hpdj692c...salvage or burial?

Duncan MacGregor dbmacg-j4iOX5ZKO4mumhQq9Hcxfg at public.gmane.org
Mon May 17 19:19:55 UTC 2004


Go to a drugstore and buy a little bottle of 'rubbing alcohol', or isopropyl 
alcohol with 95% ethanol. 

Shopper's Drug Mart "Rubbing Alcohol Compound" has 95% ethanol.

Duncan

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On Monday 17 May 2004 02:50 pm, Andy Jack wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 02:36:43PM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> > Ron Scott wrote:
> > >For cleaning contacts I would suggest using isopropyl
> > >alcohol, 91% or 99 %, NOT 76%.
> >
> > OK, I found the 118 proof alcohol.
>
> Ach! Stop!  1 proof = 0.5% v/v, afaik.  Therefore that's 59% isopropyl
> alcohol you've got there and then it's got too much water in it.  If
> you're looking for 91% or 99% i.p.a. then you should want 182 or 198
> proof, respectively.  It's a little strange to be buying an
> alcohol-based product that's purposed for external use only described in
> "proof" instead of "percentage" so you might want to check labels very
> carefully before putting them on the delicate parts of a print
> cartridge... e.g. check to make sure there isn't anything like
> medication, scents, or colours added to your i.p.a.
>
> Andy
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