[Vwdiesel] TDI Intake Cleaning

Roger Brown r.c.brown at ieee.org
Sat Sep 18 11:22:25 EDT 2004


James Hansen wrote:
> 
> Laquer thinner is acetone
> Naphtha is um... C10H8 IIRC.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
> Behalf Of alstum
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] TDI Intake Cleaning
> 
> Hi:
>      Naptha is just pure gasoline, with no additivies.
> Coleman Stove camping fuel is naptha. Also used a
> lot by dry cleaning plants.
> 
>      Mineral spirits is just purified kerosene. Also
> sold as paint thinner. I usually buy K-1 kerosene,
> or whatever they sell for kerosene space heaters,
> to put in my parts cleaner.
> 
>      Lacquer thinner is alcohol, not sure if it is
> denatured ethanol or if it is methanol?
> 
>      My two cents for today.

I tend to think that they are all different:

Acetone:
	http://www.bu.edu/es/labsafety/ESMSDSs/MSAcetone.html

Lacquer Thinner:
	http://www.nelsonpaint.com/msds/MS03_09.html

Naptha:
	http://www.generalpaint.com/msds/16-325.html

Mineral Spirits:
	http://www.kinetronics.com/online-store/scstore/CCSMSDSData.pdf

Kerosene:
	http://www.brownoil.com/msdskerosene.htm

-- 
   Roger


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