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Step 8Cleanup
CLEAN-UP CHEAT SHEET
Wear Gloves! Turn on the ventilation! Open Windows!
1. Scrape
Scape up all ink with razor scraper and put it on a phone page.
Roll out roller and scrape up the excess ink. Repeat.
2. Veggie Oil
Pour some vegetable oil on the glass slab. Roll the inking rollers in the oil.
Wipe up the ink with paper towels. Try to use recycled paper towels or I usually just cut up old T-shirts . Wipe down the ink knives and rollers. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THEM WELL. There is nothing worse then spending all that time and your beautiful print has a random blob on it. Use Veggie Oil on your Block too.
3. Simple Green
Spray Simple Green on the glass( The reason I say use Simple Green is some people use Mineral Spirits and if you are doing this for a while you don't want to breath the fumes from Mineral Spirits). Use cut up T-Shirts clean the ink and oil from the glass and ink knives. Make sure all surfaces are clean and free of ink and oil including ink knife edges and handles!
4. Roller Wash
(This Step can be skipped if you did a great job on cleaning off all the ink, but if you forgot to clean your rollers and there is dried ink on them this will dissolve the dry ink). (Get a glass pie dish and add just enough Mineral Spirits to coat the bottom it doesn't take much) And roll them around to coat for about 10 min it should come off easy.
Use Ventilation and Gloves!
5. PUT EVERYTHING AWAY -
SUBSTANCES USE TO CLEAN
Vegetable Oil -Ink
Simple Green -Ink, Vegetable Oil
Mineral Spirits- Ink, Asphaltum, Hard/Soft Ground, Tape Residue
Denatured Alcohol- Intaglio Stop Out, Sharpie Marker, Rosin, Ink
Acetone- Tape Residue, Deep Cleaning Litho Plates, Deletions
Roller Wash- Cleans and rejuvenates rubber rollers
Use pumice soap to get ink off your hands.
Wear Gloves! Turn on the ventilation! Open Windows!
1. Scrape
Scape up all ink with razor scraper and put it on a phone page.
Roll out roller and scrape up the excess ink. Repeat.
2. Veggie Oil
Pour some vegetable oil on the glass slab. Roll the inking rollers in the oil.
Wipe up the ink with paper towels. Try to use recycled paper towels or I usually just cut up old T-shirts . Wipe down the ink knives and rollers. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THEM WELL. There is nothing worse then spending all that time and your beautiful print has a random blob on it. Use Veggie Oil on your Block too.
3. Simple Green
Spray Simple Green on the glass( The reason I say use Simple Green is some people use Mineral Spirits and if you are doing this for a while you don't want to breath the fumes from Mineral Spirits). Use cut up T-Shirts clean the ink and oil from the glass and ink knives. Make sure all surfaces are clean and free of ink and oil including ink knife edges and handles!
4. Roller Wash
(This Step can be skipped if you did a great job on cleaning off all the ink, but if you forgot to clean your rollers and there is dried ink on them this will dissolve the dry ink). (Get a glass pie dish and add just enough Mineral Spirits to coat the bottom it doesn't take much) And roll them around to coat for about 10 min it should come off easy.
Use Ventilation and Gloves!
5. PUT EVERYTHING AWAY -
SUBSTANCES USE TO CLEAN
Vegetable Oil -Ink
Simple Green -Ink, Vegetable Oil
Mineral Spirits- Ink, Asphaltum, Hard/Soft Ground, Tape Residue
Denatured Alcohol- Intaglio Stop Out, Sharpie Marker, Rosin, Ink
Acetone- Tape Residue, Deep Cleaning Litho Plates, Deletions
Roller Wash- Cleans and rejuvenates rubber rollers
Use pumice soap to get ink off your hands.
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Oct 17, 2009. 2:39 PMgotclaws19
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Very good Guide. However on the clean up, Simple Green is very bad for you.
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