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Steve12Lowry:
Franmar Color Change is a nice on press cleaner. From what I remember, it dries in a couple minutes and didn't seem to leave much of residue.

Croft:

--- Quote from: Colin on July 11, 2019, 06:55:15 PM ---I've always found it funny that we don't want pregnant people around products we consider to be essential to screen printing and cleaning....

But we wont switch to something better for ourselves.

Yes, my vote is for Franmar. 

I have been working closely with them for a while and digging into other chemical suppliers (part of my role here).  Franmar is definitely my choice for the friendliest chems available.

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I know it sounds odd , but we have taken steps with very other cleaning chemical which are as environmentally / sink  safe as possible , I myself have a bad reaction to Varsol type products  so anything even remotely similar doesn't get used. But on press screen wipe down is a problem because oily residue is a time waster.
Have ordered a few different types will see what works best but all have said deep down in there safety sheets that birth defects are possible which i'm sure can be found on any house hold cleaner. Just trying to do better at this point we have a 3M mask and she wont be doing any wipe downs/ screen openings pallet cleaning etc.

Colin:
Yes - the On Press Color Change is what I recommend for a non oily cleaner.

The Beanie Doo is the oily one and has never been recommended for on press use.  Its meant to be used to remove ink before reclaim and is drain safe.

Both of those products can also be cleaned up with a quick swipe of a wet cloth as they both can be thinned out with water.

In general, the world of screen cleaning chemicals is a murky one.  Be careful who you talk to about chemistry, its easy to spin products that are considered borderline or that contain a smaller percentage of the harmful chems that clean really well.

GKitson:
It is not only what you use but how you use it.

Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IeEW2BYEQ&t=3s

My 2 cents,

RICK STEFANICK:

--- Quote from: ericheartsu on July 11, 2019, 07:08:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: Colin on July 11, 2019, 06:55:15 PM ---I've always found it funny that we don't want pregnant people around products we consider to be essential to screen printing and cleaning....

But we wont switch to something better for ourselves.

Yes, my vote is for Franmar. 

I have been working closely with them for a while and digging into other chemical suppliers (part of my role here).  Franmar is definitely my choice for the friendliest chems available.

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Although i've always liked them, I've often found their cleaners to be extremely oily, and leave residue on everything.

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Eric, Thats so true and why i have never liked the product. but they are safe

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