From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/20/23 2:17 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   > 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.     
      
   Fair enough.  I seem to remember that benzene is flammable.  And    
   inflammable.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Good boy!  I really love Gunk and hand cleaner and I imagine you do too!   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
     "Everything sucks;  reverse the wires and everything will blow."   
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