India Ink spill job later today

[Mikey P]

any suggestions?


My last ink call was an exploded printer cartridge that rinsed out with just water.


I dont think I'll be that lucky this time.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Corral it first (alcohol hand sanitizer works great). Once it starts moving don't stop.

 

[Ross Buettner]

I use Prochem's one-step oxy rescue and their Inksolv.

Same thing, ring around it and gogogogo.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

M.E.K. works quickly on most ink.

 

[machinejjh]

Solv Ink & Uph tool @ low temp/pressure. Works great.

M.E.K. works quickly on most ink.

Methyl Ethyl Ketone? CH3C(O)CH2CH3?

Prolly wouldn't use that myself, vapors can be an irritant. *shrug*

To each his own.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Gasoline vapors irritate as well. Handle with due care. A pro will have 200+ cfm of ventilation at the point of use.

Using the RIGHT solvent in the RIGHT spot with proper ventilation gets the job done cleanly and with low net exposure.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Make no promises, in fact I'd start defining the separation now.

It's their spot, not yours (don't say it like that) but you don't want the blame for incomplete removal.

I'd try solvent first, Prosolve, Power gel and I'd blot into towels as much as you can before you rinse any out. Get as much mess out as you can before flooding it. The I'd use the Hoss to flush it, that dude should work better anything on flushing and extracting. Anything left I'd use Stain Magic.

Good luck!

 

[machinejjh]

Lee,
Like I said, to each his own. Didn't say it was wrong, just different. It's good to hear new things.

I worked in a machining factory when I was young. We used MEK and Cosmoline on the machined edges. Irritated the crap out of my eyes, throat and lungs. Granted, those were in much larger amounts than you would use on an ink spot.

Then, I moved to sandblasting and watched a guy turn his leg into what looked like peppered hamburger...


Ahhhh, the good old days...

 

[juniorc82]

use one of robinsons diet shakes

 

[Mikey P]

Untouched..

I hit them both with 40 vol and Ammonia then began rinsing with a IA and Hel Gel ...apply agitate rinse repeat.. took about 15 times to remove each set of drips.

Luckily the ink did not go all the way to the backing..

Half way done..

Done!

 

[Jay_wat]

nice job!

 

[Ron Lippold]

wow Mikey I can see why you where so stressed about that.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Awsome!

What did you charge them?


If it's your house you can tell us, we won't make fun of you.

 

[Mikey P]

Do I have to sic meAt on you Lippold?

$150

 

[Desk Jockey]

Need to get those photo's on your website along with a comment from her.

Nice work! 8)