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   Mike da Vinci to ron_s...@my-deja.com   
   Re: liquid paper/whiteout: What is good    
   08 Feb 17 06:41:11   
   
   From: mtravagli@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 2, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, ron_s...@my-deja.com wrote:   
   > I used to be able to buy "whiteout thinner" at rediculously   
   > expensive-for-the-quantity prices, in little white-out sized bottles.   
   > Now the local Office Depot, etc. doesn't carry it....with one clerk   
   > claiming that the thinner "was banned and the whiteout's are now   
   > water-based anyway"!   
   >   
   > Well, it says "Flammable" right on the white out bottle and sure smells   
   > like a volitile hydrocarbon to me!   
   >   
   > So what would the formerly-available whiteout-thinner have been? Is it a   
   > product easily available from a chemical supply house? I imagine several   
   > things  could substitute. If possible I wouldn't want one that stinks   
   > worse than the whiteout itself.   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
   >   
   > -Ron Snider-   
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