On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:35:41 GMT, Ken Weitzel
wrote:
gothika wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 03:29:52 GMT, Ken Weitzel
wrote:
Woody wrote:
"Ken G." wrote in message
...
There is a large ``cult`` against wd40 because someone chose to start it
then the rest have not tried it and are hell bent that it wont work .
For ordinary pot , switch , control cleaning wd40 works fine . More is
not better . It does not leave gunk behind .
The old favourite was carbon tetrachloride (if you can still get it) with a
drop if machine oil in it - usually one drop of 3-in-1 in a teaspoonful of
CTC.
Yikes! Scary scary stuff!
Carbon tet has been banned here since I was a
young fellow, and that was back about the time
they invented dirt 
Or dirty controls, anyway
Don't even think about buying it. And if you should
happen to have some, please get rid of it. Safely.
Call your hazardous waste folks.
Ken
Geez Ken, there are some of us who can and do handle hazardous
materials in our work every day.
Carbon Tet is way down on the list of some of the hazardous materials
I've used.
Just avoid ignition devices around it and have plenty of ventilation
to avoid breathing any of the fumes.
Look up the MSDS on use and handling and you'll be fine.
Hi Gothika...
We must be talking about different stuff... the stuff I
used to clean controls with as a young fellow are now
known to cause liver, kidney and central nervous system
damage. Most likely a carcinogen. At high levels coma
or even death. Can be taken by ingestion, breathing the
fumes, skin contact, or drinking contaminated water.
Add to that, it destroys the ozone layer.
Must be different stuff, carbon tet isn't flammable
either.
Banned completely here; used only in a few industrial
apps in your country.
Read more...
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts30.html
Take care.
Ken
I've afeeling we're probably about the same age.
I used Carbon tetrachloride in various apps for cleaning everthing
from industrial electrical components to stripping optical coatings.
Most of the grades I used were flammable and yes very toxic.
I've had to use much worse.
Try high grade ether, I used that for years and it can be a bug to
contain or avoid inhalation or skin contact.
Yet it's one really good super-solvent.
If you REALLY want to sweat try packing and transporting weapons grade
uranium or plutonium.(In my service days I worked on a hazardous
material disposal squad and had to move everthing from old bombs/mines
to ICBM components)