Whats your favourite cleaning chemical

[Morlock49]

As we are doing favourites, I might as well start one on substance abuse.

My 2 favourite chemicals were Fedron and Ambersil cover cleaner (foaming only)

I did carry around MEK for a while but it kept melting the plastic bottles lol

[Shadow1]

Fedron was only good for the customers you didn't really like that well - I remember a tech telling me about a customer that chewed his a$$ for no reason and he left pieces of his used fedron rags in every trashcan (and a few closets and desk drawers when noone was looking) he could find. I knew the customer (major jerk) and actually felt sorry for him. Sorta. OK, not really - he was a world class jackass and deserved it, but I would have felt sorry for anybody else.

Trichlorethane and Trichloretholene were great to clean fuser guides, and didn't melt the bottle (as bad) as MEK

We used to use Great Glass cleaner from CCP industies, until Ricoh made us get all our supplies from ISS. Now our glass cleaner is 50% Alcohol and 50% Amonia - catch a good nose full and it will knock you over.

[Dark Helmet]

General stuff, glass, mirrors, i go into the paint isle and pickup some methal hydrate.

Rollers i use Sel-sol. Love that stuff, it does not smell bad, works well and it does not eat plastic. It does stain things red though if your not careful.

I used to carry Rubber Rejuv but it was giving me head aches but im going to have to start carrying it again. Nothing gets that baked on toner shit off like that stuff. I do have a beef with guys who are to lazy to remove the roller from the plastic frame when cleaning with it though. Gotta love it when the shit melts the plastic around making burs and ridge and causing document feeder jams.....

My case cleaner is called A-707. Holy shit does that stuff work, I took a copier out of a welding shop, took the covers off, sprayed em down and the dirt looks like it was melting off. Take a scrub brush give it a quick scrub and then rinse. Looks like new. I used to go around a machine in circles spraying it down. As the dirt is sliding down the case to the floor ill start hacking away and can't breath. Must have anomonia in it

I used to use liquid hand soap. It worked ok on new rollers. Didn't work that good on old dried up rollers though.

[edwin3268]

I still find that Fedron is great in small amounts to clean that baked on toner off pressure rollers....also, ever try PFE?? Part # A3104AB. cleans label glue,markers, dirt,grease and great on rubber rollers too! Smells like citrus(orange) and is a great alternative to Fedron(which is getting harder to find with all the EPA laws.) Comes in a non areosol can and is water rinseable.

[Jules Winfield]

Brillianize (anti-static glass cleaner). Also works pretty good on sticky plastic paper guides and old-school rubber doc feeder belts. Makes everything nice and slick.

[ToshibaTech]

I carry Windex mixed with a little rain-x (add some blue washer fluid in winter) and a bottle of water mixed with a little soap. That's all the office provides so that's all I use. I was going to buy some alcohol but I'm too cheap and what I have keeps working so...

[DUKEY]

I live by De-Ink!!! can't use on everything as will take lettering off of covers! but as for toner build-up and feed rollers..it's the best!! and i've been using it for twenty years atleast.. and i use glass plus for mirrors and glass and covers!! if there's a mark de-ink dosen't remove I try softscrub!! O and triflow works great in brass bushings!! after cleaning with...guess what? de-ink lol..hope my opinion helps ...remember my opinion i'm not here to debate anyone so don't try!! thanks gl

[TheOwl]

I use anything I can drink as well so I don't have to deal with customers!!! hahahahaha

Isopropynol or Litho (can't remember the full name for litho but it is basically a blanket cleaner for presses).

[JVergin]

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T-960 (Don't really use it anymore but we have it. A very powerful orange cleaner)

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Belt Cleaner (Used to clean feed rollers and get pen marks / perm marker off of covers)

Windex (Glass / general cleaning)

Simple Green (Covers / general cleaning. Also use a small amount when cleaning riso feed tires and sep pads.)

Iso-pro alcohol (Generally used to clean 1 way gears, metal shafts, clutches, riso sep pads.)

Canned air of course (obvious uses)

Also carry anti-static spray for the dry months.

[mjarbar]

ambersil FE10 and then good ole WD40 for rubber rollers

CPC glass cleaner for mirrors and the copyboard glass (also good for the car windscreen as it cleans streak free)

Canned air

Canon (Longs) foam cleaner for the panels, smells nice but just not enougth of it.

[mrwho]

WD40, Konica's Belt Cleaner, Window Cleaner and Isopropyl (spelling?) alchool.

When all else fails, hammer and chisel!

[Morlock49]

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When all else fails, hammer and chisel!

I would like to see you sniff them

[mrwho]

In fact I kinda like Isopropyl alchool - I like to, once in a while, rub my hands on it, put them over my mouth and nose and take a deep whiff.

I know, it's bad for me, but heck, I don't smoke, so it should balance things.

[JustManuals]

Fantastic is good for cleaning yellowing plastic cases. But it tastes pretty lousy

[waffu22]

Only alcohol