BRAKE CLEANER "WARNING"

Ian Anderson · Post by **Ian Anderson** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:05 pm

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm

READ IT AND BE SAFE

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:29 pm

Bloody hell!

topcatcustom · Post by **topcatcustom** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:48 pm

Thanks for that Ian, I might actually look at the tin before I use stuff like that again! Not nice

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:57 pm

Trico is the same,
produces Phosgene, better known a Mustard gas, used by both sides in WW1

NorthernBloke · Post by **NorthernBloke** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:44 pm

Jesus, I'll pop that on a couple of other boards I use

Thanks for that

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:22 am

ian.stewart wrote:Trico is the same,
produces Phosgene, better known a Mustard gas, used by both sides in WW1

Got a 20L drum of triclone in the shed, I really try to avoid using it now. But as a kid, my dad always had it around the workshop and we pretty much used it for everything including cleaning our hands at the end of a days work.

HairbearTE · Post by **HairbearTE** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:47 pm

I use the Normfest MC-1 brake cleaner all the time at work and it's really good (at least as good as the wurth stuff) but it's all pretty nasty stuff. The article mentions Argon and heat being the cause but I would strongly suggest that the Argon, being inert, had nothing to do with the incident and that merely exposing the brake cleaner to heat has caused this. I must say i'm a little suprised though.

crayefish · Post by **crayefish** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:48 pm

Holy c**p!!!!!

That article was pretty scary! I am very glad I can only afford to use petrol to clean things!!!!!!!!