Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
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> >Trichlorethylene is a mighty strong de-greasing agent for metal products
> >and in my experience the best oil based paint thinner and brush cleaner
> >ever discovered! It gets even more potent when heated. That was back in
> >the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. I have never seen it on sale in Canada
> >and it might have been "outlawed" for health and safety reasons.
> >
> >I am wondering if anyone else on the list has experience of ECCO 1500.
> >
> >John Hudson
> >Vancouver, BC
> >
> Isn't that also the "cleaning fluid" used by dry cleaning
> establishments for clothing until it was banned? If so, it was
> banned because its vapor was heavier than air and could displace the
> oxygen killing people using it in enclosed spaces by suffocating
> them. It is interesting that the Freon 12 which rose to the ozone
> layer to destroy was replaced by a similar refrigerant gas which is
> more dense and hugs the ground. I guess the difference is the
> quantity that is involved.
Yes ...... same as the cleaning fluid.
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