Update on our Shur-Loc Squeegee Clean Experience: After 6 weeks of use and hundreds of cleanings the apparatus finally got to the point it was in need of a clean. It was simply sliding around ink sludge and needed fixed.
25-30 minutes of time was all that was necessary to remove from stand, drain & strain remaining sludge/solvent through 140 mesh for re-use, wash down, apply ink degradents, power wash the brushes (they are blue again), wipe down, pour back stained water solvent mix, added another quart of Saati IR-4 and fill to useful level, and put back on stand.
I can conservatively say the machine saved us 30-60 minutes of shop time every day so my investment ROI is about 3 months, after that all savings go directly to the bottom line.
I love it when something works as advertised.
~Kitson
25-30 minutes of time was all that was necessary to remove from stand, drain & strain remaining sludge/solvent through 140 mesh for re-use, wash down, apply ink degradents, power wash the brushes (they are blue again), wipe down, pour back stained water solvent mix, added another quart of Saati IR-4 and fill to useful level, and put back on stand.
I can conservatively say the machine saved us 30-60 minutes of shop time every day so my investment ROI is about 3 months, after that all savings go directly to the bottom line.
I love it when something works as advertised.
~Kitson
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« on: March 29, 2013, 01:54:01 PM »
Same here as in your shop.
I just wanted to test it, play with chemicals to see what works ( we are in Europe, different chemicals available) and give demo to my employees. Finally they let me clean first three squeggees only. Cleaning squeggees is not most hated job on production floor any more.
And I know I can mix better chemicals still.
I'm happy I bought it.
Boris
I just wanted to test it, play with chemicals to see what works ( we are in Europe, different chemicals available) and give demo to my employees. Finally they let me clean first three squeggees only. Cleaning squeggees is not most hated job on production floor any more.
And I know I can mix better chemicals still.
I'm happy I bought it.
Boris
Posted by: TCT
« on: April 21, 2013, 02:37:21 PM »
I have to say I like ours the more I get to use it. Thanks to the roughly 10" of snow we got the other day, YES in late April! I stayed late to avoid what would of turned into a 3hr ride home. Spent some time with the squeegee clean, it does a heck of a nice job. It still splatters cleaner fluid around the area and you need at least 1 glove(sparkles optional) but the squeegees and goop scoops come out nice and clean! Just wish there was a way to make it a bit less messy, that would allow us to have it by where we mix ink and have our squeegees waiting to go.
Still faster, cleaner and nicer than what we were doing before the unit.
Still faster, cleaner and nicer than what we were doing before the unit.
As you can see, people used to hate cleaning their squeegees, but the Squeegee Clean has made an unbearable job a bit more fun. You can get a special deal on one right now by heading to our Facebook page - shurloc.com/facebook and letting us know you want one! Like us, tell us you want a deal on the Shur-Loc Squeegee Clean and we will message you with a special price!
