>I'm having trouble finding a source of solvent for my parts washer - the
>local Exxon stations used to sell it in bulk, but now they say that the
>environmental guys make it too much trouble for them for it to be worth
>carrying it. I did find that a couple of the local auto-parts stores carry
>some 1-gallon containers, but the price is about 4 times the usual bulk
>price.
Kerosene works fine for me. It's relatively cheap, about $1 something per
gallon at the local gas station. They don't use in shops 'cause it'll burn,
but it's actually kind of hard to get kerosene to burn by itself. When I
worked in a garage we used that Safety-Kleen stuff. I think the kerosene cleans
better though. You can use paint thinner also, but that's a lot more volatile
than kerosene. For disposal, I dump it in with my dirty oil, which goes to the
used oil tank at the landfill.
Mike G.
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