[rescue] Oh my gosh, an on-topic question! ;^)

[Kris Kirby]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, James Lockwood wrote:
> 1,1,2-trichloroethylene (trichloroethene).  Commonly found as whiteboard
> cleaner.  It will take the surface finish off of plastic if it soaks, so
> just wipe and then rewipe with ethanol.

I didn't think this stuff was out where the public could get to it...
Certainly sounds nasty. IIRC there is a John Travolta movie about some
company that dumps TCE into the ground for disposal -- moment of truth was
when the river caught fire.

Another fun nasty is Xylene or laquer thinner. Both are extremely
flammable, dangerous, and only to be used in _very_ well ventilated
spaces. But damn, what won't they take off... [some paints, as well.]

They are also carcenogens. Which is why most of the workers in the
company's plastics shop were smokers -- they could stand the abuse.

I, on the other hand, could not.

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