"stuart noble" wrote in message
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Having power washed the patio last week, I slapped 10 litres of this stuff
down on our ancient, and very porous, slabs yesterday, but I have to say
the smell *inside* the house overnight was very unpleasant indeed.
"Contains white spirit" on the tin doesn't really convey the full horror
of this stuff. The COSH data suggests it consists entirely of benzene,
naptha, and xylene. Never again!

Just as well you weren't expecting a candle lit dinner!

(And didn't know you could buy benzene these days - though it was
commonplace in school labs once, where it smelt quite interesting...)

S

On 31/08/2010 21:59, Spamlet wrote:
"stuart wrote in message
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Having power washed the patio last week, I slapped 10 litres of this stuff
down on our ancient, and very porous, slabs yesterday, but I have to say
the smell *inside* the house overnight was very unpleasant indeed.
"Contains white spirit" on the tin doesn't really convey the full horror
of this stuff. The COSH data suggests it consists entirely of benzene,
naptha, and xylene. Never again!

Just as well you weren't expecting a candle lit dinner!

(And didn't know you could buy benzene these days - though it was
commonplace in school labs once, where it smelt quite interesting...)

S



I can still smell it (just). I don't know how the fumes of these
solvents behave, but it seemed like they just hung there like a mist.