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Re: Non-MG: Castrol Super Clean - ingredients

To: car@texas.net, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Non-MG: Castrol Super Clean - ingredients
From: BDurgin1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:59:14 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-10-15 16:44:38 EDT, car@texas.net writes:

> Butoxyethanol (5 - 10%)
>       Sodium xylenesulfonate (1 - 5%)
>       Nonylphenol ethoxylate (1 - 5%)
>       Sodium hydroxide (1 - 5%)
>       Dye/fragrance (0.1 - 1%)
>       Water (balance)
>  
>  For all you chemists out there....
>  
>  Which are the offensive chemical compounds? Sodium xyle...te?? 
>  
>  Just curious....
>  
>  Carol
>  

Sodium Hydroxide is lye (caustic soda, DRANO etc.).  Generally, causes the
oils in your flesh to turn to soap...hence a slippery feeling when handling
the stuff.  A part of the process is the "defatting" of the skin, for lack of
a better way of saying it, chemical burns , which can be nasty.  Also, there
is a BIG difference between 1 and 5% concentration.  I'm sure Castrol is
protecting their recipe from the competition.

Bruce Durgin
64 B

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