Ed,
Stoddard solvent used to be the best standard dry cleaning solution your
clothes were cleaned with. Cleaners changed because perchlorethylene is
effective, less smelly and much faster when used in the EPA approved closed
systems they now use. (A beaker of that stuff will never reach the floor if
poured from six feet up ... dissipates on the way down.) The old time
cleaners had some health problems from breathing the Stoddard however so use
it in a well ventilated area.
Wes
on 3/12/02 6:23 PM, ardunbill@webtv.net at ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> Ed, Varsol (Stoddard Solvent) is the standard safe solvent I've used for
> 40 years. Sold in bulk at many hardware stores. Maybe $2 a gallon, in
> your container, around here. Petroleum base, not flammable at normal
> temperatures, gives a degree of rust protection but not an oily film.
> Some smell, not bad, not real rough on the skin, but does de-grease the
> skin thereby irritating it, so chemical gloves are advisable. Cheers
> Bill
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