Citrisolv?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Apr 11 15:10:21 2001

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Joe wrote:

> I believe Citrisolv is what's in Goo-Gone and some of the other similar
> solvents. The stuff works great for removing labels, ink and the like. I've
> never had enough of it to use it for general cleaning but I expect that it
> will work well. Two things that I've found that help when using Goo-Gone
> are (1) warm the object to be cleaned before putting on the solvent (2)
> after applying Goo-Gone to the area to be cleaned cover it with tin foil to
> keep it from drying out.
 
Where do you get tin foil, Joe? I haven't seen any of that in years!

                                                 - don
 
>
> At 09:45 PM 4/10/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Speaking of solvents, anybody have experience with commercial grade
> >Citrisolv? (D-limene)
> >
> >One of my friends gave me 2.5 gals of the (I am assuming) 20% commercial
> >concentration, and it looks real NASTY (much thicker than motor oil). His
> >only warning was not to get it on paint I want to keep. A new pair of
> >nitrile gloves is a no brainer, and the fumes actually smell nice, but I am
> >not entirely sure how I want to proceed. I already have plenty of weak
> >consumer spray bottles of similar stuff, so I don't plan to waste any of it
> >highly diluted, maybe just as a 5:1 or 10:1 so it doesn't eat through the
> >bottle too fast.
> >
> >Things I plan to clean; a batch of gummy old mac floppy drives, general
> >dirty computer stuff, and maybe a few spots on the carpet. Any experienced
> >people have some tips?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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