[TheForge] lacquer thinner ( was Re: erasable marker board cleaning )

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

for what is is worth, the lacquer thinner from farm&fleet lists the
following:

Methyl Ethyl Ketone (78-93-3)
Aliphatic Petroleum Distillate (64742-89-8)
N-Heptane (142-82-5)
Methylcyclohexane (108-87-2)
Toluene (108-88-3)
Cyclohexame (110-82-7)
Methanol (67-56-1)
Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Acetate (108-65-6)
Xylene (10330-20-7)
Ethyl Benzene (100-41-4)
Ethyl Acetate (67-64-1)

then there are two paragraphs on cancer, birth defects, neurological and
physiological damage. 

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Bruce Freeman wrote:

bruce> 
bruce> Dave,
bruce> Lacquer thinner is a solvent mixture.  It seems generally to
bruce> be principally aromatic hydrocarbons, like toluene or xylenes,
bruce> with ketones or alcohols mixed in.  So if you want to be really
bruce> helpful, you'll tell us exactly what lacquer thinner you used.
bruce> Bruce
bruce> NJ
bruce> 

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Terry L. Ridder ><>