Digital BW, The Print

Good grief, that sounds awful! I hope you are OK Duane. I really
apreciate your reply. The only thing I might add for anyone else
following this is that there are 2 tilex products that I ran into. One
seems to be for mold, NOT what you want.
Thanks again Duane, get better.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>