I heartily second the recommendation to use a citrus-oil based cleaner -
they are super aggressive on any petroleum based 'problem', yet won't give
you lung cancer, or contaminate a bazillion gallons of ground water, or
contribute to ground-level smog, like many (most) of the distilled solvents
will.
That's my green plug for the day.
Roadster content: Arrangements were made last night for a small portion of
a Canadian roadster to go on vacation to Australia, to be grafted into one
of it's Australian cousins....kind of like retiring to a warmer climate!
Speaking of temperature, this morning the thermometer outside the kitchen
window indicates about -4 degrees F (or -20 degrees C to everyone outside
the USA)......brrrrrrr!
Pete Long
Guelph, Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
To: "Steven Harvey" <stebharvey@ameritech.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: December 3, 2002 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Undercoating removal
> I'd be tempted to try an orange based solvent that I found at the local
> Ace Hardware store. It is called "Contractor's Solvent" and claims to take
> anything off! I didn't believe it, but thought it would be good for some
> things. While cleaning up the shop I found the puddle of 3 year old
> Permatex #3 that had been ignoring in the bottom of one of the bench
> drawers. Kerosene doesn't do a very good job on this stuff, so I didn't
> expect anything out of the Contractor's Solvent. Sprayed it on and pretty
> much wiped it off! I've never seen Permatex come off that easily even when
> fresh!
>
> Next time I pull parts off that had gaskets installed with Permatex I will
> try this stuff on that too!
>
> Peace,
> Pat
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