From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   The Real Bev wrote:   
   > On 3/19/23 9:14 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   >> Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>> On 3/18/2023 18:46, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>>> Today I have cleaned the windshield with the following in rapid   
   >>>> succession:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Windex   
   >>>> Bargain general-purpose cleaner which does a fine job on other stuff.   
   >>>> 70% alcohol with paper towels   
   >>>> Trader Joe general purpose cleaner (sage and something, it smells   
   >>>> REALLY   
   >>>> good)   
   >>>>       and a clean flour-sack dishtowel   
   >>>> 25% Dawn in water   
   >>>> 91% alcohol with toilet paper   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The oil-like residue is still there.  Now I'm wondering about spray   
   >>>> gunk.  And possibly engine cleaner.  I've got a LOT of spray engine   
   >>>> cleaner...   
   >>>   
   >>> Be very careful... that engine de-greaser might just eat up your   
   >>> dashboard if a little bit goes into the wrong place.   
   >>   
   >> Agreed, and I would not want to touch the chemicals in Gunk.   
   >> Especially the 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene.   
   >   
   > There speaks someone who never actually worked on cars.  We used to have   
   > a 5-gallon can of Gunk into which we would dip greasy parts. You spray   
   > or brush Gunk on, let it sit for a while and then hose it off.  It turns   
   > grease to soap.  It's the same stuff as in mechanics' hand cleaner.  I   
   > have a gallon of it that smells like oranges and contains pumice for   
   > extra hand-cleaning power.  The cans of gel-like stuff make a satisfying   
   > sproing sound/feel when you tap the can.   
   >   
   > No idea what the 1....benzene stuff is, but Gunk gives you REALLY clean   
   > hands.   
   >   
   > Brake fluid can be used to remove nail polish.  Just so you know.   
      
   :) My post was sort of meant as humor but also to be careful with   
   anything benzene, especially methylated benzene.  I paid my way through   
   college as a ASE Certified mech working in Ford and Chevy garages.   
   Finally, after 10 years of getting cut, burned, daily exposure to nasty   
   organic chemicals, and night school, I got a B.Sci degree in petroleum   
   geology with a minor in organic chemistry.  M.Sci followed.  I now work   
   in environmental helping to clean up the organic chemical messes that   
   others made.  I still work on my own cars and neighbors cars though.   
      
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