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- From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
- Message-ID: <3249@contex.contex.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 13:54:33 GMT
- References: <4201.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> <29172@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
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- Organization: Xyvision Design Systems
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- In article <29172@oasys.dt.navy.mil> plumpe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Plumpe) writes:
- >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.
-
- Generic paint thinner is cheaper than gasoline -- there is no road tax
- on it ( I assume you cannot get gasoline without road tax ). You
- might have to look around a bit to buy it by the 30 gal drum. Places
- that supply large printers carry a wide variety of solvents.
-
- Locally, Printer's Oil Supply Company ( Wilmington/Andover line, near
- Charles River Breeding Labs ) carries just about every nasty,
- useful chemical you can think of. And they deliver free with
- quantites of 55 gal and above. All it takes is cash or certified
- check, and you do have to sign the "cradle to grave" form for each
- purchace.
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