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Re: Recreational Chemicals for Sciroccos



Hey,
I'd be carefull around paint and plastic with solvents like those!
John

Marc Getty wrote:

> Next chemical to try: Xylol (a brand name of Xylene). Can be had from any
> photography supply house.
>
> If that does not work, go for the the really strong stuff: TCE. TriChlorEthane
> is as nasty as it gets. You can hang metal over a vat of TCE and everything
> will come off of it just from the fumes that TCE gives off. Mind you, TCE is
> cancer causing and is also illegal to transport across state lines so it is
> difficult to get, but well worth it. It is commonly used to activate the glue
> on property tags that you put on equipment and the like, maybe Seton has them?
> (http://seton.com)
>
> I used TCE and a full toxic face mask with breather hose when I cleaned out
> the black goop that was in the bottom of my Jetta's trunk. It came off no
> problem, just ran out of rags quickly to wipe the crap up with.
>
> -Marc
>
> > I'm sure everyone has a favorite chemical solvent.  Depending on
> > what it is, I usually start with something like diluted Simplegreen,
> > or Windex, or bug & tar remover.  All of them have their uses.   Sometimes
> > I'll step it up to Castrol Super Clean (fairly nasty), carb cleaner
> > (mostly nasty), or the ultimate: brake cleaner (very nasty, _especially_
> > because it smells like you WANT to breathe it!)
> >
> > Who here has removed the sound deadening material from under their
> > hoods?  Anyone who has knows where I'm going...I'm in the middle
> > of doing it now, with the hood off the car.  My white car has the
> > borrowed hood from my silver 84 racer-2b...looks weird...
> >
> > Anyway, back to the job at hand.
> >
> > The sound deadening foam just easily scrapes away, leaving you with the
> > feeling that the job is going to be quite easy.  HA!  The glue holding
> > the foam backing to the underside of the hood is incredible stuff,
> > NASA should be using it to seal shuttle fuel tanks.  After ratcheting
> > though my usual store of chemical attack weapons:  Castol just annoyed
> > the glue, I was only able to scrap off another thin layer with my
> > plastic putty knife.  Carb cleaner was a bit more effective when
> > combined with a flat razor blade (hello gouges in the paint).  Brake
> > cleaner was the most effective, turning the glue into a slick, sticking
> > glue-slime that really didn't come all the way off, and tended to stick
> > to everything in little clumps.  Amusing, but the fumes have taken
> > several months off my life.  This got old after only one small section,
> > not much result for an hours work.
> >
> > Griping about it at work today, one of my coworkers (not Jim :) ) tossed
> > out an idea...one that's so good, I hesitate to share, but I'm sooo
> > impressed I just have to tell as it just never occured to me....
> >
> > Easyoff oven cleaner.  Oh my gawd, I have a new favorite super chemical
> > weapon.  Spray it on, wait a while (or just fertilize your lawn like me
> > then give the kids a bath.)  Apply the formerly highly ineffective
> > plastic scraper, and the glue is coming away in sheets that look like
> > grey alien slime in seconds, with very little effort.   Remember to
> > do this outside, with gloves.
> >
> > Easyoff:  Approved by Dick.  (The beer commercials, remember?)
> >
> > Anyone else have a favorite solvent?  Or better yet, a favorite solvent
> > story?
> >
> > later!
> >
> > ==Brett
> >
> >   \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
> > \/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net
> >
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> -Marc
> '74 VW Thing
> '84 Jetta GLi SLC (for sale in Philadelphia)
> '87 Scirocco 16V (I pick it up on 7/3!)
>
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