[DML] Re: Solvents

["SweatyEddy" <swetyedy@xxxx>]

Mike,
I wouldn't recommend Trichloroethane for cleaning anything vinyl. I am a
pharmaceutical chemist and have some experience with organic solvents. If
the Trich' does not deform your vinyl after the first few uses it certainly
will with repeated use. It also "dehydrates" the vinyl which will promote
premature aging and cracking. Trich' is harsher and less healthier than
acetone. I've used acetone on my carpet but I still wouldn't recommend it
for the dash. The only thing I would use Trich' for is removing road tar etc
from an unpainted body.
My 2 cents,
-SweatyEddy

----- Original Message -----
From: <mdeluca@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 1:12 PM
Subject: [DML] Solvents


> I was cleaning the interior vinyl portions of my corvette last night
> and used
> Tricloroethane (also referred to as T 1.1.1. I think , you can buy it
> at Home Depot as a carpet / spot remover and I think it goes by the
> brand name Afta) to remove some spots that soap and water / Fantastic
> etc. wouldn't clean. It worked great, may be even too good ( I think
> it will take the paint right off the vinyly if you're not careful).
> This is a nasty solvent! Probably causes liver damage and cancer and I
> believe it desolves some types of plastics ect. I'm not recommending
> that anyone use this but with all the talk about Acetone and MEK I
> would like to know if this solvent is little better to use on vinyl
> when you need to use a very strong solvent degreaser?
>
> Mike D.
> Vin 3113
> NY Lic DLORIANN
>
>
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