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RE: Varsol

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Subject: RE: Varsol
From: "Lin, Gary" <Gary.Lin@wang.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 13:06:16 -0500
I tend to remember Var-Sol or varsol as the green stuff in shop class,
the common replacement around here now is the low or non flammable green
Safety-Kleen.

Gary Lin
Burke, VA
Metro Washington Council of Sports Car Clubs
BMW CCA National Capital


Chip Old wrote:
> Dave Williams wrote:
Chip Old originally wrote:
> > -> Varsol is (or used to be) a brand name under which mineral
> spirits
> > -> was sold.
> > 
> >  Hm, no.  Var-Sol (as it says on the drum) is a very light green,
> leaves
> > a thin film after it dries, and has no noticeable odor.  It has
> about
> > the same viscosity as kerosene.
>  
> Hmmm.  That isn't what used to be sold as Varsol around here.  It was
> clear, left no film, and was described as mineral spirits on the
> container.
> I wonder if Varsol and Var-Sol are two different things?
> 

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