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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
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- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 09:31:38 GMT
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- dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
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- > I'm not too partial to the idea of having thinner or gasoline fumes in
- >my face when I lift the lid, and though my local fire department says
- >it'd be OK since I have a tank with a lid and external vent, I'd sort of
- >like to stay away from flammables, at least flammables on the order of
- >kerosene, which isn't all that great for cleaning parts anyway. (leaves
- >an oily scum)
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- > Mainly, what I intend to clean is grungy car parts, after I scrape and
- >wash off all the easy stuff.
-
- Dave,
-
- The ideal solvent - if you can store the thing outdoors because of
- the odor - is a cresylic acid-based heavy dip. This is the same
- stuff that comes in the dip cans of carb cleaner that smells like
- an overdose of creosote. When I used to work at the Volkswagen
- shop, we had several dip tanks of the stuff. Some local vendor came
- around about once a month and topped off the tanks. A layer of
- water helped seal in the stench. This stuff is *WUNDERFUL*. An
- old crusty piston or head will come out with the carbon literally
- falling off.
-
- John
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