"Newshound" wrote in message
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From my young years (early 50's), I was taught that it was made from
alcohol
and castor oil. You can smell the alcohol----not sure about the castor
oil, but it makes sense.

Not any more (if ever). It's stuff like this:

http://www.chemicalland21.com/arokor...emical/DEG.htm



Thanks for the link! Nice to hear it from the horse's mouth.:-)

Harold