Re: Head guide rails clean & lube - head

["Bob Frost" <bobfrost@btopenworld.com>]

 A '93 Safety Data Sheet for WD-40 apparently says that it contains 50%
Stoddard solvent, 25% liquefied petroleum gas, 15% light mineral oil, and
10% inert materials.

The petroleum gas has probably been replaced by CO2.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Wingo" <jimw203@mindspring.com>

> John,
>
> According to the WD-40 website, WD-40 contains no silicone.
>
> http://www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40_faqs.html
>
> Being used as a solvent to remove adhesives is among its most common
> applications. How this will react with the materials used to construct
> things like print heads, belts, rollers, I do not know. My concern is with
> experimenting on a printer whose innerds I do not know well (at least in
> terms of the materials used and how they react to chemicals).
>
> Jim Wingo
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
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> On 5/22/2002 at 2:11 AM J.C.Wright wrote:
>
> >> I would be very cautious about using WD-40 on a printer. It is, after
> >all, as much a solvent/de-greaser as it is a lubricant. <
> >
> >Jim, WD40 is a silicon based water repellant and lubricant.
>
>
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