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Roger Mills wrote:

curious wrote:

clean with alcohol .


I often use surgical spirit for such things.


Not brilliant, the bottle here has 5% w/w that isn't ethanol or methanol.
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On 14/01/2019 17:00, curious wrote:
Can white spirit be used to clean tiles where alcohol is specified. It is
to fit Command hanging hooks which specify clean with alcohol .


I often use surgical spirit for such things.


No point. That little extras are added to
metho will never be a problem when
cleaning what you want to stick a hook to.

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I often use surgical spirit for such things.


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On 15/01/2019 21:01, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 15/01/2019 17:55, ARW wrote:

I also carry nail polish remover:-)


That may contain some oil or such as a moisturiser. Acetone dries the
skin something awful.

Andy


Those big aerosols of foam gun cleaner are just acetone (AFAIK).
Certainly evaporates quickly, and softens plastic so beware.
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