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Posted: 8/17/2012 12:32:48 PM EDT
| I bought some of this stuff and the label scares the crap out of me. There's like 4 major ingredients that are super poisonous and ultra flammable. Am I over reacting or does it bother any of you as well? |
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Wear gloves. I use that stuff for paint prep, cleaning, automotive, firearms cleaning, and other stuff. Act like an adult, don't swallow it or smoke around it and you'll be fine.
You'd be surprised how many toxic and flammable  substances you use every day. Do you use non-dairy creamer?
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| Non-chlorinated brake cleaner is basically the same thing as Gun Scrubber, and it's significantly cheaper. Compare the MSDS of both products and you'll find they're the same. I've been using non-chlorinated brake cleaner for spraying down my actions for years now. None have suffered any ill effects. |
| Wear gloves and do not get it in your eyes, like I did once. I thought my eye had burned right out of it's socket. I use gloves and a face shield now. I use it for cleaning the lugs and hard to get to places. Works great, but you must use care when using this stuff. |
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Quoted: Wear gloves. I use that stuff for paint prep, cleaning, automotive, firearms cleaning, and other stuff. Act like an adult, don't swallow it or smoke around it and you'll be fine. You'd be surprised how many toxic and flammable substances you use every day. Do you use non-dairy creamer?Powered creamer makes a hell of a firestarter. Kinda hard to keep from burning your hair off..........
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II read on a car forum that guy sprayed it on a red hot brake disc and the vapor put him in the hospital. That being said, I cant see it being any worse than some of the copper solvents out there. I read a similar thing on another forum - a customer car or bike builder used it to clean off some metal and then welded the part without waiting for it to evaporate. He was hospitalized and I think suffered some severe CNS damage. I use it all the time to clean BCG's, hard to reach stuff like a Ruger MKII, etc. It's remarkably effective stuff but you have to use your head. |
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I bought some of this stuff and the label scares the crap out of me. There's like 4 major ingredients that are super poisonous and ultra flammable. Am I over reacting or does it bother any of you as well? Don't breathe it, or let it touch your skin, and you're good. |
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I read a similar thing on another forum - a customer car or bike builder used it to clean off some metal and then welded the part without waiting for it to evaporate. He was hospitalized and I think suffered some severe CNS damage. I remember reading that. That guy was messed up BAD, as in I hope he didn't die bad. I use starting fluid myself. Doesn't seem to be as nasty on skin or plastic/paint but still a good degreaser. Plenty flammable though! |
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I read a similar thing on another forum - a customer car or bike builder used it to clean off some metal and then welded the part without waiting for it to evaporate. He was hospitalized and I think suffered some severe CNS damage. I remember reading that. That guy was messed up BAD, as in I hope he didn't die bad. I use starting fluid myself. Doesn't seem to be as nasty on skin or plastic/paint but still a good degreaser. Plenty flammable though! from the fumes or explosion? |
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I read a similar thing on another forum - a customer car or bike builder used it to clean off some metal and then welded the part without waiting for it to evaporate. He was hospitalized and I think suffered some severe CNS damage. I remember reading that. That guy was messed up BAD, as in I hope he didn't die bad. I use starting fluid myself. Doesn't seem to be as nasty on skin or plastic/paint but still a good degreaser. Plenty flammable though! from the fumes or explosion? Fumes. It was a while ago but iirc he was filling in some pits on something with weld. He hosed it down with brake cleaner then started welding without it all evaporating. There was still some cleaner down in the pitted area. He said when he hit it with the welder he saw a small puff of smoke and then next thing he remembered he woke up on the floor. |
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I read a similar thing on another forum - a customer car or bike builder used it to clean off some metal and then welded the part without waiting for it to evaporate. He was hospitalized and I think suffered some severe CNS damage. I remember reading that. That guy was messed up BAD, as in I hope he didn't die bad. I use starting fluid myself. Doesn't seem to be as nasty on skin or plastic/paint but still a good degreaser. Plenty flammable though! from the fumes or explosion? Fumes. It was a while ago but iirc he was filling in some pits on something with weld. He hosed it down with brake cleaner then started welding without it all evaporating. There was still some cleaner down in the pitted area. He said when he hit it with the welder he saw a small puff of smoke and then next thing he remembered he woke up on the floor. It's the clorinated solvents. CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS Various chlorinated hydrocarbons are used in degreasing or other cleaning operations. The vapors of these solvents are a concern in welding and cutting because the heat and ultraviolet radiation from the arc will decompose the vapors and form highly toxic and irritating phosgene gas. (See Phosgene.) PHOSGENE Phosgene is formed by decomposition of chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents by ultraviolet radiation. It reacts with moisture in the lungs to produce hydrogen chloride, which in turn destroys lung tissue. For this reason, any use of chlorinated solvents should be well away from welding operations or any operation in which ultraviolet radiation or intense heat is generated. |
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Quoted: I bought some of this stuff and the label scares the crap out of me. There's like 4 major ingredients that are super poisonous and ultra flammable. Am I over reacting or does it bother any of you as well? I would make the arguemetn that brake cleaner is acually better than duct tape for its legendary number of uses. At the very least they belong together. I never have less than 4-5 cans of it on hand and it gets used for everything. Just wear gloves. You are definitely overreacting to its flammability. WE handle much much more flammable materials constantly in our day to day lives, petroliums are incerdilby more flammable that brake cleaner, unless your incredibly careless its not a problem. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Wear gloves. I use that stuff for paint prep, cleaning, automotive, firearms cleaning, and other stuff. Act like an adult, don't swallow it or smoke around it and you'll be fine. You'd be surprised how many toxic and flammable substances you use every day. Do you use non-dairy creamer?Powered creamer makes a hell of a firestarter. Kinda hard to keep from burning your hair off.......... if by massive explosion than yup, thisman makes the point perfectly. dairy creamers, sawdust, sugar that shit will blow up in your face, this barely registers comparitavely |
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Wear gloves and do not get it in your eyes, like I did once. I thought my eye had burned right out of it's socket. I use gloves and a face shield now. I use it for cleaning the lugs and hard to get to places. Works great, but you must use care when using this stuff. +1 on that. I too got some spray degreaser in my eye. NFG! Now I wear safety glasses whenever using the stuff. - CW |
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