Gentlemen,
In my home you will find a fair variety of common solvents. MEK, Toluene
And Xylene will always be there. Of course, it is only fair to warn
everyone that the common industrial manufacture of Toluene and Xylene do not
remove all of the closely related (chemically) and universally recognized
carcinogen. Therefore, use reasonable care and ventilation and not more
than you have to. You can't expect the less harmful and more commonly used
aliphatics like the alcohols, to remove the "tarry" stuff. And if you
don't want to remove your desirable finishes you can go to the chlorinated
solvents. But be warned that those are known to cause funny bumps and
growths in you, too!
But just in case I've scared you off I will finish with a statement that
when I come in contact with poisonous plant material and begin to "itch" I
simply take MEK or Toluene on a paper towel and use it to energetically
remove the invisible "waxy" stuff that the plant uses to make sure the
irritant stays in place and causes the misery of blisters and open sores!
If you get this done in the itch stage and before the blisters appear you
will be very pleasantly surprised! Even my daughter-in-law, who agrees
with very little I say, admits I'm right about this!
Regards,
Lee Mushel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Latham" <d...@montana.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<time-nuts@febo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Removing "goop" was: =>Re: 10811 Outer oven
controller schematic
I haven't found anything that really removes sticker glue without
scarring the paint >>
Xylene is availble as "goof-off" in paint departments.
Graham
This has been an interesting discussion on how to remove "goop" from
stuff.
I find that one or the other of the common methyl or ethyl alcohols
is
sufficient in many cases to remove "goop" and has proven to be quite
safe on almost all surfaces.
When one of the common alcohols doesn't work I resort to a product
marketed by Circa 1850 under the name of Super DeGooper. The label
says
it "Removes these Goops: Oil Crayon, Tar, Marker, Gum, Labels, Shoe
Polish, Adhesive, Duct Tape, Lipstick, Grease, stickers, Dried Latex
Paint" but in my experience is quite effect on much, much more and is
safe on most surfaces.
The caution label indicates that it contains xylene.
Works for me and when it doesn't I then resort to the much stronger
lacquer thinner or acetone. All are flammable and are used carefully
with adequate ventilation.
And when all else fails, good old scraping is used.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
On 13-07-31 11:15 AM, Rex wrote:
I suspect by gas he meant gasoline.
I don't know about what paint remover he meant but I have another
suggestion that might have worked. For cleaning label gunk off of
used
test equipment I have used automotive bug and tar remover. Seems to
loosen up lots of gunk but not so strong it hurts the panel paint
and
lettering.
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