Use Of Solvents

[jiffo]

OK so I'm from the older generation.

Used to swim in everything when cleaning parts.

Dieso, petrol, kero, xylene, acetone, you name it, I've bathed in it.

Paying the price now of course, Dieldrin, 2,4-D just some of the better stuff from the faming days.

For you youngsters, here's a warning I scored from another forum.

http://www.brewracingframes.com/safety-alert-brake-cleaner--phosgene-gas.html

[Duncan]

great post, this quote from the article was spot on...

We buy chemicals and sprays at a local parts house and think to ourselves how can this be so bad health wise if we use it, I am buying it over the counter?

[mr skidz]

appreciate the heads up mate

[tridentt150v]

Jeez I've used carb clean and brake clean on parts.......can't for the life of me remember if I ever welded them, I don't feel as bad as that bloke so probably not - but I honestly have no idea.

And we've all used degreaser,petrol, kero, the heavy duty degreaser that smells and looks like phenol, and host of other stuff.

[niZmO_Man]

I remember reading that article last year... was posted around here somewhere.

But yeah, wear hazmat suit lol (at least take some safety precautions).

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

tnx for heads up, just looked up crc brake cleaner mds, sure enuf tetrachloroethylene 90% +

[GTR-N1]

Many thanks indeed G for relaying such relevant but poignant information about the vagaries of solvents, cleaners and adhesives.

It appears that even simple offshoots of the benzene ring are fraught with huge dangers eg methylbenzene (toluene) etc.

Absorption through skin pores and not just through ingestion or inhalation is a vehicle through which we humans can suffer.

All these things we use are akin to chemical weapons - without being overly alarmist.

So Ta once again. G, you're a wealth of information and have the smarts to be eclectic too.