In the old days, my brother, who worked with printing inks, used to keep a large
open bath of trichlorethylene in the garage for cleaning motorcycle parts -
worked great! I believe that it is carcinogenic, but he seems to have suffered
no ill effects - other than that he lives in Sydney and rides veteran Rudge
motorcycles in races (he is 60 now).
The dry cleaning liquid is perchlorethylene; not quite so dangerous, I believe,
but under serious suspicion now.
mvh / regards
Roger Key
>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.
>Winsor Crosby
I'd have to go check but I thought 'Trike' was carcinogenic - IARC Class 2a
listing.
AndrewF
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