On 7/31/2013 5:42 PM, Don Latham wrote:
Xylene is availble as "goof-off" in paint departments.
Goof-off now seems to be a whole family of products. See...
http://www.goofoffproducts.com/
Maybe "Heavy Duty Remover" or "power Cleaner and Degreaser" might be the
best current options.
The one MDS for Goof-off I looked at didn't mention xylene. At least
here in California, I think law has forced removal of xylene and toluene
from most products several years back and is tightening more and more. I
didn't find a good link describing current laws in my searches.
I think the bug and tar remover that I suggested was first formulated
with either xylene or toluene but the product I have been using for the
last few years doesn't have either of those VOC's mentioned. Probably
works less well, but still worked for most of my non-water-based gunk or
glue removal tasks. My three main go-to's are soap and water, alcohol,
and the bug and tar, depending on what gunk I am looking at.
Occasionally I might use acetone, some other hydrocarbon mix, or some of
the small remaining amount of MEK I bought before it was banned for sale
here.
But maybe this is all a bit tangential or off-topic for the group.
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