Digital BW, The Print

At 06:35 PM 3/6/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>Jerry,
>
>I wasn't suggesting using acetone to clean printers! I don't even 
>think chem lab students should be using it! It's bad stuff!!! Back in 
>the seventies we used it in our chem labs (I think). Rinsing with 
>water cleaned out the beakers, alcohol was then used I think to make 
>accetone and water get along together, then finally acetone to 
>evaporate the last drops out of beaker- no lingering spots. Or so I 
>think that's how it went, it could have been the reverse order.
>
>Acetone will craze many plastics, and is highly reactive. IOW, don't 
>set a match to it. And is not good to take a bath in either<g>. It 
>evaporates so fast it can hurt your skin.
>
>I merely mentioned it as an aside comment, the stuff we did 25 years 
>ago to clean lab equipment, etc.
>Jim H.
>
>

Jim,

I use acetone for some cleaning jobs (not on plastic!) and it is also sold
as fingernail polish remover. I'd like to know if it is any worse than other
things like paint thinners. Some people are very cautious about volatile
solvents but so farrrr itttt haaaaasssn't afffffected meeee. 

AZ
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