In a message dated 4/8/1999 8:37:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com writes:
<< You want to use a solvent with a /higher/ flash point (I'm assuming this
is what you meant, Craig). The lower the flash point, the lower the
temperature at which a liquid will give off flammable vapors. >>
Thanks Gary, exactly right! (For those of us who were already adults when the
PC was invented, sometimes typing and thinking are mutually exclusive
activities.)
There's a huge difference in the two flash points too...mineral spirits
@about +100 deg. F (relatively safe) and gasoline @about -50 deg. F
(scary!!!).
Craig
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