[TowerTalk] Removing Oil from a Motor

[J. Kincade]

Heck Stan, I guess I'm not sure now. Too many "ethanes" and "ethylenes" out
there. See
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts70.html for  1,1,1 Trichloroethane, and
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts19.html for Trichoroethylene.
The stuff we used in the Navy for degreasing, and the label that *used* to
be on "Gun Scrubber" had the "1,1,1" in front of the chemical name, so I'm
guessing it was the first one above. That's also the stuff I bought in
gallon cans from the local paint stores up to a couple of years ago, but I
haven't tried to find it since I discovered Gun Scrubber. Neither one
appears to be particularly good for your health. Now I have a headache, not
from the chemicals, but from too many syllables in all these words.
73, Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: Stan or Patricia Griffiths <w7ni@easystreet.com>
To: Bryan Fields <kb9mci@qsl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Removing Oil from a Motor


> Are you sure you guys aren't talking about "trichoroethylene"?  I use that
stuff to
> degrease oscilloscope fan motors all the time when I rebuild them as part
of the old
> scope restoration process.  It is not as volatile as the freons I have
seen and you can
> still get it in jugs at a chemical supply house.  Many freons boil at
atmospheric
> pressures and room temperatures.  Trichloroethylene does not, but it does
evaporate
> rather quickly and you really need to keep the container capped.  You also
need to use
> it in a well ventilated area.  I have never seen it in a spray can.  You
have sign a
> paper saying you are aware of the dangers of using this chemincal when you
buy it.
>
> We could be talking about different chemicals here.  I have never heard of
> "trichlorethane" but then there are lots of chemicals I have never heard
of . . .
>
> Stan
> w7ni@easystreet.com
>
> Bryan Fields wrote:
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> > On Thursday 14 June 2001 21:26, you wrote:
> > > Thought I'd throw out that most gun shops carry Birchwood Casey "Gun
> > > Scrubber" in tall pressurized cans, for degreasing firearms
mechanisms.
> > > It's actually trichlorethane in a spray can.
> >
> > If memory serves, isn't trichlorethane Freon-113.  If so it is probaly
not
> > avaliable anymore, but i could be wrong.
> >
> > - --
> > Bryan Fields, KB9MCI
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