ARE YOU OUT FO YOUR MIND?!?!Inkitup wrote:
Yea, in Texas we are not required to use autoclaves. My shop has 2 of them, but I don't use them. I use disposable needles and sometimes disposable tubes. When I use my Stainless steel tips/grips/tubes, I use my $430 ultrasonic cleaner with either ultrasonic cleaning solution or bleach. It's probably more sanitary with the bleach.
Chad
that is straight dirty and that is the reason they are keeping some people out of the forum. you obviously need to go to some BBP and cross contamination seminars.
bleach will not kill all bacteria on contact but an autoclave will more or less destroy all those nasty little critters. while bleach may kill viruses and bacteria, it is not safe for the human body therefore should not be used on anything that will come in contact with either the skin or the ink. it is good for surface cleaning, but even then must be sprayed down with 70% or higher concenttration of alcohol afterwards. if you do this to your tubes, they will still need to be handled and would not have been sterilized in the ouch, and when you place them in the ouch they will have fresh bacteria floatin around in there.
the point of the autoclave is to seal all the little bads guys in the pack, and then kill them. since the pack is sealed, there is no way of more getting into it.
get your facts straight. an autoclave is the absolute safest way to clean equipment. i would never go near an artist who did not use one, and many people are getting educated and do the same. so i suggest you catch up with the times.