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vinegar syringe cleaning
By:mike allen
Date: 11/25/2003, 1:06 pm
In Response To: Way to make 'em last! (Bill Cruz)

i use vinegar for cleaning and use abt 2-3 syringes in rotation for gluing so far.
for gluing i mix abt 6cc using the needle and as soon as finished, well flush out in a pint container filled w/ abt 1/2in of vinegar, wiping off any lg amts of epoxy w/ paper towel, then rinse w/ hotwater to disperse any vinegar and keep apart to dry for next day. i sluice out the needle and can reuse easily if still going(squirt out any vinegarred cloudy stuff-abt 1"glueline depending on needle length). half the time i do a good enough cleaning to reuse the needle the next day or time.

altho i would rather stay away from acetone etc, roberts technique sounds pretty good.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: syringes
Matthew -- 11/23/2003, 4:54 pm
Re: Epoxy: syringes
Julie -- 11/24/2003, 12:08 pm
Re: Epoxy: syringes
Julie -- 11/24/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: syringes
chuck in pa -- 11/24/2003, 3:48 pm
Re: Epoxy: syringes
Robert N Pruden -- 11/23/2003, 8:21 pm
Way to make 'em last!
Bill Cruz -- 11/25/2003, 2:46 am
Re: Way to make 'em last!
Robert N Pruden -- 12/1/2003, 5:24 am
Re: Way to make 'em last!
Bill Cruz -- 12/1/2003, 11:57 am
Re: Way to make 'em last!
Robert N Pruden -- 12/2/2003, 7:48 am
Re: Way to make 'em last!
Bill Cruz -- 12/2/2003, 3:25 pm
vinegar syringe cleaning
mike allen -- 11/25/2003, 1:06 pm
What ever works best, 'eh?
Bill Cruz -- 11/25/2003, 7:27 pm
Even better
Brian Nystrom -- 11/26/2003, 12:41 pm
Brian! Good to hear from you! Mike, you too!
Bill Cruz -- 11/26/2003, 3:26 pm
Re: Brian! Good to hear from you! Mike, you too!
mike allen -- 11/26/2003, 4:25 pm
Several...different stages?
Bill Cruz -- 11/27/2003, 3:20 am
scraps
mike allen -- 11/27/2003, 11:48 am
No! you can't be serious!
Bill Cruz -- 11/27/2003, 12:57 pm
Re: Brian! Good to hear from you! Mike, you too!
Brian Nystrom -- 11/26/2003, 3:31 pm
All 3? Well, that's quite excellent!Thanks again! *NM*
Bill Cruz -- 11/26/2003, 3:35 pm
isopropyl and vinegar
mike allen -- 11/26/2003, 1:27 pm
Re: isopropyl and vinegar
Brian Nystrom -- 11/26/2003, 3:30 pm
Forget the pumps...they burp!
Bill Cruz -- 11/23/2003, 6:06 pm
Look here. *NM* *LINK*
Danny Cox -- 11/23/2003, 5:28 pm
Re: Epoxy: syringes *Pic*
John Schroeder -- 11/23/2003, 4:58 pm