions which include some of the inks we use. One other advantage
it has is that it leaves no residues behind and requires no rinse when
used in cleaning applications.

All this said, I imagine a lot of cleaning agents can probably be used
successfully. I don't think the fragrances have much impact for the
flushing use but for dilution of inks the jury would still be out.

Sorry for the late response but I've been under the weather for a
couple of days(due to an encounter with a poisonous spider...it won).

Regards
Duane



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
<tyler@...> wrote:
>
> I've been following this thread for a bit... thanks to all with
> knowledge... but before I mix up a big Christmas batch, I'm unclear
> about part of it... I'm trying the glycerin, distilled water, but from
> there I'm unclear if what tilex and simple green offer are
> interchangable... or do they each offer something unique? Lastly, the
> tilex I saw in the store had the fragrence Paul mentioned, but does
> that rule it out? Stinks around here anyway...
> Thanks all,
> Tyler
>