“I just unleashed mustard gas on Arlen!”
Posted on 03/07/2009 3:12:13 PM PST by An Old Man
I read somewhere the main ingredient in GooGone is lighter fluid. Don’t know if it’s true.
“I read somewhere the main ingredient in GooGone is lighter fluid. Don’t know if it’s true.”
Sure smells like it.
Pros ALWAYS read the MSDS and pay attention to VOC and LEL/UEL components.
Or pay the price...
“I just unleashed mustard gas on Arlen!”
“Goof Off” and “Goo Gone” are two totally different animals, though I suppose you could use either one to get gum off, depending on the solvent sensitivity of the surface the gum was stuck on. Goof Off is a mixture of Xylene and toluene (don’t pay $20 a gallon for Goof Off, just buy “Xylol” for $8), I think, and the vapors would most certainly be flammable/explosive, while Goo Gone is based on orange oil, and not all that volatile. I doubt the fumes would explode.
Xylol is mean stuff. do not inhale that or get it on your skin
I don’t think it’s that bad. I used to get some galvanized metal parts where the manufacturer insisted on sticking adhesive paper labels that had to be removed, leaving an unsightly mess in order to use the parts. I’d pour about 1/8” of Goof Off or Xylene in a glass baking dish and soak the parts label down for like 30 minutes. Most of the adhesive would dissolve and you could just lift the parts out the label would fall off in the solvent and you could dry the parts off.
See-you can’t trust them “green” cleaning solutions.
I saw a guy pour some down a guys pants pocket as a joke.
It took the skin right off his nards
Must be a wuss. I’ve had it on my hands probably a hundred times, from a rag dampened with the stuff, either drying off parts that had been soaking in it or wiping down something, and never had any skin irritation. I’m sure it’s carcinogenic for large amounts of accumulated exposure, so if you do it all the time, you should probably wear a respirator and gloves, and always wash your hands immediately when done, even for occasional use.
Darn! I was planning on doing that later, too!
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