|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
1 members (1 invisible),
547
guests, and
4
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics39,502
Posts562,139
Members14,587
| |
Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 625 Likes: 1
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 625 Likes: 1 |
Warning, anyone who uses brake cleaner should really read this article, it may just save your life. http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htmHarry
Biology is the only science where multiplication can be achieved by division.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819 |
Thanks, Harry. I've used it occasionally over the years on the farm, and even to clean some gun parts. But, no more. If it is not around I don't have to worry about it coming into contact with excessive heat or flame in someone's presence.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 116
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 116 |
Cheers
Stephen
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,961 Likes: 9
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,961 Likes: 9 |
You can make the same nasty stuff by mixing common ammonia with household bleach. Damn near killed my old bosses wife.
bill
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 3,660 Likes: 7
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 3,660 Likes: 7 |
Scary stuff! One should take more care!
Thanks Harry.
JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385 |
so, i would say don't use it as a cleaner it was not meant for (welding) you wouldn't clean your hot BBQ with chlorine or pool acid? mc
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,609 Likes: 14
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,609 Likes: 14 |
Where did he get a can of that stuff?? Cleaning agents, wether domestic or for commercial use containing tetrachloroethylene have been outlawed for years. Personally, I like the old product better than what we're offered these days - it was so much more effective but the dangers were not only as described in the attached but in repeated contact with skin was a hazardous carcinogen. It was a great ant and wasp killer too - immediate death on contact.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 |
Scary stuff! One should take more care!
Thanks Harry.
JC Just think about all the people huffing it....
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,720 Likes: 1357
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,720 Likes: 1357 |
Brake cleaner doesn't have 1,1,1 tetrachloroethylene in it anymore. He got a can of brake cleaner at the auto parts store, or, for that matter, Wal Mart.
It's everywhere, and fairly safe, until you light it up in the presence of argon.
Then, there is hell to pay.
Best,
Ted
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,609 Likes: 14
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,609 Likes: 14 |
Ted, the picture of the label showed that it contained tetrachloroethylene - what are we to believe?
|
|
|
|
|
