In Too Deep

Inside and underneath a fluorescent orange Riso ink drum in the midst of a deep cleaning

Although I’m still waiting on the arrival of a couple necessary parts to fully reassemble this fluorescent orange Riso ink drum, I decided to dive head-first into giving it a thorough cleaning yesterday. This meant carefully and thoroughly disassembling it first to get down to the deepest — and goopiest depths of the drum.

It’s deeply messy work, but the fact that I got everything apart and kept all the various screws organized so they can all go back in the right places counts for something in my books. As soon as the screen assembly jigs arrive (next week), I’ll put the last pieces back together — and hopefully be back up and running.

I’m switching colors on this drum from Fluorescent Orange to Federal Blue. The fluorescent colors have a tendency to dry out a lot faster than Riso’s normal inks, and I’m excited to start using a new-to-me color.