Ben Lawrance Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Afternoon all, Bit of an odd one today. After spending far too much time in the warehouse recently, and having to clean the PAL labels, it got me to thinking whether I was able to use a better method. Currently I spray PAL cleaner onto said label, wait a few seconds and rub off with an old dish cloth. The end result is a fresh, clean label. However, after a day of doing this, the cloth has turned into a black mess, and now leaves a black mess on the labels, but also leaves said black mess all over my fingers. Do people use a different type of cloth, a towel maybe? Wear gloves? Use non standard cleaning solution? How do you guys stop black finger syndrome? CheersBen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Johnstone Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Simple... Have plenty of cloths! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanhill Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Or use elephant bog roll and chuck it away regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I would have assumed that possible a board rubber like those for white boards would do the trick. You could even have 1 wipe on and 1 wipe off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth A Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I would have assumed that possible a board rubber like those for white boards would do the trick. You could even have 1 wipe on and 1 wipe off. But a board rubber would not rub off a Sharpie. ! And if you used the whiteboard marker pen on the PAL label then by the time a box got to the gig, it would probably be wiped off anyway. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 But a board rubber would not rub off a Sharpie. ! And if you used the whiteboard marker pen on the PAL label then by the time a box got to the gig, it would probably be wiped off anyway. ! I think the suggestion is to use that instead of the cloth, but still use the correct pen and cleaner. It would no doubt keep one's fingers clean, but I'm not sure about the state of the board rubber after doing a few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 But a board rubber would not rub off a Sharpie. ! And if you used the whiteboard marker pen on the PAL label then by the time a box got to the gig, it would probably be wiped off anyway. ! I think the suggestion is to use that instead of the cloth, but still use the correct pen and cleaner. It would no doubt keep one's fingers clean, but I'm not sure about the state of the board rubber after doing a few! Exactly what I meant. Experiment time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth A Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 But a board rubber would not rub off a Sharpie. ! And if you used the whiteboard marker pen on the PAL label then by the time a box got to the gig, it would probably be wiped off anyway. ! I think the suggestion is to use that instead of the cloth, but still use the correct pen and cleaner. It would no doubt keep one's fingers clean, but I'm not sure about the state of the board rubber after doing a few! Exactly what I meant. Experiment time My misunderstanding! Apologies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Whatever method you use, the cloth will quickly become full of ink, it has to go somewhere! I'd go for a disposable cloth or paper towel on some sort of block to keep it away from your fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldradiohand Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 After years of cleaning gunk off of white boards I'd recommend muttoncloth, replacing it when it's too soiled. You can get big rolls of the stuff cheaply from motor factors 'cos it's used for car cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanhill Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 As PAL-Clean is an irritant, you should really be wearing gloves when using it. One lighting hire company insist on this procedure for anyone using the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Lawrance Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 As PAL-Clean is an irritant, you should really be wearing gloves when using it. One lighting hire company insist on this procedure for anyone using the stuff. OK, hands up. Who actually wears gloves to do this procedure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Looking at the data sheet, I'd wouldn't want to pour it all over my hands, but wouldn't wear gloves unless I was doing a vanload of cases at a time. Certainly not if I had a cloth over a block to clean with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Johnstone Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 We use graffiti remover from RS! its better than PAL crap, and do you really have time to start messing about with gloves half way through an intense prep day? And we use plain rags and when they get to crappy, they go in our washing machine! simples! I suppose id better mention that we are a very busy company with alot of labels being cleaned every hour!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski1010 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 We use PAL Clean and rolls of disposible shop towel which seems to work reasonably well. I do however wonder if it is the most 'eco' solution? We will normally ship around 100+ flightcases on a normal week day all of which need cleaned. Thats a lot of disposible towel every year! ps. All of our warehouse staff are supposed to use gloves when using PAL Clean due to the irritant nature of the product. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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