Cleaning Feed Tires

[toshibadale]

What do you use to clean feed rollers? One of my guys swear by WD-40. I've always used 70% alcohol.

You?

[A\ztech]

WD-40 I didn't believe it either till I tried it

[Eric1968]

Just water.

[ZOOTECH]

WD-40 I didn't believe it either till I tried it

Yup, WD-40 works great at removing paper dust and reconditioning the rubber; just don't use on the clear neoprene rollers.

[blackcat4866]

I've been using Contractor's De-Solv-It Orange-Sol for quite a few years, with success. =^..^=

[CCS]

For so many years past in the industry alot of us had been using alcohol, but it is theory now that the alcohol dries the rubber out too much and shortens the life of the roller.
Need to try and use something that kind of reconditions the rubber some, several things work,
one that is basically free is a soap-water mix like Dawn or Palmolive works real good, you would think too slick/greasy=but when it dries 10 minutes the roller will become really tacky again.
Another product that really works well is called "Mean Green" from the Dollar Store, its a general muilti-purpose cleaner/degreaser, buy it by the gallon or the quart, mix it 50/50 with water and boy this stuff really works the best I've found, another plus to it is that is cleans any part of the rest of machine well also...
Now WD-40, I will have to give that a try, but I can see how it would probably recondition the rubber as well.
There are alot of solvents out there that will do the job, but I would not use alcohol anymore, just my 2 cents.

[jonhiker]

Orange solvent if they are really bad. either water or windex if it justs needs a little touch up.

[luis8832]

I have used wd-40, i have also used a spray called rubber rejuvenator. they both work excellent. I also agree with the soap and water.

[jonezy999]

spray and whipe does the job for me.

[mrwho]

WD-40 I didn't believe it either till I tried it

Same here! Ever since I tried it, I ditched those manufacturer-made products (like Konica's Belt Cleaning) in favor of WD-40. BUT just for the regular opaque-gray rollers - the transparent ones I get better results with just alchool.

[kyocera.team]

WD-40 or water that's all

[NeoMatrix]

I mainly use good old Metholated Spirits (alcohol) to clean feed tyres and charge rollers... For those that know, metho has a double advantage if there is some orange juice in the fridge (Joking)...

WD-40 is a Hydrocarbon base solvent. The light oil used in the WD-40 will make the rubber swell up. It doesn't really matter about Feed tyres swelling up but it will matter if people use it on rubber seals and the alike.

The expansion of rubber seals is a technique we used in hydrolics to get more life out of worn out hydrolic ram seals.

I will give the WD-40 a try on some feed tyres to see how it goes. Thanks for the tip if it works...

[rukshan4u2c]

WD40 works well for a short period (until you step out the customer), well i'd tried this many years back after sometime the rubber tire gets perish and it will spoil the retard pad too. I suggest clean water and wash with soap if can. If not make some cuts across the tire with a use of a Fine Cutter (sharpened knife) it will work for a longer period this method works good in toshiba models & xerox.

[vincent64]

I have found Simple Green and a green schotch brite pad to do wonders on transport rollers, and on feed rollers too, but if the feed rollers are in question, I change them, learned early on, feed rollers are cheap, compared to a call back, cause there is always time to change them on the call back.

[timkhj]

I have found Simple Green and a green schotch brite pad to do wonders on transport rollers, and on feed rollers too, but if the feed rollers are in question, I change them, learned early on, feed rollers are cheap, compared to a call back, cause there is always time to change them on the call back.

Alcohol or "Rubber Rejuvenator" (leftover from old duplicator days) for the transport rollers and such, and almost always just replace feed tires unless just dirty with full tread. Not worth the callback.