[Boatanchors] [ARC5] MEK, benzene, acetone for Q dope.

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I used it quite often in the basement to clean the rails of my Lionel train track sections.  I guess I quit that in time to "live long and prosper!
 
Mac, K2GKK/5 in OKC, OK


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> On Mar 10, 2014, at 14:47, "AKLDGUY ." <neilb0627 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When I was a technician in the telecommunications industry in the late
> 1960's we used carbon tetrachloride to clean switch and relay contacts.
> This was a liquid that came in small bottles. We poured it on rags and
> brushes with bare fingers and no breathing protection.
> 
> Within a few years carbon tet was declared highly toxic and promptly
> dropped from use. I never heard of any study into long term effects or
> follow up on those who had used it.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:35 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> 
>> If you can regulate CO2 on a pretext, you can equally regulate other
>> metabolic wastes on a similar pretext.
>> 
>> -John
>> 
>> =========
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Pee and Poo don't frighten me.  Nevertheless I avoid exposure if I can
>>> I agree occasional MEK exposure likely has very small risk---- but if I
>>> can remove pint with something else, I'll use that something else.  If
>>> more benign paint removers don't entirely do the job, I get my MEK- and
>>> nitrial gloves and work outside- up wind-----
>>> 
>>> Also EPA has nothing to do with MSDS
>>> 
>>> I'm not particularly upset with President Nixon and Watergate----- but
>>> HE's the $#%* that created the EPA  I can't forgive him for that
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 2:59 PM, Ronnie Hull <w5sum at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Talk about beating a dead horse..good golly..,
>>> 
>>> Sent from Ronnie's IPhone
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Long <coolbrucelong at yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> In my opinion MSDS warnings are for chemical use that occurs in an
>>>> industrial setting not "industrial exposure".   It is true there are
>>>> some odd results, such as rubbing alcohol in a home bathroom being
>>>> "unregulated" and an another bottle of the same stuff at work without a
>>>> MSDS sticker makes the employer selectable to a serious fine.
>>>> 
>>>> However it is a mistake to think MSDS warnings can be safely ignored or
>>>> discounted for occasional home use.
>>>> 
>>>> MEK scares me and I avoid its use at home if I can and use full
>>>> precautions when I can't avoid use.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:56 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> MSDSs are for Industrial Exposure...  40 hours per week for many years.
>>>> Not for occasional, casual use.
>>>> 
>>>> You can die from drinking water or eating carrots too.
>>>> 
>>>> -John
>>>> 
>>>> =====================
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> All,
>>>>> Here is the Material Safety Data Sheet for the MEK. They always sound
>>>>> scary,
>>>>> but with the toxicity at greater than 2 gram per kilo you would have to
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