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  • kyoceradude
    The Great Gazoo

    250+ Posts
    • Aug 2006
    • 442

    #1

    Canned Air!!!!

    Just want to check. Are most dealers using canned air? If so, what brand are you using and what price are you paying? Ames AQS Air 15 oz. can runs $9.00 per can when you buy it by the case. Looking for an alternative... Of course it has to be Non-Flamable. We tried one that turned into a blow torch. Don't want to do that again.
    My mission here on Earth is to help all you Dum-Dums!
  • JustManuals
    Field Supervisor

    5,000+ Posts
    • Jan 2006
    • 9838

    #2
    I buy 10 oz. cans of Falcon Dust-Off at 3 for $9.99 at microcenter.

    HtH
    Paul@justmanuals.com

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    • Cipher
      It's not easy being green

      1,000+ Posts
      • May 2006
      • 1309

      #3
      We just use a manually operated blower brush (without the brush extension).

      • Knowledge not shared, is eventually knowledge that becomes lost... like tears in the rain.

      Fully qualified technician for Ricoh - Canon - Sharp - HP - Brother

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      • JustManuals
        Field Supervisor

        5,000+ Posts
        • Jan 2006
        • 9838

        #4
        Daz.......You oughta join the 21st century.

        Paul@justmanuals.com

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        • Cipher
          It's not easy being green

          1,000+ Posts
          • May 2006
          • 1309

          #5
          Coca-Cola admits that Dasani is nothing but bottled tap water.

          And in another shocking story

          Cans of compressed air is nothing but............................ air.

          Blah the 21st century blows LOL.
          • Knowledge not shared, is eventually knowledge that becomes lost... like tears in the rain.

          Fully qualified technician for Ricoh - Canon - Sharp - HP - Brother

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          • JustManuals
            Field Supervisor

            5,000+ Posts
            • Jan 2006
            • 9838

            #6
            'Blah the 21st century blows'

            Well, ya got that right!

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            • just a tech
              Service Manager

              250+ Posts
              • Jan 2007
              • 332

              #7
              Originally posted by DaZ
              We just use a manually operated blower brush (without the brush extension).


              hey daz.. i use the best of both worlds... an air can and a small paint brush..

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              • ZOOTECH
                Senior member of CRS

                Site Contributor
                2,500+ Posts
                • Jul 2007
                • 3374

                #8
                Just don't use a vacuum with the spray can, I had one that 'backfired' on me, scared the pi$$ out of me (glad I wasn't at customers). Not sure if spray was non-flammable or not, but the static buildup of the moving air might have done it.
                "You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --

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                • DadO
                  Trusted Tech

                  Site Contributor
                  250+ Posts
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 401

                  #9
                  I, like u all don't understand why are pressured air so expensive, Its a dam air, not hydrogen bomb....

                  I never tried but will, to buy a air compressor and "rechargeable" pressure cans.Of course, its a bomb if u try to manually recharge can ...if u don't use appropriate tools.This is an unconfirmed idea

                  I will send a e-mail to "jackass" for testing

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                  • lkrsardis
                    Trusted Tech

                    250+ Posts
                    • Dec 2007
                    • 316

                    #10
                    canned air

                    We had a tech blow the front door clean off its hinges on a NP 6545 one time.
                    That was a blast. He was using compuserve air.
                    Like the United States Postal Service It's a miracle it works!

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                    • dogsbody
                      Trusted Tech

                      250+ Posts
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 289

                      #11
                      only use my mark 1 blower brush now, a year or two ago over my christmas leave the car was sitting for about a week, temperature outside got to about 42 degrees (about 107 farenheiht), a can of air was in my tool box and it blew the side right out of it. Haven't touched it since.
                      The force will be with you always.

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                      • DadO
                        Trusted Tech

                        Site Contributor
                        250+ Posts
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 401

                        #12
                        Originally posted by lkrsardis
                        We had a tech blow the front door clean off its hinges on a NP 6545 one time.
                        That was a blast. He was using compuserve air.

                        Hahahah u say a blast? Luck is, i never experienced simmilar (cans blowing up, limbs going off ) but did saw few examples what u should not do whit an can, still didn't repelled me from idea of compressor and a
                        rechargeable can at least until accident don't happen

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                        • euro scott
                          Trusted Tech

                          100+ Posts
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 127

                          #13
                          i had to ban it from the shop for a while as a had a shop tech that was huffing it and getting stoned..when i finally found the one , hes now in a different line of work

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                          • yourownfree
                            Trusted Tech

                            250+ Posts
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 474

                            #14
                            plubbbb

                            canned air is not air, its a gas. I tried to make my own canned air. I took a tire valve and soldered it in the bottom of the can. I then pumped air pressure in it with a tire pump. It's only good for about one squirt. waste of time. you need something thats of heavier metal to put more pressure in. We get about 4 cans of air at Costco for about 10-12 bucks. Hey the canned air thing i made might work if i had a heavier tank and a mini compressor in my tool case.
                            too much weight. just need a screwdriver and do air blowing exercises daily, to keep your lungs at top notch air force potential. Ever tried blowing air from your mouth to clean a part off, it seems to go back in you mouth for some reason, never do it anymore, too many germs and crap stuck in the dust. End up coughing for an hour trying to get the dust bunny out of my throat.

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                            • lkrsardis
                              Trusted Tech

                              250+ Posts
                              • Dec 2007
                              • 316

                              #15
                              This blows

                              Toner snot at the end of the day.
                              Like the United States Postal Service It's a miracle it works!

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