I think this is the chemical used in some brands of "brake cleaner" available
at any
auto parts store.
Larry
rdk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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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