Phil Addison wrote:
On 29 Apr 2005 04:48:04 -0700, in uk.d-i-y wrote:

newly incorporated material snipped again



Under dishwasher detergent - add that it corrodes some steel
cutlery,

Are you thinking of old copper steel cutlery?

Dunno - whatever some of ours is made of, they have got pits in them.

that also raises the q of whether its due to the detergent. I simply
dont know.


- saliva: still the best cleaner for fine art oil paintings,
but
not
available in litre bottles

No its not. It might work, at your risk, but certainly not the
best.

Its what a fine art restoration expert said, so maybe we need some
good
references.

Maybe he meant 'next' best if you don't have proper restorers
facilities? My cousin is a restorer, but won't see him for at 3
weeks.

He was quite clear about it, saying it was still the best cleaner for
the old oil paintings he was doing. He was restoring a huge collection
of enormous paintings for an estate, so clearly at least someone thinks
hes an expert - but thats about all I know.


Glo-fuel for model aircraft: various different formulae exist,
containing methanol, oils, solvents such as ether, etc.
Glo-fuel is
highly volatile, highly flammable, explosive, very toxic,
narcotic,
containes ether which is an early and rather risky general
anaesthetic
from the Victorian era, and the fumes can be fatal. A powerful
solvent,

for what?

everything, anything, brains, liver...

I still don't get it. Why are you mentioning this at all? Everything
else you mention what its good for. AFAI (the ignorant reader) knows
its
only of use to aero-modellers.

Its the humour section. It isnt good for anything, as its just too
dangerous. a mixture like that will dissolve all sorts, but what
exactly seems moot. Life is more important than cleaning.


Signing off for 2 weeks - have fun with it.

you too


NT