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- From: plumpe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Plumpe)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
- Message-ID: <29172@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 12:05:08 GMT
- References: <4201.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Reply-To: plumpe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Plumpe)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
- > I'm now the happy owner of a solvent tank. My wife picked it up at a
- >company auction for $40. It's made of 1/8 steel plate with a
- >counterbalanced lid and even has provision for a 6" vent stack. It
- >apparently was filled with lacquer thinner before we got it. (phew!)
- >It holds approximately 50 gallons. (200 liters)
- >
- >before I put it into use. The question is, what do I put in it? It
- >will be primarily used for cleaning cylinder heads and engine blocks.
-
- I believe I read that mineral spirits (generic paint thinner) is commonly
- used. Not as cheap as gasoline, but then I wouldn't want to stand in
- front of an open 50 gallon container of gasoline, or lacquer thinner
- either :-) Kerosene might be a possibility - I don't know how its
- flammability compares with mineral spirits.
-
- -DaveP
-