I buy acetone in gallon cans at Lowes to clean inkjet heads. I've also
been able to buy 99.5% pure isopropyl alcohol in liter bottles at
Fry's. Some ink residues dissolve better in alcohol. What I miss is
1,1,1 trichloroethane. I worked in food processing plants,
specifically margarine and vegetable oil production in the 70's through
1998. We used 1,1,1 tec to clean machinery from 1972 to 1979. Best
degreaser ever, but it was nasty stuff. It dissolved almost everything
except glass and the special polymer liners on the drums. If you dipped
your hand in it, all of the skin oil would be removed and your skin
would dry and crack almost immediately. All of this was pre-MSDS of
course. The company used to let us take buckets of it home to degrease
car parts.
James
Charles wrote:
>I bought a gallon can of it at Home Depot last fall. They also
>sell acetone, muriatic acid, and plenty of other "nasty"
>chemicals.
>-Charles
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