5 Jan
2003
5 Jan
'03
7:16 a.m.
R. D. Davis wrote:
Speaking of Acetone, I noticed that an old metal
container of it that
I have keeps swelling up and creasing the metal a bit after it's
reclosed, and vapors hiss out of it when it's opened. The container
is slightly rusty, and probably only about six or seven years old. Is
this anything to be concerned about?
If it's just a bit of surface rust, I wouldn't worry about it.
The container swells a little when some of the acetone evaporates.
Store it somehere out of harms way. The garage on a shelf is usually
safe, unless maybe your a welder, or it's heated. I kept my laquer
thinner in my linen closet in my apartment :-) I had most of my other
cleaning products in there too..... more so than linens :-) It was
right next to the furnace closet, but all caps were on tight, and I used
various cleaning products often enough, so that I easily kept track of
what was there, and that it was still in good condition.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA