Recreational Chemicals for Sciroccos

[Marc Getty <marc@getty.net>]

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

You sure are right about that! Don't waste the finite amount of TCE we have
left, use it very sparingly and be very careful with it. My one friend was oh
so proud of himself when he found 2+2 and used it as a solvent referring to it
as "the stuff that takes the paint off of stuff". We now refer to TCE as "the
stuff that takes the stuff off of paint". It is that nasty, but you have go to
love it!

Also Xylol can be used to get high, so keep it away from the kiddies!

> > 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.
> > > 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.

-Marc
'74 VW Thing
'84 Jetta GLi SLC (for sale in Philadelphia)
'87 Scirocco 16V (I picked it up on 7/3!)

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