On 14/01/2019 19:50, Tim Watts wrote:
On 14/01/2019 19:46, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â*Â*Jethro_uk writes:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:09:13 -0800, tabbypurr wrote:

On Monday, 14 January 2019 17:00:45 UTC, curiousÂ* wrote:
Can white spirit be used to clean tiles where alcohol is specified. It
is to fit Command hanging hooks which specify clean with alcohol .

Either degreases. White spirit is more toxic.


NT

I would have thought white spirit would leave a residue ?

Other way around - white spirit leaves no residue or smell once it's
evaporated, but being much less volatile, that takes much longer,
and it stinks more until it's evaporated.
Your alcohol will have additives to make it toxic and to colour it,
and these leave residues. (Pure ethanol wouldn't, but you can't buy
that without paying lots of duty.)


Not very much, though, even from purple "meths". The toxic bit is
methanol which is even more volatile than ethanol, the dye is pyridine
but only at a tiny level


This is why I like IPA...

Agreed

The trouble with white spirit is that contains hydrocarbon molecules of
various lengths, and the longer are less volatile. Unless you apply a
little heat it won't evaporate quite as quickly as meths or IPA.

Oh, but white spirit is not significantly toxic.