At 21:45 10-04-2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Speaking of solvents, anybody have experience with commercial grade
>Citrisolv? (D-limene)
Not the commercial stuff, per se, but I've used the spray-can and
spritz-bottle loads on lots of items, both plastic and metal.
It doesn't do well on some plastics (starts to eat them), and I'm not sure
of the technical name for the ones that it will eat. I've yet to suffer
paint damage on anything I've used it to clean.
That said, it is an -excellent- idea to, after you've cleaned any surface
other than bare metal with it, go over said surface a few times with
nothing but clear, clean water to neutralize the solvent effect.
I used a special grade of the stuff for carpet cleaning when we first
moved in. It consisted of finely-ground sawdust impregnated through and
through with some sort of citrus-based solvent. You spread it out all over
the carpet, grind it in with this special rotating-brush type machine, wait
about 15 minutes, and then vacuum it all up after its dry. It worked
amazingly well.
Citrus-based cleaning is a wonderful thing indeed if you're careful with
it. ;-)
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Received on Wed Apr 11 2001 - 08:43:55 BST