27 Jan
2010
27 Jan
'10
9:58 a.m.
At 11:48 AM 1/27/2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 27 Jan 2010 at 17:45, Jochen Kunz wrote:
Speaking of washing, all this talk of naptha made me think of Fels-Naptha soap,
which I was surprised to learn contains Stoddard solvent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fels-Naptha
At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naptha , there's a picture of Coleman camp fuel.
- John
Yes. Actually fuel / gas / gasoline / petrol (The
stuff that you fill
into your car at the gas station.) is called "Benzin" in german. (I
think Diesel is called Diesel everywhere.) The stuff that you use for
cleaning is called "washing benzine" (word to word translation) in
german. It is a lighter fraction of crude oil then gasoline. --
Otherwise known as "white gas" here in the U.S., or--wait for it--
Coleman Stove fuel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_gas
Which is where we started. It's not bad, but I had better results
with lamp oil/kerosene/paraffin oil.