"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
Jethro_uk writes:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:09:13 -0800, tabbypurr wrote:

On Monday, 14 January 2019 17:00:45 UTC, curious 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.

But those residues are trivial and don't interfere with the
adhesive on the hooks so that is why alcohol is stated.

(Pure ethanol wouldn't, but you can't buy
that without paying lots of duty.)