Kathi8/24/03 1:30 AM I use clear white vinegar all the time for laundry and wiper blades and coffee pots. It dissolves mineral deposits and junk left behind by coffee. All water-based. I would not recommend using it in an ink jet. If anything would help ink jets, it would need to be petroleum based, something like acetone or maybe alcohol.
Kathi > possibly, but, i'd be a little worried about the acidity, and far more worried > about small particles, i suspect that most apple cider vinegar has some > suspended solids and inkjet nozzles are a lot smaller than anything in a wiper > system. also, you want something that will be a good solvent for the ink, > i.e. > it's probably good to have a much higher alcohol content. there are likely > also > dissolved substances in cider that you don't want to leave behind in that > particular plumbing. if you want something "natural", try everclear and > distilled water, though i'm not sure that fermenting and then distilling > qualifies as natural. common usage and legal meaning of "natural" tend to > vary > widely both from person to person and country to country. remember that ink > jets work by vaporizing a small amount of the ink solvent and burping it out > through a small orifice, a system very sensitive to dissolved compounds and > the > smallest suspended solids, both of which will tend to accumulate at the > nozzle. > > "James E. Gribble III" wrote: >> >> I ran apple cider vinager in my wind shield water system of my car when the >> plastic >> lines >> got clogged with whatever! Wouldn't this work on printer lines and be a >> natural >> cleaner >> for inkjets as it is for almost everything else? Sure worked for my car! It >> eats >> deposits. >> >> Philip Stortz wrote: >> >>> good advice. i have an "apple color printer", i think their first inkjet, >>> that >>> indeed has big ink bags and tubes to the printhead, when i got it it was >>> badly >>> clogged. i ran a lot of rubbing alcohol and even everclear and distilled >>> water > ---------- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
