"J T" wrote in message
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Mon, Mar 14, 2005, 12:09am (EST+5)
(Andy Dingley) wonders:
snip If the skin went white, might it have been hydrogen peroxide he
was splashing about ?

Nope, a 55 gallon drum of some chemical they dipped tools in, on a
wire, to degrease them. Something like carb cleaner, apparently. That
guy was the only one that wanted it on his skin. The rest of 'em, if it
splashed on their hands, they went and washed with soap and water.
Strictly for degreasing/cleaning metal.

Could have been 1-1-1-tricholoroethylene, although it's more effective as a
vapor degreaser. And I wouldn't want it on my hands.

todd