Fuel for cigarette lighters = petrol?

If you get one of those adhesives that stubbornly refuses to budge, might I suggest eucalyptus oil, available from any chemists shop - works a treat - and doesn't vapourise in a split second like one or two of the suggested solvents. Clears the nostrils at the same time, and relieves cold symptoms as well , :-)

Hugh

If in here, you mean : uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.cars.maintenance,uk.rec.cars.misc then I dunno.

But over on sci.chem, that's what the newsgroup is all about. Read the charter for the group in question before you crosspost. You can edit out groups even as you reply.

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K and N will be flogging it next "Helps you car breathe easily".

I once acidentally broke the nozzle from a can of lighter gas, and rather than have it squirt everywhere (or freeze my fingers trying to stop it) I tipped it into a milk bottle that was handy - then took it outside and lit it, where it burned like the eternal flame for quite a while before it all boiled off.

Doesn't this turn the surrounding area into an unexploded bomb?

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Potentially, yes. There can be a rather steep learning curve regarding fire precautions. In practice, outdoors and avoiding outrageous quantities (no buckets full) then it's mostly OK.

Same here. If you spray enough on, you don't even need to be that quick. Watch out for frostbite though!

Cheers,

Colin.

In a well ventilated area, and without going overboard as GK says, then it's not a really dangerous situation. In such small quantities, as would be used for a small stain removal job, it evaporates off far to quickly to allow it to linger around.

I found out about it being a good solvent from a clock maker. They use it to remove grease and things from the clock working, but it evaporates so quickly not to cause damp that catches further dust and dirt deposits again.

Extremely sorry Sir. I didn't mean to cause offence amongst the other groups. I did of course mean the uk.d-i-y group only. Please accept my sincerest apologies.

If you are thinking of the deep ocean deposits I think you'll find they are methane and solid.

It's usually butane gas IIRC.

Actually, anywhere where the temperature is below about 0C.

Whats it like in Space?

arthur

Don't use petrol as a solvent. Apart from the explosion hazard (which is very real), since they took the lead out the replacements are _far_ worse as acute toxins.

Liquid ? What's the pressure on your planet ?

Butane refuses to vapourise in the winter, hence the popularity of propane.

Still not a viable liquid solvent though - your fingers would keep freezing to things.

You live an learn. My new fact for today boiling point of Butane at 1.013 bar ("normal" atmospheric pressure) is -0.5C.

Mind you I don't recall seeing puddles of butane about last winter...

I have used it for some things. But, keeping it in the freezer while it does its job is not ideal. (Especially as you have to be very aware of the fuel-air mixture in the freezer)

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Even at an early age I was clever enough to do it outdoors! As a teenager it never occured to us to sniff glue - we made our own chloroform instead. I'm not sure I can remember how, now - wonder why I've forgotten....

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And I thought glue-sniffers were really cool...