7 Nov
2004
7 Nov
'04
4:12 a.m.
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Tom Jennings wrote:
Oh it's harsh stuff, but that's the point, right? It eats
congealed grease, not a delicate job to begin with. Petro
solvents are the same in that, they have Side Effects.
I've gotten the stuff on my hands, and it's very nasty, I'd
never use it un-gloved! YOu can't rinse the stuff off your skin
hardly -- it grips all the oils and organics tightly. It's made
me BLEED when I got a pinholed glove, etc.
A good point; this stuff is HARSH. It's a
degreaser, and
contains a lot of lye, amongst other things, it eats skin
(literally makign you bleed if you leave it on your skin).
Are you sure about the lye? I've used lye before, and didn't think that it
was like Castol Super Clean at all. I suppose the other ingredients and
fragrances may be the differences, though.
I used to use Castrol SC with my bare hands. I stopped, though. I figured it
probably wasn't good in the long term, and I got tired of my hands drying out
so bad.
Someone else mentioned what it can do to aluminum..... I'd forgotten about
that. It's actually been quite some time since I've used the stuff.
I like to keep 3M's adhesive remover around. I buy it at the local body shop
supply store. I don't think I've ever had it harm the surface that I was
working with.
AUtomotive chemicals are a good source for restoration; they
have a lot of the same issues we do. Don't hurt paint, plastics,
etc and there's a lot of them.