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Re: Alternative (or additive) to Glycerine in ink base

2018-10-18 by Peter De Smidt

Fri Sep�21,�2018 6:06�am (PDT) . Posted by: "Sean M Puckett" seanmpuckett
I have filament/mould growth in my cartridges, and in base with two different sources of glycerine and distilled water using the \u201ca\u201d recipe. I\u2019m reasonably sure it\u2019s just environmental spores. Living in Toronto there\u2019s lots of stuff floating around in the air and not much I can do about it.

I've had this, too, including with base ordered from MIS.� If I remember rightly, I use the "b" base, the one with the Edwal surficant. � I store that bottle in my basement darkroom.� I also get it in my darkroom solutions made with polypropylene glycol.

I haven't been printing for a number of years.� Back when I was looking into it, a number of alternative printers recommend thymol, the ingredient in Listerine, but I haven't tried it.

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