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From: anne@bmcg.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Diesel fuel for parts cleaning
Message-ID: <1101@bmcg.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 08:26:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 08:26:47 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jul-84 06:43:20 EDT
Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego
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Diesel fuel makes a good parts cleaner that has the good qualities
of kerosene, but is sometimes more readily available.  It is a
solvent of roughly the same quality, yet has a high flashpoint like
kerosene.

My sister worked as a nurse for a year in the burn unit of a local
hospital.  A high percentage of their cases were people who had been
cleaning parts in gasoline.  You can use gasoline with no problems
for years, but one day you drop a tool and it sets off a spark, or
your friend walks over and drops a cigarette on some spilled gas.
Don't do it.

Anne H. Anderson
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