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| mc172:
I don't know if this is even meant for here but I wish they would stop scenting flux cleaner, why does everything need to smell like fake oranges when I want to clean up some flux? Drives me nuts. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: mc172 on May 18, 2020, 01:37:37 am ---I don't know if this is even meant for here but I wish they would stop scenting flux cleaner, why does everything need to smell like fake oranges when I want to clean up some flux? Drives me nuts. --- End quote --- Orange oil is actually an excellent cleaner/degreaser - the smell may be real! |
| amyk:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on May 18, 2020, 01:57:08 am --- --- Quote from: mc172 on May 18, 2020, 01:37:37 am ---I don't know if this is even meant for here but I wish they would stop scenting flux cleaner, why does everything need to smell like fake oranges when I want to clean up some flux? Drives me nuts. --- End quote --- Orange oil is actually an excellent cleaner/degreaser - the smell may be real! --- End quote --- More precisely, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limonene |
| TerraHertz:
--- Quote from: mc172 on May 18, 2020, 01:37:37 am ---I don't know if this is even meant for here but I wish they would stop scenting flux cleaner, why does everything need to smell like fake oranges when I want to clean up some flux? Drives me nuts. --- End quote --- This. One of my current gripes is the common household cleaner "Ajax spray n' wipe" that I use for many things. Used to be non-scented. But for years now it's only been available in supermarkets in various obnoxiously over-scented forms. Lemon, 'Ocean Fresh Fragrance', etc. It pisses me off greatly. Keep meaning to contact the company and ask if I can buy it in bulk drums, without any added scent. Being pretty sure the answer would "no", is about 50% of why I haven't tried. (The other 50% relates to laziness.) |
| helius:
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on May 18, 2020, 12:40:45 am ---In Australia there is (was?) a solvent sold in hardware stores called "White Spirits." ... It was very good for general cleaning of grimy dust, like when restoring old 2nd hand electronics equipment cases. I used to use it frequently, holding a soaked pad of tissue in bare fingers as a wipe. End result when doing this a lot over a few months - pretty bad peripheral neural damage. --- End quote --- Probably a significant percent of n-hexane. See comments here, and here is a news article. It was very widely used until the 1990s. Even worse stuff, like n-propyl bromide, was in flux removers after that! Even when using relatively non-toxic hydrocarbon solvents like heptane (paint thinner, odorless mineral spirit), absorption into the skin causes inebriation and lethargy comparable to taking several alcoholic drinks. Solvent intoxication is a major unrecognized cause of car accidents. |
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