Ink Jet explosion

[Mikey P]

teenager's ink jet printer broke and has she tried to mover it from her room to the garage she left a dozen or so egg sized ink spots on her 15 year old nylon.

She used a "general purpose" cleaner to get the bulk of the thick glops off the carpet and we showed up 36 hours later.


With my Forsythian Spotting Hack Kit I was able to completely loosen the ink with just a few squirts of 40 vol and a few of Isopropyl alcohol

Rinsed right out. :shock:

Easiest ink job I've ever done. :!: :!:


1st time I've knowingly worked on ink straight from the cartridge. I was expecting it to be far more concentrated and difficult



Anyone else :?:

 

[daniel@procarpet]

I keep two bottles of rubbing alcohol on my truck.

Picked that tip up here and works great.

I haven't tried peroxide on ink.

 

[steve g]

what is alcohol going to do different than POG??

 

[ascrubabove]

what is alcohol going to do different than POG??

alcohol will disolve the ink faster, and evaporate, most POG's will not totaly evaporate

 

[John Buxton]

always use cold water because ink jets and lasers use heat to set the ink on paper.

 

[Mikey P]

always use cold water because ink jets and lasers use heat to set the ink on paper.

GREAT TIP!!!

 

[Becker]

Did a clients home office.
As I presprayed a rainbow of splattered color everywhere.
Scared the shit out of me.
Mentioned it to the client as I went to get me extraction hose and wand.
By the time I got back all the 100s of spots had tripled in size.

Extracted right out.
Ink jet printer.

 

[steve frasier]

if ink jet printer ink is on paper and the paper gets wet, the ink will run

So is what you did really that hard?

serious question not smart ass comment

 

[ACE]

Nice Response time!!!

I love the jobs where it seems imposable, but you somehow knock it out of the Park.
Its, so much better then when you plan on a grand slam, but get blindsided by a curveball.

 

[Eric Scofield]

90% iso alcohol works great on latex paint to.

 

[Mikey P]

Nice Response time!!!

I told her I could not make it that day, I gave her some other companies to try with no luck. She picked her time slot.

 

[GeneMiller]

dinner plate of ink from some sort of printer vacuumed it out using straight solvent spotter . it took about 5 minutes.

gene

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I've worked with several office supply places here for the little boo-boos their printer techs run into.

Good job Mike.

 

[Willy P]

Gel alcohol base hand sanitizer. Like an OJ for ink.