I know what you’re thinking. If this chemical isn’t strong enough to kill my daughter from one accidental sip, then it isn’t strong enough to take emulsion off of my screen. What red-blooded American doesn’t first reach for the harshest chemicals on the shelf? I know I do.
Let’s get something straight: I’m not green. I think hybrid cars are a waste of time in terms of how they protect the environment. The gas they don’t use still gets sold. Still gets burned. Still pollutes as though it the green-car never existed. That said. I’d still like to have one, if for no other reason than I’m going to have to take out a mortgage on my home to pay for passage to and from church on Sundays. I suppose we could leave our five year old daughter home alone - she is getting to be such a big, and costly-to-transport child. But then social services probably wouldn’t approve.
So, I read about Franmar. Turned my nose up to it figuring that anything which can’t strip the lining of my esophagus proper, isn’t worth stripping a screen, never-the-less I swallowed my ungreen pride and gave it a try. Hey, I love my daughter. Even if it works marginally. It’s better than the risk of her swallowing a mouthful of Rhino Chem.
The trial kit comes nicely packaged with all sorts of goodies inside, including an instructional DVD (non-Blu_ray) of what has to be one of the most sickeningly charming people on the face of the planet. He’s either this happy all the time, or he’s just a darn good salesman. After watching him “magically” remove the ink and emulsions from the screens I decided to give it a try - about three months later when my screen wash tank went dead. (The water is bright purple with emulsion. Did I mention that you’re not supposed to let the emulsion drip off the screen? There’s a deposit on the bottom of my tank about 8 inches deep.)
Reluctantly, I sprayed on the Strip-e-doo. Three minutes later my fricken’ screen was clean! Strip-e-doo is the best emulsion remover I have ever used. Hands down. You’ll find no affiliate links (yet) on this site to Franmar. I’m not a paid advertiser. This stuff is just plain awesome. It has the added benefit of being unable to kill my daughter - even in vast quantities. It’s soybean based.
This prompted me to try the other stuff, including the Ikee-Stickee-Unstuck which is the best all purpose cleaner I’ve ever used! The Inky Dinky Doo is an excellent ink remover, and also, I’m not sure if Franmar knows this or not. It’s a pretty good spot cleaner! I loaded some into an extra spot gun and it blasted the the ink out like a champ!
I can’t say enough about Bean-e-do, and the other ink degradients. They’re quite simply the most awesome product line that I have ever used.
The D-hazer, and D-grease serve admirably given their simple tasks, partnered with the exceptional performance of the rest of the Franmar screen cleaning, and reclamation line. I’m blown away. Just completely blown away.
Warning! Do not drink any of the Franmar products. Inability to kill your daughter has no bearing on good taste - and this stuff tastes awful.
2 comments ↓
I’ve been wondering about this product. I’ll have to give it a try. It takes like 2 hours to clean a screen for me with the standard cleaners…and breathing in all those fumes in that time probably isn’t wonderful for my allergies or my health in general. I was thinking about the health of my future kids as I put my bottle of emulsion in the fridge last night and had visions of it being mistaken for jam–ahh!!! Thanks for the review.
I can’t speak intelligently as to how it will work with all emulsions, but I have tried it on three different types and brands of with success in all three instances. Spray it on. Let it sit for about 30 seconds, and then use one of the scrub pads that comes with the kit to start working it around. It has taken me as long as a minute or two to get all the emulsion to break down, and then spray it off. I like it better than my dip tank! Thanks for the comment!
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