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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Russell Shaw <rjshaw@n...> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > Epson heads are not removeable.
> >
> > I believe Mop and Glo, like Future Floor Polish, is soluble in
> > household ammonia. One of the tricks to clean partly clogged heads is
> > to put a few drops of Windex with Ammonia on the park pad before
> > turning the printer off.
> >
> > More Mop and Glo would just make a dried out mess, I'd think.
>
> I've always had best success unclogging epson heads by putting
> in a genuine epson ink tank which seems to have good solvent action.
> You might need to do the clean/flush cycle 5-10 times.
I doubt inkjet ink will dissolve Mop and Glo. And the intent is to
prevent a clog in the first place.
I wasn't clear enough. The question I was addressing was, how to keep
an Epson head full of the Mop and Glo/water/watercolor mixture from
drying out overnight. Since household ammonia will dissolve Mop and
Glo, and people have regularly used it to unplug Epson heads, we know
it is (relatively) safe to use in the printer and it should keep the
Mop and Glo from hardening in the head overnight.
Steve