Unclog HP cartidge with bleach?!

Parhs

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I have a hp 21 cartidge that i was given and was clogged. There was no ink flow..
After boiling,ammonia ,steam etc had no success. However i got a little ink flow..

I tried bleach mixed with little amount of hot water and it uncloged the print heads!
HP 339 became 100% uncloged for the first time.. When i bough it refilled it was clogged a little..
Are there any drawbacks of using bleach ?
 

qwertydude

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Bleach is corrosive to metal. Not really a recommended cleaning material.
 

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It will clean things that nothing else will, that's true, as it eats its way through via a chemical reaction rather than dissolving blockages, but I wouldn't leave it in there for more than a couple of minutes before flushing.
 
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