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- From: bob@beamlab.ps.uci.edu (bob prohaska)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
- Message-ID: <bob-040193000931@714-725-3178.nts.uci.edut>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 08:07:54 GMT
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- In article <4201.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>, dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us
- (Dave Williams) wrote:
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- > I'm now the happy owner of a solvent tank. My wife picked it up at a
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- > before I put it into use. The question is, what do I put in it? It
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- At the risk of provoking a torrent of bad jokes, has anybody considered
- using the stuff sold for lighting barbecues? It has a reasonable flash
- point, dosen't smell too bad, and can't be highly toxic (I hope!).
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- It's also rather easy to get although the average package size is no bigger
- than a half gallon. Probably a phone call to a local refiner will locate
- a source at bulk prices.
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- I've used small amounts for cleanup solvent, and it seems to work fine.
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- Any experiences with parts dissolving or the like?
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- bob
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