Cleaning gungy Flexowriter

[Chad Fernandez]

Tom Jennings wrote:
> A good point; this stuff is HARSH. It's a degreaser, and
> contains a lot of lye, amongst other things, it eats skin
> (literally makign you bleed if you leave it on your skin).

Are you sure about the lye?  I've used lye before, and didn't think that 
it was like Castol Super Clean at all.  I suppose the other ingredients 
and fragrances may be the differences, though.

I used to use Castrol SC with my bare hands.  I stopped, though.  I 
figured it probably wasn't good in the long term, and I got tired of my 
hands drying out so bad.

Someone else mentioned what it can do to aluminum..... I'd forgotten 
about that.  It's actually been quite some time since I've used the stuff.

> 
> Rarely do I need to use petroleum solvents. I'm not totally
> opposed to them, I keep mineral spirits and even a pint of
> lacquer thinner around, but that stuff does stink up the world,
> costs a lot more, is flammable, etc. My wild days of MEK plus
> toluol in an ultrasonic tank without gloves are looong gone
> behind me. I hope.

I like to keep 3M's adhesive remover around.  I buy it at the local body 
shop supply store.  I don't think I've ever had it harm the surface that 
I was working with.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA