Keeping Your Aniloxes Healthy

He explains that press operators sometimes get into the habit of ­trying to clean rolls with a solution that is too low in alkaline, which works against them because low pH will harden the acrylics right into anilox cells. “Cleaning an anilox roll with nothing but water is a big mistake and will serve to harden the ink into the cell within minutes of placing even a brand new roll in press,” he says. “Water can actually be acidic with a pH of 6.”