[s-cars] Winterizing Windhshield Washer Fluid

[Robert Myers]

At 08:42 PM 1/26/2005 -0500, Igor Kessel wrote:
>Finally someone found an appropriate application for the "I want to bear a 
>cool Russian name despite the fact that I am made from Kentucky corn" 40% 
>CH2COOH solution in tap water.
>:)


And CH2COOH is?

CH3COOH is acetic acid (active ingredient of vinegar).  CH3CH2OH is ethanol 
or ethyl alcohol or the active ingredient of all booze.  CH3OH is methanol 
or wood alcohol.  CH3-CHOH-CH3 is isopropanol or isopropyl alcohol.  A 70% 
solution of isopropyl alcohol in water is called "rubbing alcohol".   All 
of these are toxic and can result in brain damage, liver damage, etc., and 
in excess, death whether taken internally or by inhalation of the 
vapors.  You are wise to listen to your retired chemist mother-in-law.  ;-)

Bob - the retired organic chemistry professor.


>Kirby, if I were you I'd stay away from methanol as far as I could. It may 
>cause brain damage if inhaled long enough. I am dead serious here. The 
>same goes for ethanol, BTW.
>
>Last year Igor Aleshin and I had toyed with the isopropyl alcohol idea on 
>a certain Russian automotive forum. The isopropyl alcohol solution 
>suggested above by Igor did indeed work very well. However with the 
>climate control on auto the inside of my car would stink like I had just 
>shattered a bottle of vodka inside, and actually I would get high after 
>inhaling it for half an hour. Eventually I dropped the idea largely under 
>the influence of my mother-in-law who was a retired chemist.
>
>These days I use the pink Rain-X stuff and I tend to agree with Taka that 
>this is prolly the best windshield washer fluid that I have tried to date.
>
>--

Bob
Random Bushism: "I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in 
Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more 
likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure." George W. Bush, Jan. 
2001
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Robert Myers
Fayetteville
'95 urS6 - Cashmere Grey
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