23 Jun
2005
23 Jun
'05
5:51 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:06:07 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
The cotton gloves sucked, because they gathered up dirt and so only
lasted about a week. I remember that once the boss got them, because
they were cheaper. Nylon gloves last almost forever. It's even
possible I still have mine tucked away in a box.
> The usual
substance is isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol). You
> didn't mention that -- did you mean to suggest ethanol? I suppose
> that would work, too.
190 proof ethanol (the HIGHER grade of Everclear) works very well,
and seems to leave less residue than isopropyl.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
We wore white nylon gloves a lot more than we
wanted to back when I
was a COM operator producing Microfiche in the 80's. I suspect
they're still readily available. Probably anybody who handles a lot
of film would use them, i.e. the photograpy market.
In my day, it was COTTON.