Aqua Blue is an amazing acidic cleaner, conditioner and scratch remover for use with most aqueous and CtP metal plates. Leading plate manufacturers such as Kodak, IBF and Fujifilm tested Aqua Blue and confirmed it works well with their thermal plates. Use Aqua Blue for “on-the-fly” cleaning. It will make your printing look better while extending plate life.
Putz Liquidflow, the original deglazer in the graphics arts industry, has found a new home in the digital press market. It is being used successfully to clean and extend the life of OPC and selenium drums in presses such as Xeikon, Chromapress and Nexpress. Customers report that Putz can double or triple life expectancy of OCP drums. Drums are very expensive to replace, and Putz can help save customers thousands of dollars in replacement costs.
Lake Villa, Illinois; March, 2014 —Burnishine Products' award-winning Thumbs Up Hand Cleaner exceeds new California VOC standards for hand cleaners that became effective January 1, 2014. New regulations require hand cleaners to contain 1% or less of VOC's. Thumbs Up comes in at 0.1%, well below the new limit. In addition, Thumbs Up uses microscrubbers that are safe for the environment. Roger Giza, President of Burnishine, commented saying, "Printers can feel confident knowing Thumbs Up is an effective hand cleaner that is safe for them, and kind to the environment. Unlike some microbeads, ours are easily filtered out at water treatment plants."
Burnishine president Roger Giza says, "For many years, Burnishine Clear Gel has been a leading Roller Cleaner in the printing industry. From time to time, however, printers told us they also used Clear Gel to remove glaze from rollers, and that they preferred Clear Gel to standard liquid deglazers."
Lake Villa, Illinois; May 2013 - Burnishine Thumbs Up Hand Cleaner recently received a Readers’ Choice Top Product Award for 2013 from Quick Printing magazine readers. The award was granted in the Pressroom Products category. Commenting on the award, Quick Printing magazine editor Karen Hall said: “The inaugural Quick Printing Readers’ Choice Top Products Awards feature the breakthrough products that have caused the most excitement in the industry and have been a valuable asset to commercial printing businesses over the last year.”
Lake Villa, Illinois; June 2012 - Burnishine Products is celebrating 125 years of supplying chemical products to pressrooms. Commenting on the event, Burnishine Products President Roger Giza said: "For 125 years, the Burnishine name has meant quality and consistency in the pressroom. The Burnishine brand was first seen when the J. C. Paul Company introduced a metal polish in 1887. The popularity of Burnishine Metal Polish prompted the company to use the Burnishine name of all its products. Shortly thereafter the company introduced Universal Putz Pomade, which was recommended for polishing hot metal in boiler plants. Printers used it to clean copper plates, and magazine publishers used it to clean rotogravure cylinders and linotype molds. Putz Pomade remains one of the best-selling Burnishine products after all these years."
Burnishine Products has announced the immediate availability of Thumbs Up®, a new hand cleaner formulated specifically for pressroom use. New Burnishine Thumbs Up is specially manufactured with detergents to gently yet quickly remove ink, grease, dye, tar, paint, adhesives, and other materials from hands. Pleasantly scented, it has a neutral pH and contains skin moisturizers. Thumbs Up is made with soft polymer scrubbers which remove inks and other materials without irritating open wounds or scratches, yet quickly rinses clean. It will not separate in hot climates and will not clog pipes or stain sinks.
Burnishine Products has an entirely new website - www.burnishine.com - which details the nearly 125-year history of the company and describes the many products available to printers. Regardless of the process used—offset, flexography, digital, or screen printing—Burnishine offers printers products which streamline pressroom operations.
Burnishine Products has announced a new line of aerosol products to complement the traditional Burnishine line of pressroom chemicals. Announcing the new Burnishine aerosol line, Burnishine Products President Roger Giza commented: “In today’s modern pressroom, many products are more convenient to use in spray form rather than liquid. Our new line of Burnishine aerosol products provides new convenience in the pressroom and reduces the possibility of spills. Of course, the reliability and consistency of these new Burnishine products remain exactly what our loyal customers expect.”
Burnishine Products has released a new deletion pen specifically for use with long-run Kodak TRILLIAN SP and ELECTRA XD plates. Announcing the availability of the new deletion pen, Burnishine Products President Roger Giza commented: “This new Burnishine deletion pen for Kodak plates removes unwanted images from Kodak TRILLIAN SP and ELECTRA XD thermal plates. The Burnishine deletion pen is easy to use under normal pressroom conditions.”
