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In Reply to: RE: Lighter Fluid posted by middleground on December 19, 2014 at 04:28:29
That would have to be one of my last resorts. That stuff is about as flammable as gasoline. Believe it or not, when I was a kid it was sold as Energene, a home dry cleaning fluid. My mom would pour it into the kitchen sink and dry clean clothes not more than 5 feet from the pilot in the gas stove. Good thing she didn't blow us all to our reward. If you wanted to be "safe" for extra cost they had nonflammable Energene which was carbon tetracloride.Phil
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Reminds me of a reprint of an old ad for the Thompson Sub Machine Gun I saw in a gun magazine years ago.
Once available to anyone that wanted one.
Ad shown on their website, scroll down if interested.
Hi Graiger56,
We have come a ways on some of the scary products available to anyone and we aren't X-raying the feet of little kids in shoe stores (I did think that was fun when I was a kid), but we sure haven't come far enough from that Tommy Gun ad in my view.
Phil
Carbon Tet might be nonflammable, but it is a well known highly dangerous carcinogen and has been banned for consumer use in most areas.
If forced to choose between it and naptha, I'd take naptha any day.
Cheers,
Al
Hi Al,
For sure I don't think turning consumers loose with carbon tet is a good idea. In fact I think it is nuts. I just thought it was ironic that it was offered as a safer alternative.
Back in our stupid days ('50s and early '60s) I had a bottle of it on my workbench in the garage for cleaning controls and switches.
If I got grease on my good clothes from working on my car I'd just slosh the stuff on the grease spot to avoid getting yelled at by my mother. Maybe if I didn't do that I would be smart enough to have amounted to something.
Phil
Hi Phil,
I didn't mean to suggest that you were recommending Carbon Tet, I just thought I'd warn other Inmates who might not be aware of its properties.
I remember it well from the early sixties. It was commonly found in auto repair shops where it was frequently used to degrease noisy speedometers and cables before replacing the old dirty lubricant. I must have used it dozens of times back then. Would never use it again, even if it was available.
Cheers,
Al
Hi Al,
I would still like to have a bottle of that stuff in my bag of tricks. As I remember it would clean like nothing else. If however I had to bring out the "big gun" it would either be out doors or under a range hood.
I would not be using it to dry clean my clothes while wearing them. See, I didn't kill off all of my brain cells and the survivors did learn something.
Phil
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