Cleaning solvent

If you say so. However, "Petroleum Naptha" is how it is referred to by the Canadean Environment ministries, the Ontario Energy Board, and Imperial oil. Among many other credible sources. In the USA Naphtha IS the standard spelling (The Yanks leave letters out for just about everything else, but throw in the duperfluous "H" to make naptha into naphtha. Now they want to screw up NAFTA too - which they stuffed down the throats of the rest of North America because it suited them. Now that it looks like Canada and Mexico are winning, (which they MAY, or may NOT) they are talking about changing it again

Seriously - nothing against our good neighbours to the south.

It depends on the ultrasonic cleaner. I think that one might fit in mine -- other than perhaps the depth. And I've seen ones which could have accommodated my entire 1622cc MGA engine. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

A buddy of mine worked in a lab that did a lot of work for GE and one of the items in there I wished I could afford was an ultrasonic tank that you could fit a big block in without any trouble. Course when he mentioned what they had paid to get(large 8 digit figure) it I decided it was a bit out of reach. I found out a few years later that it had been cut up as scrap when that division closed down and they built a new lab....

Kinch, you still haven't figured out that "petroleum distillates" encompasses a very large variety of compounds, only a very few of which can legitimately be called "kerosene". WD-40 is not in that category. Neither is paint thinner. The sooner you figure this out, the sooner you stop looking like an ass.

No, with that large a price differential you'd better save up cash for a second tank to store what you've got now, and order at least one more fill-up before the contract runs out in May - go right up to the gallonage limits in the contract, if there are any... Tell them you're running your oil fired forge and kiln a lot if they ask.

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Heated, as in the set up you need for running Simple Green or other aqueous stuff the right way? Oh BABY I've gotta get up there, pencil me in for one... Big Brudder is doing a Camping Club trip up to Bakersfield 20th-ish of April, we'll have to plan a pass through to Taft too.

And a Cat Scan at the gate... Might allow for one mellow pip on the radar, two max. But no way 6, and no Type A Personalities and/or showing propensities to taste-test stuff in the shop.

Already bought the Harbor Fright 20-gallon solvent tank and 10 gallons of ShellSol D40 which is supposed to be the Proper Stuff.

I tried the aqueous cleaner from Harbor Fright (2-butoxyethanol and sodium metasilicate) and it didn't even /touch/ wheel bearing grease. Gave up and used the "Old Faithful" - odorless paint thinner in a coffee can - to get the truck back together.

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From the MSDS for WD-40 @

Petroleum Base Oil 64742-65-0 30-35

LVP Aliphatic Hydrocarbon 64742-47-8 12-18

Non-Hazardous Ingredients Mixture

Got two of them, 5 gallon size.

All I've been able to find in the last ten years is methylene chloride. Works like crap. I've read the MSDSs for many so called carb dunks and haven't come across the cresylic acid. Sounds potent.

Pete got me curious about the ultra sonic cleaner...

Thanks Pete. IIRC, the HF ultra sonic was pretty reasonably priced.

Saw that one coming! That has to be the highest-priced K-1 around, but it is definitely kero.

I have no idea what's in WD-40, but it sure works a treat for removing some sticky substances. It's worse than worthless as either a lubricant or a preservative, but it's good for that -- and it works great as an attractant when sprayed on crappie jigs.

Am I getting cabin fever and thinkin' iceout, or whut?

What, we're trying to change it to NAPHTA? It would probably be NAPHTER but we wouldn't want to offend the gangsta minority.

I don't know if Canada is winning yet, but Mexico sure is! Funny how illegal aliens drift north ...perhaps the Mexicans will eventually end up in Canada like our draft-dodgers did a generation ago? Hope springs eternal...

We seem to be following Canada's example in becoming increasingly bilingual -- with English as a second language. "If you speak only English, press 1 and your call will be transferred to Bangalore. Welcome to 911, your call is very important to us."

A bit further south it might be something like, "If y'll don't speak 'murrican, go to hell! If this is an emergency, deal with it cuz Bubba's kinda busy raht now, hooo-eeee!"

Yup. What used to be "lighter fluid" was also nap(h)tha. I think charcoal lighter might be that also.

White gas was once exactly that -- unleaded gasoline when the auto fuel pumps were "leaded" and "extra leaded".

"Pete C." wrote

Interesting. When I was a commercial diver, we'd use Lysol in the decompression chambers, and also as a spray to keep helmets from getting too gamey. I hate the smell of that stuff to this day. Simple Green wasn't around yet. I have worked on a lot of regulators and hats in my life. Fairly delicate stuff, but not rocket surgery.

Steve

I am now living farther away from you. Was going to go to visit some friends in San Diego the first of March, but a change of plans. Now, with gas the way it is, don't know when we'll make that trip again, as now it is

Still need bar grating. I only have the short bed truck, and don't want to pull a trailer all that way to visit friends. Might be able to find some short pieces that will fit in my 6.5' bed. They can be up to nine feet without a flag.

Steve

"Don Foreman" wrote

- and it works

Sumperch! I'm trying to get my projects done and get some crappie at a lake about ten miles from me. Got a Bass Buggy type small boat with electric motor, and it's a small lake. The state record and catch and release record crappie were BOTH from this lake.

WD 40 ............ woohoo. I'll take any advantage I can get. Jiggin with a 12' Black Widow graphite pole for crappie in brush .......... doesn't get any better than that. Unless, of course, you spray some WD 40 on there.

Steve

"Don Foreman" wrote

And you bought it for your Coleman stuff.

Steve

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:46:48 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking, snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote,

Then what is in those gallon cans marked "Kerosene" at HD?

The same as the cans marked Gasoline: Air.