Using Tetrahydrofuran to clean nozzles used with PLA?

[milp]

Hi,

I read that Tetrahydrofuran dissolves PLA like aceton does with ABS. I ordered a bottle and dropped two old and presumably "dirty" nozzles i used mostly with PLA filament into a glass with some THF for two days now. They look a little cleaner now, but it still seems there is some residue inside them. Has anyone else tried this?

Anyone know what type of rubber gloves i could use to protect myself from THF? Nitrile golves dissolve.

[KAS]

Seems like we've been down this road recently. Maybe that was just MEK?

MSDS: http://www.pennakem.com/msds/109-99-9_T ... K_msds.pdf

Look under PPE for the hand section, will list the type of gloves required.

[milp]

MEK? Is that some other kind of solvent?

[bot]

Methyl Ethyl Ketone. It's SOME kind of solvent. One of the most solventy of the solvents I've ever seen. Don't mess with it carelessly.

[milp]

Oh nice, so that could be used as a good nozzle cleaning tool then, is it effective?

What gloves can you use with it? PVA? Can nitrile be used as short term protection for handling?

[KAS]

This should cover your glove fetish.

http://www.ansellpro.com/download/Ansel ... eGuide.pdf



Or the interactive version: http://www.ansellpro.com/specware/guide.asp

[milp]

This should cover your glove fetish.

http://www.ansellpro.com/download/Ansel ... eGuide.pdf



Or the interactive version: http://www.ansellpro.com/specware/guide.asp

Awesome thanks! Now i can get really kinky with all the solvents.

Any experiences with MEK as a nozzle cleaning agent?